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How America has empowered evil in Russia and Iran

How America has empowered evil in Russia and Iran

The paradox of peace is that its maintenance depends on the credible threat of war

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Melanie Phillips
Feb 25, 2022
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Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden for US president, 2020

The contrast could scarcely be more glaring. America’s strategy to deter Russian president Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine is to impose sanctions. But its strategy to deter aggression by the Iranian regime is to lift sanctions.

Not only is this contradictory, but in terms of effectiveness …

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