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shepseskaf on March 17, 2008 - 4:46pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

... with the release of the Iraq NIE (and consequent drop in Bush-Administration Sabre Rattling Index (BASRI), the world looks a little safer.

I beg to differ. With the recent stepping down (firing) of Adm. Fallon, and the continuous ramping up of anti-Iran rhetoric, the chances for more American military action in the Middle East looks to have increased, not decreased. All-out war in that region would certainly make a very strong case for discontinuities, perhaps for extended periods of time.

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whaleoil on March 17, 2008 - 5:06pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Indeed

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