"I think the administration's response does make sense in the sense that you don't want to continue this huge rhetoric and at the same time provoke some kind of incident, " Richardson said.

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Still, the plot, if you don't question it too closely, does sort of parse, even when it doesn't make sense.

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This sounds very 1950's and it doesn't apply to everyone but I believe a strong correlation does make sense.

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