the logic is airtight:
Glenn Greenwald makes it only a third of the way to the only half-decent joke I've ever written:
Iran would have to be crazy not to seek a nuclear deterent, its president is crazy, therefore Iran isn't seeking a nuclear deterent.
Though maybe it worked out better in longform. If I only repeat it once every three years maybe it won't get old.
your turing test:
Oil for Nothing:US Holds On Humanitarian SuppliesIraq: 1997-2001
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