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Let the Cat Keep Its Fangs
I have a modest proposal for peace in the Middle East.
Now, obviously, I am not as smart as President Trump. Nobody is. The man’s brain is clearly a casino with chandeliers. And I am certainly not as smart as the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who have spent forty-five years turning one of the world’s oldest poetic civilizations into a graduate seminar in grievance management.
But still. As a humble civilian with no army, no centrifuges, no golf courses, and no revolutionary committee at my disposal, I would like to offer a deal.
Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz. Unconditionally.
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