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Will Iran Slap Obama’s Peace Overtures?

The Middle East – and Iran issue specifically – lies at the center of so many foreign policy hurdles for the United States. The pursuit of peace in the Middle East and the reestablishment of a legitimate U.N. entity can only start with a proven warming of relations between the U.S. and Iran.
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Obama, Putin, Iran’s S-300 Anti-Aircraft Missiles … and Loss of Face?

Based on President Obama’s rocking speech last night … an economic, social and foreign policy home-run… it is very easy to understand why foreign states – allies and adversaries – continue to celebrate the departure of Bush 43. Obama’s candid and unabashedly open-mindedness for talks with former Axis-of-Evil nations (Iran, Syria and North Korea [...]

Compelling 80 Page Report | “Considering a War with Iran”

Have just finished reading an eighty page report by Dr Dan Plesch and Martin Butcher entitled, “Considering a war with Iran: A discussion paper on WMD in the Middle East.”
It is a compelling read full of assumptions – yes – but balanced, and disturbing.
If the U.S. is truly contemplating a unilateral attack on Iran then [...]

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