[Dean's World] Dave Price: The Head of the Beast

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Posted by Dave Price:
The Head of the Beast
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1153033281.shtml


   Via [1]Powerline, Steven Den Beste notes:
   Horowitz suggests that Israel's best option is to strike Iran now. I
   agree. With Iran well on its way to becoming a nuclear power, Israel
   will never be stronger in relation to Iran than it is today. And,
   quite apart from the perfectly valid concept of a preemptive strike,
   Iran's central role in the current war justifies direct retaliation.
   ...
   But conventional warheads on missiles just don't do that much damage,
   and Israel doesn't have all that many missiles. They're also a bit
   indiscriminate. Either Israel targets to hit nothing, which would make
   them a laughingstock, or they target something important, and almost
   certainly kill civilians in addition to what they were aiming at. I
   can see the headlines already.
   They really don't need to do much damage at all, as long as it's in
   the right places. An essential characteristic of any autocracy,
   whether it be theocratic, Communist, or feudal, is that its only real
   concern is for the advancement of the perceived interests of its
   leadership. The mullahs may care very little about whether innocent
   Israelis, Lebanese, Iranians, and poor dupes they can con into wearing
   bombs die, but you can bet they aren't all that eager to head into
   Allah's arms themselves while they're still healthy, their clamorous
   false piety notwithstanding.
   Israel needs to demonstrate to Iran's leaders, ungently, that killing
   Israelis is not in their interest. With sociopaths, you have to set
   boundaries.

References

   1. http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014701.php