How Jewish Democracy Endures
Reflections on Israel’s political crisis.
March 30, 2023
Recent Iranian attacks show the failure of deterrence.
Last week, an Iranian proxy group launched a drone attack on a U.S. military base in Syria, killing a contractor and wounding five soldiers. In response, American warplanes struck military targets affiliated with Tehran—taking care, according to the Pentagon, “to limit the risk of escalation and minimize casualties.” Iran-backed forces attacked two other sites with a U.S. troop presence the next day, wounding another serviceman. Clifford May comments:
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Recent Iranian attacks show the failure of deterrence.
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