An adequate force posture can actually dampen Iranian escalation prospects, weakness and irresolution can lead to more Iranian testing and meddling, not less. Ben Talebu More Quotes by Ben Talebu More Quotes From Ben Talebu I think what we're seeing now is our own administration goading Iran into taking ill-advised and tremendously foolish actions that would provide them with justification to... use force against the Iranian regime. Ben Talebu top-news A highly deniable attack, such as the one on the hull of the tankers, would be entirely consistent with the past four decades of Iranian security strategy, which emphasizes increasing the challenges of attribution, overcoming conventional military weaknesses, and decreasing the prospects of escalation against the Iranian homeland for regime meddling. Ben Talebu top-news
