# How to orchestrate a war in three easy steps

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 6, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-orchestrate-a-war-in-three-easy-steps/391112 "2007-02-06T18:41:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-orchestrate-a-war-in-three-easy-steps/391112/81 "2007-02-08T16:43:20Z")

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Well, this one [wasn’t hard to call](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8234247&postcount=37):

[Iran to Hit U.S. Interests if Attacked](http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/08/ap3408533.html)

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> Iran’s supreme leader said Thursday that if the United States were to attack Iran, the country would respond by striking U.S. interests all over the world - the latest sharp exchange in an escalating standoff between the two countries.
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> The United States is reaping “the expected bitter fruits of its ill-conceived adventurism,” he said.
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> “But rather than face these unpleasant facts, the United States administration is trying to sell an escalated version of the same failed policy. It does this by trying to make Iran its scapegoat and fabricating evidence of Iranian activities in Iraq,” he said.
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> Speaking to a gathering of air force commanders, Khamenei said: “The enemy knows well that any invasion would be followed by a comprehensive reaction to the invaders and their interests all over the world.”

Bring 'em on?

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-orchestrate-a-war-in-three-easy-steps/391112/82 "2007-02-08T19:47:52Z")

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Well, the Administration spokesbeing has once again [denied any intention to **invade** Iran](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070116/pl_afp/usiraqiranwhouse_070116190456).

Makes me feel all better, that does. I mean, we wouldn’t attack without invading, would we?

Would we?

Doctor! My brain hurts!

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