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Iran is smart? No, desperate

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War coverage would have us believe, US and Israel are almost evenly locked in battle with Iran. Iran is matching – even outsmarting – US through “strategic cleverness”, and “asymmetric warfare”. US appears impulsive, Iran, smart, defiant, and resilient. But, this, simply, isn’t true.

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