"Interesting thought, but why go through all that? Why wouldn't they just let loose with a first-strike? I don't think they give a rat's about what the UN thinks. "
Iran has nothing to lose by tossing a few hundred missiles at Israel. The world knows that a retaliatory strike on Iran would have devestating consequences for the world economy.
Iran is banking on that and hopes that the US will force Israel not to strike back. Makes that drilling in Alaska vote a big deal. If I was a Republican congressman, right now I would be retabling the ANWR vote.
Let the RATS stew on that for awhile. If they cry political maneuvering, then vote against it.