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...because nothing we're doing is going to change the degree to which we have to manage Tehran. We're not changing the regime. We're not reducing their hostility to the West, or their control over some 90+ million people and a huge chunk of the world's oil, or their long-term threat profile to the region. We're not going to be in a position to declare "Mission Accomplished" and never have to pay attention to the Middle East again.

And we are syphoning resources that otherwise could be deployed to the Pacific. Not to mention the scuttling of the DDG(X) project in favor the BBG, which military planners are saying is a huge mistake (which it is...the firepower and cost per displaced ton makes BBG a poor choice).

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