| Hat tip to Powerline: One of the insoluble difficulties raised by Iran's nuclear threat is the impotence of deterrence against those who relish death, or think death but a small price to pay for the elimination of Jews from "Palestine." The unworkability of deterrence against Iran has received remarkably little public attention, though it must have something to do with the assertion that Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons would be "unacceptable." The Hudson Institute has posted the paper (in PDF) by Laurent Murawiec devoted to this topic of deterring jihadis such as Ahmadinejad: "Deterring those who are already dead?" |