Iran has orchestrated a war in the Middle East to distract world attention from its nuclear weapons program. Or has it? Ralph Peters says the war was all a mistake. Peters may be right, but there’s another possibility. If Iran did orchestrate this war, maybe it’s because Iran actually wants to be attacked. After all, Iran hasn’t distracted the world community from the nuclear issue. If anything, it’s convincing the community of nations that a nuclear Iran would be a profound threat. So maybe Iran actually wants to be a target. Taking a leaf from Edward Luttwak, I raised this possibility on The Corner on May 1 in a post called “Iran Undeterred.” In this scenario, Iran is acting because it believes that it cannot lose. Either it makes trouble for Israel and America with no consequences (thus proving and reinforcing its own power), or it gets hit, in which case the regime’s domestic support grows.