The authorities have tolerated somewhat greater volatility in domestic inflation rates as a consequence.

What happened at Abu Ghraib was not a case of a few bad apples, but a pattern tolerated and even encouraged by American authorities. For example, the Judge Advocate General Corps routinely observes military interrogations from behind a two way mirror that practice was discontinued in Afghanistan and Iraq.

On the economic front, the US not only granted China most favored nation trade status, but also tolerated China s mercantilist approach to international trade and finance, notably its dual track exchange rate regime.