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Trump Warns Iran of "Obliteration"

To obliterate means to destroy utterly; to wipe out. Do we really need Iran? What have the Iranians done for us? A revolution and women in black? Why don't just have friends ruling Iran like those in Egypt? At least the Americans have brought us Elvis and Michael, Jeans, Sharon Stone and porno, Hollywood and Schwarzenegger, Marlboro, MacDonald's and Donald Duck, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates... Putting aside geopolitical economy, protecting allies (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel), having control (not the need) over hydrocarbons, limitng the expansion of China's and Russia's spheres of influence, capital expansion and markets... one should look at it in another way: It could be that a new spectatcle is in the making. Imagine how many people will be watching, even discovering where Iran is! Imagine how many discussion will take place and how many articles will be written!  And let's shout with the pacifists: "Stop the War", "Peace Now!" And in