The US needs to stay out of the conflict.
The Israelis have already done most of the work.
The U-235 for at least one bomb and hundreds of centrifuges for enrichment to bomb grade have probably been hidden in places the US doesn’t know where to hit.
“The U-235 for at least one bomb and hundreds of centrifuges for enrichment to bomb grade have probably been hidden in places the US doesn’t know where to hit.”
Which is the obvious quagmire. If you don’t go after it, and destroy it, then it’s likely Iranians are going to use it. I hope your right and the US can ‘stay out of it’. If the Mullahs survive the war they will certainly march on to create nukes. The support of terrorist groups will be traced back again to them, and Iran will be bombed again. They will likely use nukes in retaliation when desperate.
The question then becomes, who here on these boards believes that the Iranians will never use a nuclear warhead? Who on these boards trusts the Iranians that they are not seeking nuclear weapons or would use them? Then the next question is if this ‘development’ will trigger Global Thermal Nuclear war? To me the obvious answers are that they are going to use it, and there is a reasonable chance it will be the biggest ecological catastrophe in human history.
People seem to think this is a simple problem. I see it as probably the most challenging problem for any POTUS or Congress. The decisions here potentially could effect the fate of humanity itself, and most life forms on the planet. This isn’t ‘media hysteria’, in a nuclear exchange there will be no ‘winners’. Leaving the Iranians would likely result in this future.
The ‘easy’ route would be to ‘ignore’ the Iranians again. This has only gotten many killed and far more in the future. Attacking Iran could trigger a regional, if not global conflict. Realistically, I think it’s likely that Iran will not negotiate, after 50 years of trying to build nuclear bombs, getting rid of it’s ‘peaceful’ nuclear program of nearly 80% enrichment (weapons grade, 20% needed only for commercial power reactors).
I agree. The immediate priorities should be the theocracy, the IRGC, & the missile launch sites. Fordow can wait until after the fall of the mullahs.
Israel doesn’t need any US involvement other that ammo & possible refueling support.
... and a reactor that’s making plutonium. Don’t forget that.