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3 days agoWhile I will not defend theocracy, the people running Iran are anything but mad.
Brutal and repressive authoritarians? Sure.
But their strategy going back 40 years has been thoughtful and measured, which are not the qualities of people who are “mad”.
The same cannot be said for Trump, obviously.
You were calling them mad in the context of geopolitical strategic thought i.e. madman theory, and that’s just not true.
If you need evidence that they are thoughtful and measured, then just look at this war and how it’s playing out.
And if you need more evidence, please read all of the reporting regarding the latest rounds of negotiations that Trump sabotaged.
Those are not the actions of mad men.