If you governed Israel you would be preparing to decimate Iran's nukes
The Iranians have very nasty apocalyptic Jihad ideology that cannot be trusted with nukes. Read up on the return of the 12th Imam
At a certain point the Israelis will do what must be done independent of our approval or disapproval
As the "big Satan" we wouldn't be immune either from Iranian nukes
Just mount them on cruise missiles fired from disposable freighters off our coast
This makes NYC, Los Angeles, etc vulnerable
I lived two years in Tehran, including when Khomeni returned in February 1979. When I first arrived in Iran in 1977, Israel had a trade mission in Iran. They had good bilateral relations. There was a significant local Jewish community in Iran. I even attended a Jewish wedding at a local hotel.
The ayatollahs don't want to commit suicide. They are interested in power and all the perks it brings. This stuff about the 12th imman matters little except to fuel some fantasies about what the Iranian leadership will do. I just don't put that much credence to it. It is the kind of stuff Baghdad Bob put out about the Mother of all Battles and the rivers of American blood running through the streets. Most of the Iranian people hate the mullahs and the repression, which is why Iran has a major brain drain.
At a certain point the Israelis will do what must be done independent of our approval or disapproval
If that is the case, it is a real problem for us. We have provided Israel with over $100 billion in offical assistance and billions more from private sources. If they do it without our approval [explicit or implicit], then we need to rethink the relationship.
As the "big Satan" we wouldn't be immune either from Iranian nukes Just mount them on cruise missiles fired from disposable freighters off our coast This makes NYC, Los Angeles, etc vulnerable
Yeah right. As I said previously on this thread, the biggest danger to us and Israel is Iran providing nuclear weapons to terrorist surrogates. The idea that Iran would make an overt nuclear attack against the US is pure nonsense. Iran would be totally wiped out. The leadership is not about to commit national suicide.
Iran is a former and future ally. We need to be very careful what we do to remove the current regime, which should be our primary objective. We can make that happen thru covert means and supporting domestic opposition. We are making a major mistake trying to negotiate with them. We must make them an international pariah and isolate them, which is difficult because of their oil revenue.