just kidding... not really.

September 3, 2008

Mimicry

Surely there was something charming and even democratic about a nation's political leader taking tips from an unemployed travel writer and his flighty girlfriend about how to make his democracy look cool (as well as pretty), but, alarmingly, it also suggested that Saakashvili thought American-style PR would make his nation safe and strong.

it gets worse:
Misha was much more desirous of … restaurants. He was obsessed with their meaning and importance. The more restaurants he could build, the better. He didn't believe the Russians would attack a place that looked like Chicago.

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