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To: Rummyfan

Looks like the Israeli Air Force is gonna have to take out Iran’s nuclear weapons plant without any help.In fact,Israel should make damn sure that Plugs and Heels Up don’t learn of their plans...they will surely tip off those bearded psychopaths in the dresses.


21 posted on 02/13/2021 3:58:16 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Looks like the Israeli Air Force is gonna have to take out Iran’s nuclear weapons plant without any help”

I have read several analyses on the subject. The Iranian targets are widely dispersed and very well defended. In addition, critical infrastructure would require bunker busting bombs, which would be very difficult to carry that distance. The distances are so great that any raid would require multiple refuelings over potentially hostile territory. If someone shot down the refueling planes Israel would lose a substantial number of planes without Iran firing a shot.

It’s commonly believed that Israel keeps a nuclear armed sub within striking range of Iran. But nuclear weapons would be useless against the deeply buried and therefore most valuable targets.

I think the best bet would be trying to collapse the regime. That may prove difficult as I am sure the US would move in to support it, possibly with pallets of freshly minted cash.
Whatever Israel does, it must be done without alerting US intelligence as I am sure the US would do something to stop them.

The problem is, anything that is done is going to be messy and cost a lot in lives and treasure. That’s why nothing much has been done so far. (Yes, things keep blowing up mysteriously in Iran, but the nuclear program is likely not being stopped by that.)

Interestingly, Trump’s bellicosity kept the peace much better than a wishy washy man probably suffering sundowner’s syndrome. When you lose deterrence, then war starts. Nobody attacks because you are too strong. The US has kept the peace simply by deploying enough force in the area that nobody in their right mind would start something. The spark that starts a middle east war will be the US signaling its weakness. Or, simply signaling that it no longer supports Israel should be enough. BTW, where’s Biden’s Nobel Peace prize for not being Trump?


35 posted on 02/13/2021 4:55:22 PM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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