How Iran Could Trigger Accidental Armageddon: Jeffrey Goldberg
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Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- One of the arguments often made infavor of bombing Iran to cripple its nuclear program is this:The mullahs in Tehran are madmen who believe it is theirconsecrated duty to destroy the perfidious Zionist entity (whichis to say, Israel) and so are building nuclear weapons to launchat Tel Aviv at the first favorable moment.
It’s beyond a doubt that the Iranian regime would like tobring about the destruction of Israel. However, the mullahs arealso cynics and men determined, more than anything, to maintaintheir hold on absolute power.