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The United States no less than Israel is the target. One can quarrel if the United States is the target on account of Israel, whether Israel is a target on account of its association with the United States, or that both are targets with ideological and religious justifications."} 79:{"position":30,"content":"

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American follies are responsible for making things worse than they should be. Chief among them was the invasion and occupation of Iraq, on the flimsy reasons of it being involved in 9-11, having weapons of mass destruction, and being a cruel and undemocratic regime. Also problematic was the aspiration to remake Afghanistan, a country that Britain in the 19th century and the USSR in the 20th century also failed to remake. Problems with Pakistan have grown out of Afghanistan. All the while the serious problem of Iranian nuclear activities have been left to fester and develop ever more closely to something that once achieved cannot be controlled by outsiders."} 7b:{"position":32,"content":"

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We're all stuck with America's global responsibilities