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Too Overt With Covert

By David Ignatius
ABU DHABI -- The leading Republican candidates were weirdly overt with their promises in last weekend's debate about waging covert war against Iran, and even assassinating its scientists. Perhaps it's a sign that foreigners don't take American politics very seriously, but the inflammatory talk created barely a ripple in this part of the world. Or maybe the savvy, cynical Middle East believes that... (Read Full Article)

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