There is something obscenely ironic — Shakespearean, even — about a country that cannot feed its children but can feed a standing army. Something tragic about a land where nurses strike, teachers beg, and university students hustle airtime to survive, while soldiers in sprawling, well-watered barracks polish boots, iron uniforms, and receive allowances without firing […]

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