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Jennifer Loewenstein's avatar

If you get a chance, read Noam Chomsky’s The Fateful Triangle. It’s dense but invaluable. Check out the Samson Option. That’s Israel’s ultimate fallback solution to an existential threat.

Nuclear deterrence is exactly what Israel hopes to avoid. That’s why Iran is such a big worry for them. Israel knows that were Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, it (Israel) would no longer be able to act with impunity across the region. It currently bombs Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, & Yemen whenever it wants. With nuclear deterrence, that could no longer happen. Note that Israel is the one Middle Eastern country *against* having a NWFZ (nuclear weapons free zone). All other countries favor it, including Iran (which is not an Arab nation). Says a lot about the mentality of this rogue state.

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