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bemildred

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3. We don't want a deal, we want obedience.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:23 PM

Apr 2013

Absent obedience, we want Iran as weak and ineffectual as possible, both to keep it from thwarting our will and to improve the chances of introducing a more obedient government later.

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We don't want a deal, we want obedience. bemildred Apr 2013 #3