The Calculus of the Israel-Iran ‘Forever War'
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In the first hours after Israel escalated its conflict with Iran, there was commentary about it being the latest of the world's 'forever wars' — hostilities that have no end. Marc Champion says there are several factors to consider, most of all nuclear retaliation if Tehran gets the nuclear weapons Israel so desperately wants to prevent it from developing.
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The Calculus of the Israel-Iran ‘Forever War'
This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a phlegmatic phenomenology of Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. In the first hours after Israel escalated its conflict with Iran, there was commentary about it being the latest of the world's 'forever wars' — hostilities that have no end. Marc Champion says there are several factors to consider, most of all nuclear retaliation if Tehran gets the nuclear weapons Israel so desperately wants to prevent it from developing.
