Jim D. wrote:
But did he bomb Iran? no, he couldn't get a sufficient political
coalition behind that, even though
the pro-Likud (neo-con) folks were all in favor.
Actually, there was a shift in U.S. foreign policy that silenced the
old bomb Iran drumbeat. It was not just the surge and ethnic
cleansing and payoffs to Sunnis that quieted Iraq down. It was also
the retreat of the Sadrists. All of this was orchestrated by Iran in
exchange for some kind of tacit understanding that it was not going
to be attacked.
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