Deterrence or escalation? What the surge of US troops might mean in Iran.
There’s a saying often invoked in the run-up to wars: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. The late Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reportedly cited it privately within the George W. Bush administration as U.S. troops deployed to Baghdad, then publicly in 2013 to criticize President Barack Obama when … Read more
