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Quoting "Laycock, Jos (OSPT)" <Jos.Laycock at OFFSOL.GSI.GOV.UK>:

> Thanks Arlo, 
> 
> This all reminds me of Orwell and his descriptions of the similarities between his
> fictional empires  in 1984. Constantly at war but ideologically identical. 
> 
> Platt, do you think this research paper is an unfair assesment ??
> 
> http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/pal/ip/2005/00000042/00000002/art00002

Definitely. The very first sentence of the summary which included the phrase
"unrelenting hard-line perspectives" was a tip off to the bias of the author. 
A further tip off are the subsequent sentences which refer to unnamed people
who are engaged in "controversy" and who express "concern, setting up straw
men making accusations that must be answered. Finally, from the final sentences
in the summary I gather the author is a fan of the radical leftist slogan,
"Bush lied, people died." Of course, Bush didn't lie. 

Hope this answers your question.

Platt
 

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