Marv Gandall wrote: > ... an Iranian nuclear deterrent, despite all the horror which such weapons > invoke, would do more to dissuade the Israelis from acting with impunity in > Lebanon, Gaza, Syria and elsewhere in the neighbourhood than a thousand UN > resolutions condemning their aggressions. I suspect it is this potential > constraint to its military freedom of action, rather more than an existential > fear of an Iranian strike by mad mullahs, which concerns the Israeli high > command and lies at the heart of Israeli efforts to quash Iran's nuclear > program.<
the "existential threat" to Israel is silly, given its military supremacy. But one key problem with Iranian nukes is that they're not a good deterrent: using them would kill a bunch of Palestinians. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
