March 22, 2013

Real Iran Diplomacy, or War

Flynt & Hillary Leverett, Huffington Post

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Contrary to conventional wishful thinking in American policy circles, developments in the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 and the Iran-related messages coming out of President Obama's trip to Israel strongly suggest that the risk of a U.S.-initiated military confrontation with Tehran during Obama's second term are rising, not falling.

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