IRAN NEEDS NUKES TO DETER ISRAELI ATTACK, NOT CAUSE IT. Avishai, Bernard, and Reza Aslan. "An Israeli Strike on Iran, a Plan That Just Doesn't Fly" Washingtonpost.com - Nation, World, Technology and Washington Area News and Headlines. 10 Aug. 2008. Web. 25 Aug. 2010. . The Iranian regime is not a suicide bomber. The idea that one fine morning Iran will incinerate Tel Aviv is madness Morris's description of the mullahs' "fundamentalist, self-sacrificial mindset" echoed by others, is a caricature. The Iranian regime knows full well that Israel has an arsenal widely thought to include as many as 200 nuclear warheads as well as missiles, submarines, strategic bombers and enough apocalyptic psyches to retaliate. Do Israelis seriously believe that Iranians hate them (on behalf of the Palestinians, who would be poisoned by the fallout) more than they love their children -- or, for that matter, the historic cities of Tehran, Qom and Esfahan?
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