Iran

[andrewducker]

Q: What should we do with Iran?
A. All options are on the table.
Q: Should we bomb them? Is bombing them on the table?
A: Bombing them must be on the table, because it is an option, and all options are on the table.
Q: What about starving them to death with sanctions? Is starving them to death with sanctions on the table?
A: In that an option? Because if it is an option, then it must be, as we have mentioned before, on the table.
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Q: What about leaving Iran alone? Is that on the table?
A: No. That is not on the table, because it is not an option.
Q: Are you sure? It looks like an option.
A: It may look like an option, but in fact it is the East Tunisian mock option, which over the course of many years has evolved to mimic the distinctive coloring and plumage of the true American option, in order to better evade and intimidate predators.

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I meant to thank supergee for that.

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[meihua.livejournal.com]

Only tangentially related, but that "on the table" line of questioning annoys me.

Reporter: Will you definitely not do a thing?
Spokesperson: No, we will not rule out doing that thing.
Article: "They're totally gonna do that thing!"

[mooism.livejournal.com]

I was going to bemoan Fafblog's continuing failure to provide a syndication feed, but the link turns out to be hidden halfway down the page without an icon.

So have added it now :-)