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Imaginary Iran
Commentary Mag. ^ | Mar. 31, 2016 | Michael Rubin

Posted on 04/01/2016 2:01:09 PM PDT by nuconvert

Never before in recent history has the United States faced a country that has so persistently sought to kill Americans or attack Americans only to avoid consequences after every outrage. It’s not just a matter of:

•The 1979-1981 hostage situation.

•Assassinating an Iranian dissident in suburban Washington, DC.

•The 1983 Marine Barracks bombing.

•Seizing American hostages in Lebanon.

•The 1996 Khobar Towers attacks.

•The facilitation of transport for the 9/11 hijackers to and from Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan.

•Sheltering of senior al-Qaeda leaders post-9/11.

•Smuggling of explosively-formed projectiles into Iraq and weaponry to the Taliban to kill Americans.

•Plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington, DC

•Seizing, holding for years, and then ransoming a number of Iranian-Americans for years and continuing to hold former FBI agent Robert Levinson, left behind by the Obama administration in its rush to conclude a nuclear deal.

For none of the listed events has anyone in Iran faced any consequence. Rather, the problem is broader: There is a consistent and bizarre effort to whitewash Iranian excesses and to depict not the reality of the Islamic today, but rather a fictional and imaginary Iran.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; irandeal; kerry; michaelrubin; obama

1 posted on 04/01/2016 2:01:09 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: AdmSmith; Valin

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2 posted on 04/01/2016 2:02:15 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

These murders are enjoyed by the “US” Congress
which is in full-submissive mode to the White Mosque,
allowing its treason, every day, every week, every month.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE OUTRAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


3 posted on 04/01/2016 2:07:33 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: nuconvert

Never before in recent history


Oookay.


4 posted on 04/01/2016 2:19:36 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: nuconvert

We did something about it. We agreed to shelter and pay for their nuclear program.


5 posted on 04/01/2016 2:24:25 PM PDT by marron
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To: nuconvert

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3416191/posts


6 posted on 04/02/2016 1:41:50 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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