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Power corrupts...Reader comment on item: The Most Embarrassingly Wrong Book Ever on the Middle East? Submitted by I.M. Aronson (Israel), Aug 9, 2017 at 15:11 Assad seems to be the personification of Lord Acton's, "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely!" Some would-be comic quipped, "Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be Evil!" It would seem that Assad has turned that joking remark into a dark truth. Submitting....
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