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The West Wing · Season 5

McNally, Bartlet and others in “The Warfare of Genghis Khan”

Sir, given the volatility of the region, a secret test would be how Iran would certainly proceed.

All right, let's put our cards on the table. What helped keep the Cold War cold was a sense of moral restraint that these weapons were too terrible to use.

That restraint won't exist in jihadists who strap bombs to their chests and enter nightclubs.

SSliger

There are moderate elements on the ascendancy in Iran.

"In the Koran, God commanded to kill the wicked and those who do not see the rights of the oppressed and to murder them. If we abide by the Koran, all of us should mobilize to kill." Televised address by President Alijani: Moderate.

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