From ACT! for America--Houston: [New post] Why deterrence won’t work against Iran

Dershowitz: "The first question therefore is whether the United States would actually be willing to retaliate against a nuclear attack on Israel by dropping nuclear bombs on Tehran, killing millions of its civilian inhabitants. The second question is whether any civilized country—the United States or Israel—should be willing to kill millions of Iranian civilians because their leaders made a decision to use nuclear weapons against Israel or the United States. The third question—and the one never asked by advocates of deterrence—is whether it would be legal, under the laws of war, to target millions of civilians in a retaliatory nuclear attack."

 

What I would say to the Iranian people about this is what my drill sergeant told us when things didn't work out fair:

 

"SUCKS TO BE YOU."

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New post on ACT! for America Houston Why deterrence won't work against Iran by actforamericahouston by Alan M. Dershowitz Following President Obama's strong renunciation of "containment" and his expression of willingness to use military force as a last resort to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, some on the left continue to oppose any threat to use the military option. Leading this approach is Fareed Zakaria, who recently on his [...] Read more of this post actforamericahouston | March 20, 2012 at 6:05 pm | Tags: Iran, Islam, Islamic jihad, war | Categories: Iran, Islam, War | URL: http://wp.me/p1ggVf-1Qq Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://actforamericahouston.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/why-deterrence-wont-work-against-iran/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com