Amid the drums of war Iran, too, has been sounding a quieter leitmotif of compromise.

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They can hear the drums of war beating, you know.

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Regularly beating the drums of war, Netanyahu has succeeded in getting alarmed Western allies to turn the sanction screws, but has yet to persuade them of the need for military action, or even to win their backing for a lone Israeli initiative.

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