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Link: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/07/14/livestrong_for_make_benefit_of_kazakhstan

LiveStrong for Make Benefit of Kazakhstan? by Foreign Policy Magazine
Why one of the world’s most bankable athletes is competing for an autocratic former Soviet republic.

“As Lance Armstrong enters the second week of the Tour de France, questions abound. Why did he come back from retirement? Will his much-discussed rivalry with teammate Alberto Contador cost both of them the race? And even in such a commercialized sport, why is an iconic American athlete – a Texan, no less! – racing for … Kazakhstan?…”

No doubts, Borat-played by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen knows the answer!

His controversial movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan” angered Kazakhs and produce quite right prediction form Kazakhstan government: “What we hope is for the movie to draw a greater interest to the real Kazakhstan, which has a lot of things that the Americans may benefit from knowing them,” a Kazakh Embassy official said. Here we go! Armstrong is a bit late, because a lot of Texans from US oil companies already there.

Read article “Why is Lance Amstrong racing for Kazakstan? Ask Borat !” by Foreign Policy