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Romney gaffe: 'Syria is Iran's route to the sea'
Guardian ^
| 10/23/12
| Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Posted on 10/23/2012 9:22:01 AM PDT by Uncle Slayton
Mitt Romney is not particularly new to gaffes but when it comes to one about the relationship between Syria and Iran, he has shown extraordinary courage in repeating it at least six times just in the past year.
During last night's foreign policy debate, Romney said: "Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012debates; gaffe; geography; middleeast; nongaffes; romney; syria
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To: schaef21
"To defeat these trade sanctions, Iran has resorted to using its air transportation to transport goods through an air corridor in Iraqi airspace into Syria and its seaports, such as Latakia." The majority of their economy is based on oil and gas. Can they be transporting that by air?
To: Baynative
The majority of their economy is based on oil and gas. Can they be transporting that by air? Persian rugs...
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10/23/2012 6:17:20 PM PDT
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okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA; Ignorance on parade.)
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