Herman Kahn nuclear theory applied to current Iran conflict escalation pattern

What was said

"Herman Kahn, who was the great nuclear warfare theorist in the '60s, he referred to something like this as an insensate wargasm. Basically, once you start, the whole thing just keeps going and you can't stop until it basically just burns itself out. And, uh, you know, this is not being controlled by disciplined, you know, practitioners of statecraft. This entire thing is by a bunch of amateurs, uh, who actually hate expertise."

A commentator applies Cold War nuclear strategist Herman Kahn's concept of an 'insensate wargasm' to describe the current US-Iran escalation cycle, arguing the conflict has reached a self-perpetuating stage that cannot be stopped until it burns out. The speaker directly criticizes the Trump administration as amateurs who hate expertise, suggesting no coherent de-escalation strategy exists despite multiple Iranian retaliatory waves currently striking US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait.