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Letter from John A. Rudy

Cutting the Nuclear ‘Gordian Knot’

As a result of the military attacks on Iran initiated by the U.S. and Israel, the U.S. and the world are faced with two seemingly unrelated conditions in the Middle East: (1) The concern about Iran’s potential development of nuclear weapons; and (2) The need to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. Resolution of both may require cutting the nuclear Gordian Knot by introducing a previously unstated condition into the discussion.

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