Ominous... For Us

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From BBC News, after news that Iran has halted its nuclear programme:
"I view this report as a warning signal that they had the programme, they halted the programme," Mr Bush told a news conference. "The reason why it's a warning signal is they could restart it."

Yes, it would be a precondition of restarting something to first stop it, wouldn't it?

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  1. I think I'm finally starting to understand neoconservatives. There's an appealing simplicity to their outlook, much like the apparently contradictions in the Tao Te Ching. It's deep, far reaching paradoxical thinking.

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