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The Prospects of War in the Middle East
If I were Putin and I was in trouble in Ukraine the war was not going well he wouldn't detonate a small tactical nuclear weapon. He might just help Iran cross the nuclear threshold or even more subtly beef up Iran's air defenses. That could well trigger an Israeli attack on Iran so it's now or never, says Peter Bergen.