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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-858718
War with Iran Brings Legitimacy to Military Action to Prevent Proliferation
(Jerusalem Post) Efraim Inbar - President Trump decided to capitalize on the Israeli successes in their air campaign against Iran's nuclear infrastructure. The American bombing - the first time the U.S. used force in a counterproliferation mode - serves as a potent warning. We can detect a change in the international legitimacy awarded to military action to prevent proliferation. This is at the expense of the blind belief in the supremacy of diplomacy and the widespread aversion to war. The writer is a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.