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The great irony is that Putin is now seeking to do in Ukraine exactly what Assad has done so successfully: portray a legitimate political opposition as a gang of thugs and terrorists, while relying on provocations and lies to turn non-violent protest into violent attacks that then justify an armed response.

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And they did not turn out to be the Islamist boogeyman that the dictators were always using to justify their regime.

There's no audience like this to justify their rehearsal time.

And when you're in a situation where you have to justify every moment of your existence, you're put in the situation where you react in a very different manner.

So that's a very good reason beyond curiosity to justify what we're doing, and to justify having some interest in what is going on in our brains.

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