>They have the Samson option all set to go, should Iran get frisky.
I believe, by the Samson option, you mean the Nuke option.
I doubt very much they do. Israel and all other roque nations in the ME are not allowed to own nukes. And rightly so.
The Sampson Option is a rumour with solid circumstantial evidence supporting it. The theory is that Israel has quietly conveyed to the Arab world, and terrorist groups like Hamas that: if it is ever attacked with any WMD, it will launch its entire arsenal of nuclear weapons at every major Arab city. In other words, if you kill thousands of Jews, we'll kill millions of Arabs.
Israel is no rogue, if they were they'd have wiped out all the Arab nations decades ago. They've had nukes for at least 3 decades, maybe 4. Reports indicate that when things started to look ugly in the '73 war, they couldn't use their entire Air Force for tactical missions, because some had to be held back for the "final" mission.