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For conservatives, Benghazi is a convenient excuse

What if we hadn't invaded Iraq under the false premise that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction?

Would Iran be the empowered country it is today, leading the charge on behalf of Shiite Muslims in their quest to dominate the Islamic world?

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Would ISIS have been able to advance if Sunni Muslims still controlled Iraq and dominated its army? Would Syria and Yemen be in turmoil if not for the Shiite rebirth of Iran?

Would Israel be ground zero for Palestinian rockets supplied by Iran's Shiite government?

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Or would this all have been prevented if the Obama administration had known in advance that Benghazi would be attacked?

Tough call, right?

Robert M. McDonough, Columbia

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