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Daniel B. Shapiro
AcademicLean Left
A former US ambassador to Israel and senior Pentagon official during the Biden administration.
Notable Quotes
"They’ll definitely take terrible damage from combined US-Israeli strikes, but that doesn’t mean it ends quickly, or clean - and they do have some ability to impose some costs in the other direction."View Story →
"They’ll definitely take terrible damage from combined US-Israeli strikes, but that doesn’t mean it ends quickly, or clean - and they do have some ability to impose some costs in the other direction."View Story →
"Iran knows how to drag out those negotiations, and try to pocket concessions along the way."View Story →
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