...nd for cosmopolitanism. They erroneously believe that feigned sarcasm lends them an air of ruggedness and rich experience and the virile aroma of d... ... inscrutable and malevolent foreigners, bent on sadistic and needless destruction. Denial is a defense mechanism very common among narcissists and ... .... It was Tanai's defection that provided the Taliban with Soviet artillery, Soviet air force, Soviet intelligence and Soviet technical and military... ...service chief Mohammed Akbar used to head a department of the Khad. And the Taliban air force commander Mohammed Gilani was a communist general, to... ...to alter the status quo, whatever it was. Regarding oil, Afghanistan again forms a bridge or a barrier. As long as Iran is regarded as a hostile co... ... Russia has spent the last six months enhancing old alliances and constructing new bridges. According to Interfax, the Russian news agency, yesterd... ... of Britain and France and the economic clout of Germany and Japan are symptoms of denial and delusion that are detrimental to the future of this o... ...oducer. It is reorienting itself - emphasizing Asia over Europe. It is building new bridges and forming new alliances, both commercial and strategic... ... founded on the defunct assumption that U.S. aid will be allotted, despite Turkey's denial of service. Inflation, at more than 25 percent, is risi...