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Colombia Sends 5,000 Troops to Border Region.The US government also reiterated its intention to work with recently elected ultra rightist Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro on the issue of Venezuela.

Maybe Trump really thinks sanctions will produce a "better" Iran deal. More likely, they're designed to justify conflict - an unwinnable conflict that will destabilize the Middle East and the world’s economy, and pour more of this country’s resources into yet another quagmire.

The hard-right national security adviser successfully tanked the Iran deal. His next target? The North Korea talks.