According to Bernard Lewis, the Iranian mullahs could not care less about Mutually Assured Destruction once they get the bomb, or more accurately, MAD to them would be an inducement. But before they get the bomb they can still be deterred. So Trump has finally found a way to deal with them. A refreshing change from Obama brown nosing the ayatollahs.
A predominantly one-topic blog: how is it that the most imminent and lethal implication for humankind - the fact that the doctrine of "Mutually Assured Destruction" will not work with Iran - is not being discussed in our media? Until it is recognized that MAD is dead, the Iranian threat will be treated as a threat only to Israel and not as the global threat which it in fact is. A blog by Mladen Andrijasevic
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Monday, July 23, 2018
Trump's tweet to Rouhani
According to Bernard Lewis, the Iranian mullahs could not care less about Mutually Assured Destruction once they get the bomb, or more accurately, MAD to them would be an inducement. But before they get the bomb they can still be deterred. So Trump has finally found a way to deal with them. A refreshing change from Obama brown nosing the ayatollahs.