Arab Spring
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There used to be a time when the thought of a Nigerian dying for anything outside of self-interest would assure the offending mind a bed in the local psychiatric unit. And, even then, on the premise of self-interest, it was still a reckless position for any human being to take: Which was why news of
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Power intoxicates. Unbridled power is even more inebriating. It is the license to ingest as many gallons of alcohol as one sees fit while concurrently maneuvering the controls of an aviation tanker. Alas, this sort of calamitous excess would become Moammar Gaddafi. In forty-two years of absolute and untethered reign, Colonel Gaddafi was perfectly logical