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usregimechange

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Sat Feb 4, 2017, 09:05 PM Feb 2017

How does a war of choice start?

January 27th: Trump signs order banning immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority nations.
January 28th: Iran's Foreign Ministry calls the order "an obvious insult to the Islamic world..."
January 29th: Iran conducts military exercise and ballistic missile test.
January 31st: UN Security Council meets over missile test.
February 1st: Trump National Security Advisor states that the US is "officially putting Iran on notice."
February 2nd: Trump discusses response, "Nothing's off the table."
February 3rd: Trump admin enacts new sanctions on Iran.
February 4th: Iranian air force conducts additional military exercises.
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How does a war of choice start? (Original Post) usregimechange Feb 2017 OP
Step one: determine which properties are more important than which peoples. rug Feb 2017 #1
Hire Bannon nt dem4decades Feb 2017 #2
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