Israel has about two months to do what it needs to do and still have some [US] backing.After Jan 20, they will be alone.
Posted on 11/14/2008 10:40:19 AM PST by mojito
It's worked so well in the past.
They’re probably already nuclear folks
Obama will allow Iran to have whatever it wants.
Israel had better do something while Bush is still in office.
Obama will not cover their back.
Ah ... nuclear midle east war by Christmas .... something to consider.
They may already have smuggled in a crude device near Isreal and will soon announce the fait accompli.
I’m in favor of Iran being given all the nuclear weapons they want... delivered ALL at the same time.
word from some influential and knowlegeable Indians is they are....
Anyone know how Israel, acting alone, can stop a nuclear Iran?
Because from what I’ve read, Israel doesn’t have the logistical capability to attack Iran without American assistance.
And I doubt President Obama will be providing any assistance.
Probably. Constructing a crude, workable nuclear device is not the problem. Making it so you can put in on a warhead, send it where you need it to go, and have it still function is. Unfortunately, we know there were problems in the 90s with W-88 warhead plans being stolen. Add that to the ill-conceived Operation Merlin conducted by Clinton and you have real problems. Now, the remaining question is whether the Iranian (with N. Korean help, no doubt) can successfully engineer a weapon from the plans. I’d say it’s only a matter of time.....and it’s quickly running out.
Israel can destroy Iranian facilities.
However, many of Israel’s pilots will not be coming back.
Israel has about two months to do what it needs to do and still have some [US] backing.After Jan 20, they will be alone.
Who's to say?
If Israel were prepared to use nuclear weapons against Iran, they could solve this problem very easily.
I hope Israel has plans to handle this on their own. Hussein will not help one iota.
Memo to Israel:
You’d better act while George Bush is still President...
When your very existence on this planet is threatened, it tends to focus your thinking in a way that differs from that of those who do not face such a threat. You do not confine your options to straightforward, brute-force attacks, such as bombing nuclear production facilities from aircraft with conventional weapons (although that may indeed be one of the tools in your toolchest).
For example, even if (some of) the nuclear fuel production facilities are heavily fortified, buried deep underground, and defended by batteries of SAMs, which makes direct attack problematic, keep the following points in mind:
etc.
There should be a coordinated strike by the US and Israel whereby Israel attacks the nuc facilities and the US attacks the terrorist camps, weapons depots, transportation systems, communications systems—anything that can be used in support of the “insurgents.”
In this matter, I’ll defer to Israeli intelligence over India’s...and even our own.
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