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It's the Economist. Quotes like this are par for the course: "..in Iraq and Syria, where what used to be called the civilising hand has proven incapable of ste
by akkartik 10y ago
It's the Economist. Quotes like this are par for the course:
"..in Iraq and Syria, where what used to be called the civilising hand has proven incapable of stemming the bloodshed."
I read it for the data (in this case the stated facts about the book being reviewed) and try to filter out the editorializing.