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Oct 12 2009, Marco Villa

The Smiling Tyrant.

Nothing better (perhaps) illustrates the American hypocrisy in ostensibly championing human rights and democracy in the Arab world than the jovial reception always given to the Jordanian King and his Queen.

Jordan’s King was...

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