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    Re: Johnson, Javid, Gove being courted by anti-Iranian US "think tank" Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on January 15, 2020, 10:12 am, in reply to "Johnson, Javid, Gove being courted by anti-Iranian US "think tank""

    Bolton, Cheney and the others such as Kristol, Perle and Wolfowitz yearn for more war. They have not been satisfied by the toll from Iraq and Afghanistan. I expect Kissinger has been on there too.

    The funding of the AEI -
    Brulle noted that AEI received $86.7 million dollars between 2003 and 2010, with the single largest source being Donors Trust, which has Charles Koch and David Koch as its largest contributors.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute

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    On the thrust for war on Iran, in this case, economic.

    The World Must End The US’ Illegal Economic War
    by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers / January 14th, 2020

    The United States is relying more heavily on illegal unilateral coercive measures (also known as economic sanctions) in place of war or as part of its build-up to war. In fact, economic sanctions are an act of war that kills tens of thousands of people each year through financial strangulation. An economic blockade places a country under siege.

    A recent example is the increase in economic measures being imposed against Iran, which many viewed as more acceptable than a military attack.

    /..
    https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/the-world-must-end-the-us-illegal-economic-war/

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