US officials are always talking about “deterring” Iran. What does that really mean?
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US officials are always talking about “deterring” Iran. What does that really mean?

Does the US still have the power to deter its adversaries? When the US launched airstrikes earlier this month against the proxy militias linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in retaliation for the attack that killed three US soldiers at a base in Jordan‚ President Joe Biden noted that while the US would continue to respond to Iran-linked attacks “at times and places of our choosing‚” it “does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere...