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How and Why the "Nuclear Umbrella" Argument Falls Apart

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Bernard Avishai explains why it's preposterous to think that if Iran gets the bomb it's clients will "eat away" at Israeli's quality of life.

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The most subtle argument defending an Israeli aerial attack on Natanz and other Iranian nuclear installations is that an Iranian bomb would create an “umbrella” under which client regimes and terrorist organizations (Syria, or what will emerge after Assad, Hezbollah in south Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza) will grow in strength...

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