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OKNancy

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2. You never know if this isn't part of a plan

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:55 PM

Jan 2012

Part of the "diplomacy". An ex-adviser puts it out there that the US would strike just as a kind of backdoor warning to make Iran think twice about it. Pretty sneaky/smart if it is.

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