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Iran's Fortification Drive Draws a Spin Doctor's Defense

Iranian officials reportedly believe President Trump is ready to strike again and see the nuclear site preparations as a deterrent; the concrete is not saying.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSince the Wall Street Journal's report this morning, officials in Tehran are describing the fortified nuclear sites as a deterrent, because they believe President Trump is ready to attack again.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWith me is Oswin Tarkington, Director of Public Calm.

  3. Oswin TarkingtonThank you, Kenji. Structurally speaking, this is a patio project.

  4. Oswin TarkingtonPeople hear fortified and imagine something dramatic, when it is simply a lot of concrete with great posture.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo let me ask you about the report that the public is being rallied for a return to fighting. Is that a patio party?

  6. Oswin TarkingtonStructurally speaking, it is a community cookout with a very enthusiastic turnout.

  7. Oswin TarkingtonThe blast door is decorative, and I have the laminated blueprint of the gift shop right here to prove it.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA decorative blast door.

  9. Oswin TarkingtonStructurally speaking, it is the most decorative door in the region, and it happens to be eleven feet of steel. Behind a mountain.

  10. Oswin TarkingtonWhich is also decor.

  11. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBut you didn't answer the question. If officials truly see all this as a deterrent, then it isn't a patio, is it?

  12. Oswin TarkingtonStructurally speaking, neighbors simply misunderstand what a patio-shaped deterrent actually is.

  13. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, last one. What does the gift shop sell?

  14. Oswin TarkingtonDeterrents.

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