"Given the accuracy of our intel on Iraqi weapons programs, what makes you think we CAN take out the Iranian programs?"
And exactly where has that accuracy or inaccuracy been established? BBC? New York Times? CBS?
Well, I guess if "we" can't find the targets, "we" will have to wait for....oh, say the IDF.....to point the way so our poor ol' dumb and blind selves can go help take care of business.
I personally don't think that nukes will be required, that the impact on civilians in Iran will be minimal and that the Iranian nuke weapons program will be history within the thirty days after the Iraqi elections are certified. (Saw a brief note this morning that the IDF had been officially told to deal with this by March, so I'll allow 10-15 days variation.........but only on the minus side.)
IMHO, all ElBaradei has done is tell his buddies to get their heads down, 'cause the stuff is shortly to hit the fan.
Are you seriously claiming that our intel on Iraqi WMD programs was good?
It objectively was not. Of course, neither was that of anybody else.
I'm not dissing the military. Give them coordinates of the Iranian nuclear capability, and it will shortly be history.
But our intelligence capability in this part of the world has been dismal for decades, making it likely that we won't have accurate coordinates for them to attack.