10:45 "And in a certain way even Iran is the same, is the same...and that puts us in a different ballgame. My own professor was a gentleman named Bernard Lewis, who used to say to me all the time that ‘ Mutually Assured Destruction for the Iranian regime is not deterrence, it’s an incentive and once you internalize that one you realize that you are in a different universe with these people. "
Bernard Lewis: Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian, page 333
In this context, the deterrent that worked so well during the Cold War, namely M.A.D. (Mutual Assured Destruction) , would have no meaning. At the End of Time, there will be general destruction anyway. What will matter is the final destination of the dead-- hell for the infidels, and the delights of heaven for the believers. For people with this mindset, M.A.D. is not a constraint; it is an inducement...
