My favorite snippet from McCain's speech today on Iraq:
Iraqi forces recently battled in Basra against radical Shi'a militias, supported by Iran...
Note the grammatical indeterminacy. Are the Iraqi forces "supported by Iran" or are the radical Shi'a militias the ones "supported by Iran"? Unclear, both in the text of the speech and in real life.
Chris Hayes
My favorite snippet from McCain’s speech today on Iraq:
Iraqi forces recently battled in Basra against radical Shi’a militias, supported by Iran…
Note the grammatical indeterminacy. Are the Iraqi forces “supported by Iran” or are the radical Shi’a militias the ones “supported by Iran”? Unclear, both in the text of the speech and in real life.
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