Iran Is More Dangerous Than Islamic State, and the West Should Stop Giving It a Pass
Tehran played a weak hand brilliantly.
September 30, 2016
Tehran played a weak hand brilliantly.
By seeing the defeat of Islamic State, desirable though that is, as a top security priority, writes Moshe Yaalon, American leaders are ignoring the far greater threat of the Islamic Republic. With more people, more resources, better military technology, and, soon enough, nuclear weapons, it is also every bit as bloodthirsty as the Sunni jihadists it is now fighting—and the nuclear deal has strengthened it further:
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