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“you can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness”
On Tuesday, at an exhibition of armored personnel carriers, Mr. Putin observed that “you can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness,” a reference to the “polite” Russian soldiers who appeared in Crimea in early March.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/world/meeting-us-envoy-putin-appears-to-soften-his-tone.html?
