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</html><description>Via Cernig, I was fascinated to read an analysis by a reputable firm (Stratfor) concluding that the recent stand-down by Sadr&#x2019;s militia in Iraq was in fact brokered by Iran. Iran obviously has no interest in seeing Shiite fratricide simmer in Iraq, and as American power wanes they have every incentive to actively manage the &hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tunchiswatching.jpg</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>2048</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>1536</thumbnail_height></oembed>
