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How Iran outfoxes U.S.
(CNN)If I had to describe the U.S.-Iranian relationship in one word it would be "overmatched."
Wasn't it B.O. whose policy is "don't do stupid s[tuff]?"
We're playing checkers on the Middle East game board and Tehran's playing three-dimensional chess. Iran has no problem reconciling its bad and contradictory behavior while we twist ourselves into knots over our tough choices, all the while convincing ourselves that America's policy on the nuclear issue is on the right track.
Iran isn't 10 feet tall in this region, but by making the nuclear issue the be-all and end-all that is supposed to reduce Iran's power, the United States is only making Tehran taller. Consider the following:
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-04-23 |
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