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Does the president of the United States have any responsibilities other than killing Muslims?

The Republican debate became a forum for factual inaccuracies and demonizing Iran.

The relationship between Iran and America is tenuous at best, and there is no better forum to exaggerate this difficult relationship than the debates held for the nomination of the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. Recent fears of violence in the wake of the 13 November Paris attacks and the 2 December San Bernardino shooting have resulted in a series of policy decisions and discussions in the United States that seem to center around demonizing Muslim countries that are not “natural” allies of the US, such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

In US Republican Politics, ‘Hating on Iran Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry’