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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, like his predecessor, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is not only unafraid of death, he welcomes it as an expression of profound religious excellence.

In other words, the war offered martyrdom that some peace-loving, religious wimps might have thoughtlessly denied young Iranians.

In attempting to evaluate whether or not the Iranians would embrace a war in which they all die and we all die, Netanyahu and the Saudis have obviously reached the conclusion that nothing would please the Ayatollahs more than a nuclear holocaust. So, if you’re familiar with the Chamberlain Munich moment, when the British prime minister was hoping to gain time during which he would bring his army and airforce up to speed—think of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Hitler with a nuclear plant.

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Unfortunately, he is unafraid.

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Yori Yanover has been a working journalist since age 17, before he enlisted and worked for Ba'Machane Nachal. Since then he has worked for Israel Shelanu, the US supplement of Yedioth, JCN18.com, USAJewish.com, Lubavitch News Service, Arutz 7 (as DJ on the high seas), and the Grand Street News. He has published Dancing and Crying, a colorful and intimate portrait of the last two years in the life of the late Lubavitch Rebbe, (in Hebrew), and two fun books in English: The Cabalist's Daughter: A Novel of Practical Messianic Redemption, and How Would God REALLY Vote.