Baumgartner makes the case for attacking Iran, citing 47 years of violence. Crocker has seen that first-hand but fears the war’s consequences – Worldnews.com

WASHINGTON – On the morning of April 18, 1983, a young diplomat named Ryan Crocker had a meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon with Bob Ames, the CIA’s chief Middle East analyst. “I don’t remember what we talked about that morning,” Crocker said in an interview Thursday, “but I sure as hell know it wasn’t about the…
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“but I sure as hell know it wasn’t about the certainty of a truck laden with explosives coming to kill him and blow up the embassy.“