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Forget Cuba or health care reform, nObama's real legacy is Middle East nuke
KT McFarland
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U.S. Economy Prepares for Leisurely Summer Months 
It's summer, and college students are putting down their laptops and picking up temporary jobs. And a few days ago, the Commerce Department revised their estimate for the nation's GDP; from January to March, the nation's GDP output shrank by 0.7%. These events mean the May jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a mixed bag. The headlining numbers look good. In May, the U.S. added 280,000 jobs and the unemployment rate has stayed essentially unchanged since January at 5.5%. The U6 unemployment rate, which also measures the people struggling through long-term unemployment and people stuck in part-time jobs, held at 10.8%. Wages rose, however, as hourly earnings rose eight cents so the average American worker is earning $24.96 an hour. With the numbers comes the greater chance that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in September, reports CNBC. But much of the notable job gain comes just ahead of the summer months, a possible sign that Americans have more discretionary spending, notes Market Watch. Leisure and hospitality fields added 57,000 jobs last month, and another 29,000 jobs were added to the field of arts, entertainment and recreation. This raises questions about the kind of industry on which the nation is building the economy. -The Patriot Post
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Most Americans Want Income Redistribution
A recent poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News finds that not only are Americans concerned with inequality but they want the government to go after the rich and redistribute their wealth. Paul wants the government to rob Peter. "The poll found that a strong majority say that wealth should be more evenly divided and that it is a problem that should be addressed urgently," the Times reports. "Nearly six in 10 Americans said government should do more to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, but they split sharply along partisan lines. Only one-third of Republicans supported a more active government role, versus eight in 10 of Democrats." The report goes on to say inequality of wealth may become a prominent issue in the larger 2016 election. It's a convenient narrative for nObama. His redistributionist policies — from an ill-conceived and ill-targeted "stimulus" to nObamaCare — have clearly stalled the nation's economic engine, but he and his acolytes can simply continue to tell the poor and middle class that the deck is stacked against them. The Left media, of course, dutifully parrots this false narrative, and the means to create wealth continue to languish. -The Patriot Post
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Protecting Nonprofits From SCOTUS Marriage Ruling
The Supreme Court is considering a case that would hand down the definition of marriage nationwide. As U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the court, the fact that some religious nonprofits will decide not to hire people due to their beliefs in same-sex marriage is "certainly going to be an issue." In the possible fallout of the coming ruling, a Christian school could lose its nonprofit status if, say, it refused to hire an openly homosexual man. Rather than waiting for the Court's decision, Sen. Mike Lee plans to introduce legislation that would protect religious nonprofits. "Discrimination by private parties against private parties — that's one issue," he said. "There is a different issue when the government is itself the discriminator. … That's a problem and that's what we're trying to protect here." The bill Lee would introduce is similar to the 2013 Marriage and Religious Freedom Act. While the courts have tended toward interpreting U.S. law broadly when it comes to religious liberty, the issue has become unnecessarily politicized in legislatures across the country. The First Amendment was drafted to ensure that diverse opinions were never driven from the public square. But that fundamental principle is at odds with the Left's agenda. More... -The Patriot Post
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Inevitable Hilly Calls for Universal Vote The media and the Democrat establishment have done a fine job trying to convince the American people that Hilly Clinton is going to be the next president of the United States. We only need to sit back and accept it like we would the next sunrise. But all isn't well with the Clinton brand these days. In fact, the case could be made that her road to the White House is not nearly as foregone a conclusion as we've been told.
The lengthy list of Clinton scandals hasn't seemed to stop the Hilly machine just yet, but the Clinton Foundation’s numerous sketchy dealings are beginning to take their toll.
The latest chapter in the Clinton Slush Fund's ongoing improprieties includes FIFA, the world soccer body whose executives appear to have been engaging in corrupt acts for two decades. It now turns out that Qatar, the host country for the lucrative World Cup in 2022, was a regular donor to the Clinton Foundation and was a sponsor of the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting. By that point, there were widespread allegations that the country had bribed its way into hosting the 2022 tournament. There were also accusations that unsafe working conditions in the building of its soccer stadiums for the World Cup led to the deaths of numerous immigrant workers.
Donations to the Foundation from Qatar and FIFA had been ongoing since 2006 and continued through Hilly’s term as secretary of state. In public, Hilly was calling for a stronger stance against Middle Eastern regimes and Bill was decrying the abuse of migrant workers. In private, however, Qatar was donating between $1 million and $5 million to the Clintons.
Bill’s response to all this is to shrug and move on. He told attendees at a Foundation event in March, “My theory about all this is disclose everything and then let people make their judgments.”
-The Patriot Post
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The Coming Democratic Panic
(Fred Barnes) ~ When a CNN poll last week showed Hilly Clinton leading Rand Paul by a single percentage point (48-47) and only three points ahead of Marco Rubio (49-46) and Scott Walker (49-46), it was mildly shocking... In April, her lead over the three Republican presidential candidates had been in double digits: Paul (58-39), Rubio (55-41), and Walker (59-37). But wait. If the next CNN survey shows Clinton actually behind one or two or three of the GOP candidates, it won’t be just shocking. It will send Democrats into a near-panic over the possibility of losing the White House in 2016, even with their preferred candidate, Clinton, as nominee. Such a poll result isn’t far-fetched as we watch Clinton’s campaign deteriorate. True, head-to-head matchups this early in the presidential cycle are almost never predictive. But in this case, it’s the psychological impact that matters. http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/coming-democratic-panic_965001.html
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Hilly Confidant Blumenthal Gets Deposition Date From Benghazi Com.
(sharylattkisson.com) ~ Hilly Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal will give sworn testimony, under subpoena, in a deposition before the House Benghazi Committee on Tues. June 16. The committee made that announcement this week... In May, the New York Times reported that Blumenthal had business associates interested in Libya around the time of the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. compounds in Benghazi. Though the Times says the Obama administration had “barred” Blumenthal from working at the State Department with Clinton, he communicated privately about Libya’s security status and other matters with Hillary Clinton on her controversial private server while she served as Secretary of State. According to the New York Times: Read the New York Times report ( http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/us/politics/clinton-friends-libya-role-blurs-lines-of-politics-and-business.html?_r=1 )
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CAIR files lawsuit to prevent ICE from asking Muslims entering US
(Ralph Sidway) ~ If these allegations are true, it’s about time. Now ICE must start preventing Muslims from entering the U.S. ... U.S. border officials are using a questionnaire about religion to harass Muslim travelers, a Muslim advocacy group charges. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement questionnaire was released by the Department of Homeland Security in response to a lawsuit by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Intercept reports. The questions that were revealed — the document was heavily redacted — include “Have you participated in any formal religious training or schooling?” “What house of worship do you attend?” and “Do you have any relatives or friends who have been martyred fighting in the defense of your beliefs?” Derek Benner, deputy executive associate director of homeland security investigations for ICE, said the document’s purpose is “to provide guidance to special agents who are called upon to conduct a certain type of investigatory review of persons.” http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/06/cair-files-lawsuit-to-prevent-ice-from-asking-muslims-entering-us-about-jihad-related-activities-relatives
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Rand Targets GOP Opponents For Voting Fast-Track nObama Power
(rickwells.us) ~ Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) took aim at his fellow Senators and House members, including his opponents for the GOP presidential nomination, for their votes to approve fast-track trade authority, transferring their legislative powers to Hussein nObama... It is particularly offensive in light of the fact that most have not even read the secret text of the deal, leaving them the option of “plausible” deniability when the contents are ultimately discovered. His opponents, Cruz, Rubio and Graham all voted in support of the secretive, unconstitutional and anti-American treaty which, as Senator Jeff Sessions said, sets America down a path to global government. It’s clear to most of the American people that this bad deal is being kept secret for nefarious reasons and even if it weren’t, it is totally irresponsible and reckless to vote without knowledge of what one is voting on. It is an abdication of duty that is completely contrary to their obligations as representatives of the American people. We the people, have a right to know too; it’s our country. http://rickwells.us/sen-rand-paul-targets-his-gop-opponents-for-voting-to-bestow-fast-track-obama-power/
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U.S. Intel: nObama Coalition Supported Islamic State in Syria
(Alex Newman) ~ A newly released intelligence report from the Pentagon shows that the U.S. government knew that supporting jihadists in the fight against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad would produce a fundamentalist Islamic State in Eastern Syria — and that nObama’s supposed “anti-ISIS” coalition knowingly backed ISIS and other Islamic terrorists for precisely that purpose... The heavily redacted Defense Department report, obtained by watchdog Judicial Watch via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, shows once again that, contrary to the false narrative peddled by the establishment press, the rise of the savage terror group known as ISIS was actually deliberate policy. Now, the fruits of that plot are becoming clearer as the body count continues to skyrocket. The 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency report is very blunt about the objectives. “The West, Gulf countries the Islamic regimes ruling Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, etc., and Turkey support the Syrian opposition,” it explains, adding that, as The New American reported at the time, al-Qaeda supported the Syrian uprising from the beginning as well. “There is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist [fundamentalist Islam] principality in Eastern Syria (Hasaka and Der Zor), and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.” (Emphasis added.) Of course, that is also exactly what happened when ISIS declared the establishment of its “caliphate” in Eastern Syria and parts of Iraq. http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/20943-u-s-intel-obama-coalition-supported-islamic-state-in-syria
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nObama Toots His Own Horn, Judge Jeanine Rips Him a New One
(AmyElizabeth) ~ Declaring his foreign policy to be a raging success based on some unnamed “poll,” Barack nObama has invited derision and laughter... Here, Judge Jeanine samples his “accomplishments” and asks how he could possibly make such a claim.
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The Fat Lady Hums A Few Notes 
(Terresa Monre-Hamilton) ~ Amidst all the other emergencies, real and concocted here in the US, one has gone almost virtually unnoticed. But it’s a kicker. The Bird Flu is sweeping the country like wildfire and has now killed 45 million chickens and turkeys here in the US… 20 million 2 months ago and 25 million last month. Nearly 80 percent of those are egg-laying hens, a reality that has been crippling for the egg industry. That’s staggering. And to goose the visuals for a little perspective, take a gander:
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(ActionToimpact.com) ~ No Nukes For Iran! We prepared a NEW e-mail and we will send it to your elected officials on your behalf... Our system will always allow you to preview the e-mail before it sends it. Make your voice count! It takes less than a minute. Visit: www.ActionToimpact.com/iranEmail
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Social Security overpaid nearly half on disability, watchdog says
(foxnews.com) ~ Social Security overpaid nearly half the people receiving disability benefits over the past decade, according to a government watchdog, raising questions about the management of the cash-strapped program... In all, Social Security overpaid beneficiaries by nearly $17 billion, according to a 10-year study by the agency's inspector general. Many payments went to people who earned too much money to qualify for benefits, or to those no longer disabled. Payments also went to people who had died or were in prison. Social Security was able to recoup about $8.1 billion, but it often took years to get the money back, the study said. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/07/social-security-overpaid-nearly-half-on-disability-watchdog-says/
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Progressive Calls For An “Overthrow” of the American System
(P.W. Adams) ~ It has become all too apparent that the battle for America’s soul is being waged by basically two types of people. Those who wish to return the nation to its former glory as a beacon of liberty for the American people and the world... and those who wish to see the Constitution and all it stands for burn in the fires of collective tyranny. An example of the latter was recently demonstrated during a New York fundraiser for Seattle Socialist Councilwoman Kshama Sawat. FDL reports that during a speech given at the event Progressive author and journalist Chris Hedges called for the overthrow of the American system:
“The only response, if we are going to recover a country that does not slip into a corporate, oligarchy tyranny…is if we overthrow the system,” Hedges said. “Let me repeat that word in case anyone from Homeland Security is here and that’s overthrow.”
This isn’t the first time Chris Hedges has openly called for a revolution. During an interview in 2013 Mr. Hedges stated that, “I’m calling for the overthrow of this system”. http://www.progressivestoday.com/progressive-journalist-calls-for-an-overthrow-of-the-american-system-at-socialist-fundraiser/
(Note: This is a progressive site and I wanted to let you know whats going on on the other side. No, I did not ask for permission to reprint.)
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Forget Cuba or health care reform, nObama's real legacy is Middle East nuke
KT McFarland
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(ktmcfarland) ~ President nObama recently sat down for a long, wide-ranging interview with Thomas Friedman, the New York Times’ premier columnist and multiple Pulitzer Prize winner. It was supposed to be an elevated discussion between two intellectuals about the weighty foreign policy issues not just of the day, but of the modern era. nObama kept referring to broad, sweeping words of wisdom – the deal with Iran is a “once in a lifetime” chance. He hinted at a similar deal with Cuba.
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And he announced, “You asked about an nObama doctrine. The doctrine is: We will engage, but we preserve all our capabilities.
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Sadly, we have seen that the alternative to American leadership isn’t world peace, but rising regional hegemony – or even worse, chaos. China, Russia, Iran and the Islamic State don’t want to play by our rules. They want to kick over the global chessboard and establish their own rules.
Sadly, we have seen that the alternative to American leadership isn’t world peace, but rising regional hegemony – or even worse, chaos. China, Russia, Iran and the Islamic State don’t want to play by our rules. They want to kick over the global chessboard and establish their own rules.
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It was vintage nObama – vague, but important sounding. It could mean whatever you wanted it to mean. Anyone could read into it what he wanted. It would mean all things to all people. It was a Rorschach test: How you interpreted it depended more on what you thought than what he said. It was complete gobbledygook.
It was vintage nObama – vague, but important sounding. It could mean whatever you wanted it to mean. Anyone could read into it what he wanted. It would mean all things to all people. It was a Rorschach test: How you interpreted it depended more on what you thought than what he said. It was complete gobbledygook.
The nObama administration has spent six years in search of a doctrine worthy of the Chosen One. At first it was “Leading from Behind.” But that didn’t work, because rather than take our cue, others rushed to fill the void created by our withdrawal from the front of the pack.
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Then it was “don’t do stupid stuff.” But the administration kept doing stupid stuff, like the premature withdrawal from Iraq that gave birth to ISIS, or the Libyan war that left the country in jihadist chaos, or the decision to blame the Benghazi terrorist attacks on an obscure YouTube video.
Then it was “don’t do stupid stuff.” But the administration kept doing stupid stuff, like the premature withdrawal from Iraq that gave birth to ISIS, or the Libyan war that left the country in jihadist chaos, or the decision to blame the Benghazi terrorist attacks on an obscure YouTube video.
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More recently, the nObama administration claimed its doctrine was “strategic patience” and made references to the great arc of history bending in our direction. But that’s like saying – even though the world seems to be “exploding all over,” to quote former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel – don’t worry, everything will turn out well in the end. It’s basing America’s national security on “fingers crossed.”
More recently, the nObama administration claimed its doctrine was “strategic patience” and made references to the great arc of history bending in our direction. But that’s like saying – even though the world seems to be “exploding all over,” to quote former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel – don’t worry, everything will turn out well in the end. It’s basing America’s national security on “fingers crossed.”
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The president talks in every speech about the “global community” and the “rules-based international community.” He puts his faith in the creation of new entities based on common interests and shared values to deal with everything from governing the Internet to global warming. He believes that if America takes a step back, other nations will step forward and planetary kumbaya will ensue.
The president talks in every speech about the “global community” and the “rules-based international community.” He puts his faith in the creation of new entities based on common interests and shared values to deal with everything from governing the Internet to global warming. He believes that if America takes a step back, other nations will step forward and planetary kumbaya will ensue.
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Previous attempts at an nObama Doctrine had come from White House aides or Cabinet officers, but in his interview with Friedman nObama himself took a turn at defining the nObama Doctrine. Doubtless, it was focus-group tested and designed to offend the fewest people. It sounds like we want to stay involved in world affairs, but not expend too much effort. It’s so vacuous, it’s meaningless.
Previous attempts at an nObama Doctrine had come from White House aides or Cabinet officers, but in his interview with Friedman nObama himself took a turn at defining the nObama Doctrine. Doubtless, it was focus-group tested and designed to offend the fewest people. It sounds like we want to stay involved in world affairs, but not expend too much effort. It’s so vacuous, it’s meaningless.
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Compare this to James Monroe’s doctrine that great powers should stay out of our hemisphere, or Theodore Roosevelt’s “speak softly and carry a big stick,” or Ronald Reagan’s Peace through Strength. Those were unambiguous. They made clear that we did not seek war, but we would remain strong enough to defend ourselves if necessary.
Compare this to James Monroe’s doctrine that great powers should stay out of our hemisphere, or Theodore Roosevelt’s “speak softly and carry a big stick,” or Ronald Reagan’s Peace through Strength. Those were unambiguous. They made clear that we did not seek war, but we would remain strong enough to defend ourselves if necessary.
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President nObama is about to get his nuclear deal with Iran, which he believes will be the crowning achievement of his historic, transformational presidency. Yet wise and respected diplomats like former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, who are no strangers to historic treaties, have warned that the agreement will not do what he has promised. Instead of preventing a nuclear arms race, it will have the opposite effect, and nuclear weapons will spread throughout the Middle East.
President nObama is about to get his nuclear deal with Iran, which he believes will be the crowning achievement of his historic, transformational presidency. Yet wise and respected diplomats like former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, who are no strangers to historic treaties, have warned that the agreement will not do what he has promised. Instead of preventing a nuclear arms race, it will have the opposite effect, and nuclear weapons will spread throughout the Middle East.
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President nObama and Secretary of State hanoi John Kerry are in search of greatness. The president will sign an agreement with Iran on behalf of the United States but without the concurrence of its elected representatives. In effect, that allows Iran to get nuclear weapons and ignites a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
President nObama and Secretary of State hanoi John Kerry are in search of greatness. The president will sign an agreement with Iran on behalf of the United States but without the concurrence of its elected representatives. In effect, that allows Iran to get nuclear weapons and ignites a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
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Presumably, the president believes that if he grants Iran this right, its leaders will have a sudden change of heart on their terrorist ways, stop chanting “death to America” and abandon their goal of “annihilating Israel.”
Presumably, the president believes that if he grants Iran this right, its leaders will have a sudden change of heart on their terrorist ways, stop chanting “death to America” and abandon their goal of “annihilating Israel.”
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But if he is wrong, he has just bet America’s security, and the world’s, on an agreement that can neither be adequately verified nor successfully enforced with a handful of messianic mullahs who are convinced they’ve been chosen to rule the world.
But if he is wrong, he has just bet America’s security, and the world’s, on an agreement that can neither be adequately verified nor successfully enforced with a handful of messianic mullahs who are convinced they’ve been chosen to rule the world.
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If so, others will write the nObama Doctrine, and it won’t be pretty. President nObama will be known as the man who allowed nuclear weapons into the Middle East in exchange for one vainglorious moment.
If so, others will write the nObama Doctrine, and it won’t be pretty. President nObama will be known as the man who allowed nuclear weapons into the Middle East in exchange for one vainglorious moment.
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In 1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain traveled to Munich to sign a pact with Adolph Hitler. Chamberlain returned to London to cheers, parades and congratulations, declaring he had achieved “peace in our time.” A year later, however, the very war he’d been seeking to avoid had begun. Chamberlain’s naiveté and appeasement policy were blamed for one of the world’s most devastating and destructive wars. The threats we face today are even more ominous -- Hitler never got his hands on nuclear weapons.
In 1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain traveled to Munich to sign a pact with Adolph Hitler. Chamberlain returned to London to cheers, parades and congratulations, declaring he had achieved “peace in our time.” A year later, however, the very war he’d been seeking to avoid had begun. Chamberlain’s naiveté and appeasement policy were blamed for one of the world’s most devastating and destructive wars. The threats we face today are even more ominous -- Hitler never got his hands on nuclear weapons.
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If, in a few years, the Middle East is awash in nuclear materials and weapons of mass destruction, the likelihood they will be used will go up exponentially – whether they’re used intentionally, accidentally or even inadvertently. If so, the blame will fall squarely on nObama’s shoulders. Chamberlain’s capitulation and folly will look minor compared to his.
If, in a few years, the Middle East is awash in nuclear materials and weapons of mass destruction, the likelihood they will be used will go up exponentially – whether they’re used intentionally, accidentally or even inadvertently. If so, the blame will fall squarely on nObama’s shoulders. Chamberlain’s capitulation and folly will look minor compared to his.
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Then we will finally have an explanation of the nObama Doctrine. President nObama’s legacy will not be “peace in our time.” It will be introducing nuclear weapons into the most unstable and dangerous part of the planet into the hands of people who will not hesitate to use them.
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Then we will finally have an explanation of the nObama Doctrine. President nObama’s legacy will not be “peace in our time.” It will be introducing nuclear weapons into the most unstable and dangerous part of the planet into the hands of people who will not hesitate to use them.
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