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Jesse Kline: How Iran triggered a world war for its own destruction

Even Canada is considering involving itself in this conflict

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Anyone who has picked up a newspaper over the past week can be forgiven for thinking we might be witnessing the start of World War III. Except for the fact that no one, other than Iran’s terrorist buddies in Hezbollah, is lining up on the side of the Islamic Republic.

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What started as joint U.S. and Israeli strikes targeting Iran’s theocratic regime on Feb. 28 quickly escalated as Iranian forces and their proxies began striking targets throughout the region.

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Hezbollah entered the fray on Monday, drawing Israel into a multi-front war and attacking a British army base in Cyprus, a European Union member state.

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