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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Apr 2017

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Matt Lee

    I read this as saying America is ready to launch a pre-emptive strike on North Korea. Is that a fair reading?https://twitter.com/APDiploWriter/status/849410039903383554 …

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    Statement on #NorthKorea missile test from #US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: pic.twitter.com/CdkaQE7TMC
    5:48 PM - 4 Apr 2017
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      1. CavsKermit‏ @JbkJbk1234 4 Apr 2017
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        Yep.

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      1. Geoffrey Potter, Building Back Somewhat Better‏ @GeoffreyPotter 4 Apr 2017
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        "We will begin bombing the Soviet Union in five minutes" came to mind on reading this.

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      2. Daniel Kelly‏ @dkellyChi 4 Apr 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        That's a logical reading, but does this administration behave with logic?

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      3. Robert Garrick‏ @rjgarrick 4 Apr 2017
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        Does this administration BELIEVE IN logic?

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      1. It’s a Beautiful Day‏ @WeCanWeMust4All 4 Apr 2017
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        You'll have to ask Jared. Or Ivanka after she researches the word "complicit"

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      1. Record Heat‏Verified account @RecordHeatUS 4 Apr 2017
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        Seems as likely that they really don't know what to say and are using mystery as pretense

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      1. Lyndon Hood‏ @lyndonhood 4 Apr 2017
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        My caveat is whether they are together enough to know that's a fair reading.

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      1. Corinne in YYC‏ @CorinneinYYC 4 Apr 2017
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        Well, that's certainly the terrifying reading. Fair or not.

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      2. Robert Garrick‏ @rjgarrick 4 Apr 2017
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        30,000,000 people in artillery range.

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