Posted by: zanshin, 2008-11-11 11:38

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Date: 2007-11-01 (Thursday)
A nuclear Iran will not start by attacking Israel or Europe with nuclear weapons; it will use them as a shield for a more aggressive policy of direct and indirect attack on several U.S. allies (such as Saudi Arabia and the other oil producers in the Gulf).
-- According to Itamar Rabinovich in response to Barry Posen






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