Will Iran be rational?

In this issue of the newsletter of the Strategic Studies Institute, Andrew Terrill gives three sound reasons why Iran should not unleash nuclear weapons:

• The radioactive fallout would kill many Palestinians and, very likely, other Arabs.
• They run the risk of being wiped out by an Israeli nuclear attack.
• An Iranian attack may not damage Israel very much if Israel's missile and civil defense systems work as they should.

But, as we know, man is not always rational.