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US Mideast policy
Nov 20 2009, Marco Villa

President Obama’s diplomatic outreach to Iran deserves some award for its schizophrenic nature. Obama claims he wants to reach out his hand to an uncleanched Iranian fist, but all the while he pursues diplomacy he is repeating the same belligerent...

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