Threatening Illegal War Does Not Lead to Peace

Taking increasingly belligerent, hard-line positions is not conducive to successful diplomacy.

Dennis Ross has written an awful article advocating for threatening military action against Iran. To make it even more annoying, he pretends that threatening to attack will make conflict less likely:

If Washington wants to make the use of force against the Iranian nuclear program less likely, it is essential to restore deterrence.

When Ross says “restore …