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December 13, 2024

Can a Weakened Iran Survive?

Barack Obama made attacking the Islamic Republic taboo. Now the taboo is broken.

Between the explosion of thousands of Hizballah pagers on September 17 and now, Iran’s geopolitical clout has shrunk dramatically: Hizballah, Iran’s most important striking force, has retreated to lick its wounds; Iranian influence in Syria has collapsed; Iran’s attempts to attack Israel via Gaza have proved self-defeating; its missile and drone arsenal have proved impotent; and its territorial defenses have proved useless in the face of Israeli airpower. Edward Luttwak considers what might happen next:

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December 13, 2024

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    Barack Obama made attacking the Islamic Republic taboo. Now the taboo is broken.

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