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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Shorter Robert Kagan in The Washington Post:

Remember when Bush said he wanted a peaceful resolution to the Iraq crisis, even though he was so ready for war he was practically drooling? Well, everything's the same in the case of Iran, except this time he's going to pretend not to be drooling.
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