Amitai Etzioni : There is growing interest among government officials , scholars in understanding Iran . For deterrence to work , leaders of nations with nuclear arms must be rational , he says . Iran : even rational heads of states have made gross miscalculations . He says no one can assume that we can safely rely on the wisdom of Iran 's leaders .
Amitai Etzioni : There is growing interest among U.S. officials , scholars in deterring Iran . For deterrence to work , leaders of nations with nuclear arms must be rational , he says . Etzioni : even rational heads of states have made gross miscalculations . He says no one can assume that we can safely rely on the rationality of Iran 's leaders .