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Of course all the countries mentioned in the article are all the kind of country where 10-20% of the people on the government payroll don't even exist ("ghosts"), no bid contracts are routinely handed out to friends of the government (and sometimes even current employees of the government!), spend ridiculous proportions of the budget subsidizing gasoline to buy votes, etc. Why are these countries any more deserving of forgiveness than countries that act responsibly?