{"id":43805,"date":"2019-02-14T11:19:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43805"},"modified":"2019-02-14T11:20:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:20:03","slug":"unhinged-mike-pence-warns-of-new-holocaust-as-team-trump-tries-to-rally-eu-leaders-for-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43805","title":{"rendered":"Unhinged Mike Pence Warns of &#8216;New Holocaust&#8217; as Team Trump Tries to Rally EU Leaders for War With Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2019\/02\/14\/unhinged-mike-pence-warns-new-holocaust-team-trump-tries-rally-eu-leaders-war-iran\">Unhinged Mike Pence Warns of &#8216;New Holocaust&#8217; as Team Trump Tries to Rally EU Leaders for War With Iran<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Can someone remind me how things turned out the last time the U.S. pushed flimsy evidence of a nuclear weapons program in the Middle East and tried to bully its allies into supporting its policy?&#8221;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jessica-corbett-staff-writer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/cd_large\/public\/headlines\/pence.png?itok=SV7pOPpT\" alt=\"U.S. Vice President Mike Pence\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a U.S.-led summit about the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland on Thursday. 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