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On Deterrence And Its Attendant Confusions
Posted by Pejman Yousefzadeh on Fri Apr 14, 2006 at 10:37:47 PM EST
Of course, this raises the question as to whether the United States was supposed to view this attempt on the part of the Ba'athist regime to bluff their way towards deterrence as proof that the Iraqis did have bioweapons, and thus posed a threat to regional and international security. No doubt, for many, the answer to that is "no." We are either supposed to be omniscient, or to let the Ba'athist regime to have believed that they bluffed successfully. The fact that we called the regime on its bluff and therefore perhaps sent the message that it is wise not to bluff regarding these matters apparently has no merit whatsoever in certain schools of thought.
(Cross posted at RedState and No End But Victory.)
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