It's hard to say where the money came from - but the military had its finger in many business pies, of various degrees of legitimacy.

很难知道这些钱来自哪里，但是军事势力以不同程度的合法性染指了许多商业领域。

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The army has tried hard to regain legitimacy over the past decade.

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As in any war, each side has hard-liners that do nothing more than lend credence and legitimacy to the other side.

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Indeed this might just be the beginning of popular legitimacy for the EU, something European commissioners and politicians have been (unintentionally) working very hard to undermine and dismantle, over the last 30 years.

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