Leon Panetta actually said...

I don't think there's any question the chances for war are more serious now than they have been in the last 40 years, that we could ultimately escalate what's happening now into a full-scale war with Iran.

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Panetta warns that the situation with Iran has escalated to a point where the risk of full-scale war is greater than it has been in decades.

01/02/2020

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