Israel will indeed strike back ......And if Iraq or any other Arab/Islamic nation has the chutzpah to hit them with WMD, Israel has at least 200 - some estimates are as high as 500 - nukes that they wouldn't hesitate to use. These are thermonukes (hyrdrogen bombs), not the relatively primitive fission devices that Iraq is attemting to engineer.
I doubt that you understand the magnitude of what you are suggesting. Whether or not Israel has the munitions is irrelevent. The real issue is the long damage that is occuring to world stability because of the poor leadership of the stooges in Mid-East regimes (including Israel AND Palestine).
Frankly, they should learn to control THEMSELVES better. Last chances are coming soon.
If Mr. Sharon's response puts US forces at risk, Mr. Sharon needs to learn to stay out. If he doesn't, the United States military should be prepared to address IDF action as a potential threat to our forces and should move to protect our national interests BEFORE Israel's.
As I have said in previous postings, the IDF is NOT our Pentagon. They should not be called upon to do our proxy fighting. If we believe that our nation has been attacked, we should address the situation with the perpetrator... any perpetrator... including if Israel's action costs American lives.
Don't forget
"The Samson Option" wherein Israel, like Samson of old, will not let them kill him without he bringing down the tormenters as well. In other words, if Israel is threatened with WMD, it will exercise the Samson option and rain nuclear hell on the attackers.
Saddam, you have been warned.