Reverse Midas: Everything Saakashvili touches turns to rot — America has nurtured the careers of many foreign leaders, especially those dedicated to promoting US interests in their homelands. They’ve ranged from the sublime, South Korea’s Syngman Rhee for example or West Germany’s Konrad Adenauer, to the shambolic, like Iranian Shah Mohammad Pahlavi. There's also been the downright criminal - think Augusto Pinochet of Chile or Panama’s Manuel Noriega : RT Op-Edge

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