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Good lord, if neo-colonialists need ever to find a case of a country being better run by a colonial power than by indigenous, tyrannical government, Zimbabwe is their case.
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Re: Good lord, if neo-colonialists need ever to find a case of a country being better run by a colonial power than by indigenous, tyrannical government, Zimbabwe is their case.
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There is NO WAY the Jewish neo-colonialists will accept that.
Could There Be a One-State Solution? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Independence was in name only: One set of masters (white colonialists) was replaced by another set - a disgusting assortment of black neo-colonialists, Swiss bank socialists, crocodile liberators, and crackpot revolutionaries -- while the oppression and exploitation of the African people continued unabated.
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Even when our intentions are mainly altruistic, such as Afghanistan, we are regarded by both Muslims and the anti-war left as being warmongering neo-colonialists and imperialists.
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Waiting for boiling anger of "international community" re atrocities of neo-colonialists, refugee crisis, Bagram airbase detainees, human rights, innocent native civilians, wedding parties bummed, bla bla.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Even a year later, Sathananthan was accusing Pakistani "liberals" of helping the "neo-colonialists" in removing Musharraf:
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By the time we put the Shah into power, we were acting like full and enthusiastic neo-colonialists.
Michael B. Laskoff: The US and Iran - Two Nuclear Countries Living in Mutual Respect 2009
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Even when our intentions are mainly altruistic, such as Afghanistan, we are regarded by both Muslims and the anti-war left as being warmongering neo-colonialists and imperialists.
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It's a very sore point in Venezuela's history that gets rubbed into the open wounds each time neo-colonialists from the North want to tell Venezuela what it should or shouldn't do with its own sovereign resources.
Phew! Another sweaty day in Caracas, Venezuela! What tremors will Friday bring... 2008
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