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Niall Ferguson and Yoav Gallant: Israel Has Done Most of the Job. Only Trump Can Finish It.

JL;DR SUMMARY Niall Ferguson argues that President Trump faces a pivotal decision on whether to intervene militarily to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions, asserting that Israel has nearly completed the task. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastIranDonald TrumpForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsYoav GallantU.S. InterventionNiall FergusonHistorical Precedents

Places mentioned

Israel
"ensuring that Iran never possesses nuclear weapons?We understand why Trump is weighing the decision with the utmost carewhy he gave negotiations with Iran a 60-day chance, and why he has spent many hours with his national security team, hearing their different views."
Iran
"ensuring that Iran never possesses nuclear weapons?We understand why Trump is weighing the decision with the utmost carewhy he gave negotiations with Iran a 60-day chance, and why he has spent many hours with his national security team, hearing their different views."
Vietnam
"of past interventionsin Vietnam, most obviously, but some also cite Iraq and Afghanistanthat led to forever wars."
Iraq
"of past interventionsin Vietnam, most obviously, but some also cite Iraq and Afghanistanthat led to forever wars."
Afghanistan
"of past interventionsin Vietnam, most obviously, but some also cite Iraq and Afghanistanthat led to forever wars."
South Korea
"the Cold War have gone better if Harry Truman had abandoned South Korea to Stalins proxies in 1950?"
Kuwait
"Would the Middle East have benefited if Kuwait had been left in Saddam Husseins hands in 1991?"
Bosnia and Herzegovina
"be stabler today if Bill Clinton had not belatedly acted to save Bosnia and then Kosovo from Slobodan Miloevis aggression?"
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