Trump unites the Middle East

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    J.K. Rowling Just Pointed Out One Surprising Result of Trump's Remarks

    Raisa Bruner
    2:42 PM ET

    Count on J.K. Rowling to always inject some wry levity and perspective into political proceedings. On Thursday, the Harry Potter author and prolific Twitter user shared a screen grab of a TV channel broadcast in which the chyron is nothing short of surprising: "Iran and Israel condemn Trump's comments," it reads.

    "Unbelievable. He actually did bring the Middle East together," Rowling dryly commented on the image in her tweet.

    Iran and Israel have long been enemies, but she joked that Trump may have inadvertently had a successful unifying effect.

    For the two nations to agree on something — in this case, Trump's comments on the violent events in Charlottesville — is noteworthy.

    http://time.com/4905015/jk-rowling-trump-middle-east/
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    Oh man, I was just about to post this! :soma:

    What if these two countries actually did decide to call a truce because of this? That would be the only good thing to come out of this Presidency :lol:
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    Here's an experiment.

    Replace J.K. Rowling with Kim Kardashian.

    Now read this "article" again, keeping in mind it's Time magazine, and tell me how pathetic it looks.
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    For those of us not interested in ad-hominem fallacies, the argument and the evidence look about the same.
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    . . . Oh dear, do you think I'm attacking Rowling, and not the sad state of the online "news" industry?
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    #7 stunned the entire Internet!

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    Does this reduce the possibility of war with Iran? Bummer.
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    What if Iran was one of us. Dayton is mad king bastard and will also be Khal Drogo in a game of thrones musical.
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