<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Gloom]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Stanley Kurtz serves up a big, lukewarm dish of <a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OGFlY2Q5Y2E5ODNlZjcyODNmZTRlMTY4YzZhZWJmY2E=" TARGET="_blank">hawkish gloom</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>The West is on a collision course with Iran. There will either be a preemptive war against Iran’s nuclear program, or an endless series of hot-and-cold war crises following Iran’s acquisition of a bomb. And an Iranian bomb means further nuclear proliferation to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as a balancing move by the big Sunni states. With all those Islamic bombs floating around, what are the chances the U.S. will avoid a nuclear terrorist strike over the long-term?</p></blockquote>
<p>I hope he&#8217;s wrong. I fear he&#8217;s not.</p>
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