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    Zontar got a reaction from Wanna-B-Fanboy in US Politics   
    Thanks. Pat Buchanan just wrote a column on this. He has been a constant critic of US policy in the middle east. Anti interventionist.  Ditto Eric Margolis 
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    Zontar got a reaction from Wanna-B-Fanboy in US Politics   
    Iran thing isn't about oil.  It's about the desire to contain if not elimitate Iranian political influence in the region it has through Shia islam.
    Unintended consequence of Iraq war was the rise of Shia influence in post war Iraq. Hezbollah ( Shia) presence and influence in South Lebanon has long been a thorn in the side of Israel. Hezbollah is primarily financed and armed by Iran.
    US/Israel has long resented Syrian influence in N.Lebanon. They tacitly support Hezbollah in the south as a buffer vs Israel.
    For the past 50 years the US/Israel policy has either bought off or flattenend the leading Arab nations. Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Arab N. Africa are all on board.
    Syria and Iran (not Arab but influential as previously mentioned ) are the lone holdouts. 
    Since the Iranian revolution all US administrations have wanted Iran neutered to varying degrees. For example Obama tried to buy them off with nuclear technology.  Reagan tried to kill them off by arming Iraq. Israel uses assassination of scientific and military leaders.
    The real passionate Iran haters were in the Bush 2 administration some of which like Bolton have wormed their way into the Trump orbit.
     
     
     
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    Zontar got a reaction from SPuDS in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from wbbfan in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from MC in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from lyin' guy in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Jimmy Pop in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from rebusrankin in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Noeller in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Bigblue204 in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Brandon in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Geebrr in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Pete Catan's Ghost in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    BC needs veteran leadership at punter.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Fred C Dobbs in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    Because punters are are traditionally the go- to source for leadership on any football team.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Noeller in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    Because punters are are traditionally the go- to source for leadership on any football team.
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    Zontar got a reaction from BBlink in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    Because punters are are traditionally the go- to source for leadership on any football team.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Fred C Dobbs in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    Way to go Brendan, I mean, Jeremy. 
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    Zontar got a reaction from The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    Tariffs can be seen multiple ways but tax cuts are a surefire winner for bread and butter voters. Raising taxes and "green energy fees" ? not so much. 
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    Zontar got a reaction from The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    Right  because voters really punished Trump over his ethics in 2016.
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    Zontar got a reaction from The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    The Fauxcohontas thing isn't going away. She gamed the affirmative action system by checking off the native American box on applications to further her career. Which speaks to her ethics etc. It will be brought up again by Democrats never mind POTUS. 
    Immaterial anyway it's going to be Biden after the DNC crushes Sanders like they did last time around.
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    Zontar got a reaction from The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    When a politician says dumb things and outright incorrect things it's going to get called out and ridiculed to varying degrees.
      It's the norm we all agreed to because we all participate in it.
    Either stop virtue signalling or stop participating.
    Can't do both.
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    Zontar got a reaction from The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    Former Obama aid, Gregory Craig.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Bigblue204 in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    Also assumes readers want or care about his woke social commentary which he shoe-horns into his stories every chance he gets. Nothing worse than a sports reporter with frustrated dreams of being a "serious" journalist.
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    Zontar got a reaction from Colin Unger in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    Sol signs for 160.
    Great sign, Brendan, I mean Jeremy. 
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    Zontar got a reaction from Colin Unger in Around the League: 2019 Off Season   
    Also assumes readers want or care about his woke social commentary which he shoe-horns into his stories every chance he gets. Nothing worse than a sports reporter with frustrated dreams of being a "serious" journalist.
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