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Reader comment on item: Middle East Provocations and Predictions
Submitted by Stephen Balog (United States), Sep 11, 2015 at 10:01
You said...
"if the Iranians do not deploy their new weapons, it is just possible that the increased contact with the outside world and the disruption caused by inconsistent Western policies will work to undermine the regime"
Are you being sarcastic?
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Daniel Pipes replies:
No. See http://www.danielpipes.org/16102/one-tiny-silver-lining-in-the-otherwise-bad-iran
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