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The big question is whether or not journalists have learned any lessons whatsoever from the Iraqi WMD debacle of 2003.

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In every respect, an Iran War would be unimaginably worse

Is the U.S. lurching towards another illegal war in the Middle East? Iran's full compliance with its obligations under the U.N.-ratified Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has not stopped the United States from again threatening war.

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"Intelligence and military officials in Europe as well as in the United States said that over the past year, most aggressive moves have originated not in Tehran, but in Washington."

Iran is only marginally reflected in the U.S. news, which means the American public does not hear voices that express the human suffering caused by the U.S. government far beyond its borders

Bolton is an old hand at using allegedly damning intelligence on Iran to advance a plan of aggressive U.S. war.

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