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matt819

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1. Wanna bet?
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:21 PM
Jan 2018

I don't know what the consulate in Jerusalem is like, but an embassy is a much larger beast. Building an embassy or even converting the consulate is a massive proposition. (See also, American embassy London).

All that done in one year? I think not.

Next, by that time they're too close to 2020, and the pressure will be on to just hold on until the 2020 election, just in case things change.

Sure, this regime could barrel on through, but given its overall progress on other fronts (that is, almost none, except deportations), it's unlikely they can get it together to accomplish anything of note.

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