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Nationalism
Oct 8 2009, Marco Villa

I have recently been having a back-and-forth with an IB member from Lebanon. He accuses me of attacking his country. I am doing anything but: I never attack Lebanon or its people but simply crude, delusional, and fanatical Lebanese nationalism.

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