Posted by: zanshin, 2008-11-11 02:06

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Date: 2007-11-01 (Thursday)
The central driver of American policy since September 11, 2001 is an overestimation of the threat posed both by al-Qaeda, and by rogue state proliferators like Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
-- Francis Fukuyama, in his response to Barry Posen






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9/11,   Al-Qaeda,   Iran,   Iraq,   North Korea,   Nuclear Weapons,   Rogue State,   USA,  

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