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April 3, 2012

Call Iran's Bluff on the Strait of Hormuz

David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy

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We should be sending a note to Ayatollah Khamenei over there in Tehran saying, "Go ahead, make our day. Shut down the Strait of Hormuz. Help us break our addiction to what you're selling. Not only will it be good for us, but perhaps it will trigger your downfall."

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