Bolton is nuts. In the first place one strike isn’t going to do it. All one strike will do is produce a pissed off Iran with no guarantee that all the nuclear sites were hit and destroyed. Any campaign against Iran will require several days or weeks worth of bombing, something Israel wouldn’t be able to sustain. Second, his claim that Iran would sit back and do nothing once they were hit is absolutely insane. After all the rhetoric coming out of Tehran lately, any leader who absorbed an Israeli raid and did nothing wouldn’t last a week in office. Hardliners would have his head on a stake within days, and the replacement would most likely be worse that the current boob. And then Iran will go after the world, by closing off the oil flow, by terrorist attacks, by any means possible.
I disagree. One concerted strike may be all they need. The US Navy has the coordinates of every damn thing in Iran, and don’t think for a minute we haven’t shared them with Israel. And how do you know Israel can’t sustain several days or even weeks of bombing?
If Iran attacks US Forces, or tries to close the strait...they'll meet with hell.
Not unless they use neutron bombs and small tactical nukes...
20 Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical (17 transport and 3 tanker types)...
108 Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon mulitirole fighter F-16A/B "Netz" variant
136 F-16C/D "Barak" variant (upgraded)
80 F-16I "Sufa" variant (with 21 more on order)
44 McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk ground attack A-4 "Ayit"
50 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II mulitirole fighter F-4E Phantom 2000 "Kurnas"
38 Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion & CH-53E Super Stallion heavy transport helicopters
49 Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk tactical transport helicopters
Seems like more than enough to keep in the air for a few weeks. I think you underestimate their abilities, and overestimate the (surrounded) Iranians... and you seriously misjudge the life-or-death situation that they actually face.