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Sun Feb 24, 2019, 05:18 PM Feb 2019

State Dept. official suggested sending rocket-shaped cookies to countries around Iran

A staff member at the State Department suggested last year that the U.S. send rocket-shaped cookies to countries near Iran, CNN reported Sunday.

The revelation came in a new report detailing the State Department's social media campaign against Iran.

CNN reported that political appointees at the department have sometimes come up with ideas that have been shutdown completely because the ideas were "overboard."

In one instance, according to CNN, a political appointee at the department suggested calling a Persian bakery in Washington and having it make rocket-shaped cookies to send to countries within missile-launching range of Iran.

The idea was reportedly shut down, and diplomats told CNN that they've had to reject other similar ideas.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/431339-state-department-staffer-suggested-sending-rocket-shaped

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State Dept. official suggested sending rocket-shaped cookies to countries around Iran (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2019 OP
How about sending brain shaped cookies to the State Department? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #1
Perfect response. littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #2
you win. +1 billion LOL Takket Feb 2019 #4
Made me think of the Barbara Ann song with the alternate lyrics. nt littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #3
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