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					<description><![CDATA[What if the real story is not the latest strike, but the system behind it?&#160;&#160;Introduction by John Mearsheimer&#160;People often talk about the Iran–Israel confrontation as though it were a sudden emergency, a sharp break produced by a single strike, a single leader, or a single outrage. That way of seeing the conflict is tempting, but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[What if presidents no longer fully control when America goes to war?&#160;Introduction by Tucker Carlson&#160;Good evening.Tonight’s question is simple, but it cuts to the core of the American republic:Who really controls America’s wars?We’re told the answer is the president. Or Congress. Or the voters. But if that were fully true, why does the same foreign [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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