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Both governments are battling each other through Political, military and social events. In Sarkhan the Russians are politically fighting over the country to bring it into communism while the United States is trying to patch the government back up to stay a democracy. A majority of the political figures on the American side don’t pay attention to the culture of the Sarkhan’s and can’t win over them. The Russians sabotage and provide false information to the people of Sarkhan to try to make the Americans look bad. The Russians also sabotage American aid by writing things like “Russian Rice” on American given aid to try to win over the Sarkhan’s.
The first chapter in the book exemplifies both the good and bad side of how Americans act in other countries. The American ambassador of Sarkhan, Louis Sears is upset about his public image after a comic published in a local newspaper portrays him negatively. The newspaper calls him “Lucky Sears” because when running for his positon all three of his opponents were kicked from the election for scandals or illness. While this is happening an American businessman by the name of John Colvin was left naked and beat up on the embassy’s steps. Sears just dismissed