You are right

Submitted by Johnny (Sweden), May 20, 2010 at 06:53

This was the first strike on the West. If the US-president had made an ultimatum, that Ayatollah Khomeini must withdraw the fatwa within 24-hours or else, and if no comply bombed their parliament when in session, we would not have this problem with Iran and radical Islam today.

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