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"...Iran already has the means to deliver them to Israel, unveiling their tech last year, and magically the missiles range was basically the distance between Israel and Iran..."

You mention a fact that no one else is willing to talk about. The Iran of today, is not the same as the Iraq of 1981. The Iraq of 1981, did not have medium range missiles and WMD. Iran does. The Iraq of 1981, was also distracted by the war they were fighting with Iran. Iran, right now, is not being distracted by any other military engagement.

Even if Israel hits the nuke plant, Iran has chemical and biological weapons, which they can load on their missiles.

I think the Israelis need to consider this matter very carefully, because Iran is likely to hit back if attacked.

"Nautilus system shoots down Katyusha in joint Israeli-U.S. test"-05/07/2004 -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1131228/posts

A long-range ground-to-ground rocket was successfully intercepted for the first time in an experiment carried out in the United States on the Nautilus anti-rocket system. The experiment was carried out Tuesday in New Mexico by the Israeli Defense Ministry and the U.S. Army.

Analysis of the initial test results shows that the system followed the rocket and destroyed it in mid-air using a laser ray.

The system has so far successfully destroyed 28 Katyusha rockets in mid-air, as well as five artillery mortars.

Even if Israel hits the nuke plant, Iran has chemical and biological weapons, which they can load on their missiles.

I think the Israelis need to consider this matter very carefully, because Iran is likely to hit back if attacked.

Wasn't there just a successful test of Israel's ballistic missile defense system? Yesterday or the day before? And now this story is leaked. Interesting timing.

Iran is likely to hit back if attacked

Iran has to know that its only hope of success with WMD is to wipe out Israel's offensive capacity with a first strike. That strike must be nuclear. The bios and chems are simply not reliable enougu to do the job without the nukes. If Israel hits the nukes first the rest will only insure the extinction of Iran. I only hope the Israelis have an accurate idea of timelines here. It would not due for Iran to be have its nuke a week before Israel aims to hit the reactor.

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"...if Israel hits the nuke plant, Iran has chemical and biological weapons, which they can load on their missiles."

I opine that it is very well known and understood over there that whatever country uses WMD on Israel, can expect a decicive and catastrophic Nuclear response in short order.

Even Saddam knew that.

Were WMD a viable means to exterminate Israel, I have little doubt that someone would have done it by now.
Up until recently, none of the Islammofacict states were all that intimidated (oh, maybe Libya a little) by the US, and I'm not sure that they are all that much even now. So they may well have calculated that the risk of US intervention or retaliation to an essential extermination of Israel was negligable.
And I'm not so sure that that attitude has changed a lot since we went in to Iraq.

But make no mistake about it; Israel is ultimately going to take care of Israel, because they know they can't always rely on good ol' Uncle Sam to do it for them.

And no one will attack Israel with impunity.

Remember "Never Again!"?

I think they mean it, folks!