The Making of a (Wider) Quagmire

Or, to paraphrase the old defense contracting adage, why buy just one quagmire when you can get two for three times the price?
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Bush may take first step to Tehran regime change

Bush administration officials today look set to turn up the heat on Iran at a meeting to consider whether to break off diplomatic contacts as a possible first step to regime change in Tehran.

The gathering was expected to give a wider airing to calls from the Pentagon for destabilising Iran - a course of action so far opposed by the state department, Britain and other governments.
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