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no_hypocrisy

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1. That remark could be meant to provoke Iran into doing something.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jun 7, 2019, 04:24 AM

Jun 2019

The U.S. military could have said nothing and gone home if there was no more reason to be in the Gulf. But they won't admit the "threat" is gone, if there ever was a threat.

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That remark could be meant to provoke Iran into doing something. no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #1

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