Israel can do two things. Start a war on Iran that could effectively destroy the already fragile US/World(?) economy. Or just let Iran have the bomb and hope they're not stupid enough to actually use it against Israel (or anyone else). If anything, if Iran did directly or indirectly nuke Israel. Iran would basically be destroyed.
Which would still fuck things up alot.
So they're in abit of a situation here.
Besides, I doubt Israel could end Irans nuclear program using Military means. Maybe they can, I just don't know how they'd do it on their own. I think Iran would be a little too far and maybe more than it could chew. No doubt they have a good set of armed forces but it's still contained within their immediate region.
Guardian wrote:
"The shortest route to Natanz lies across Iraq and the US has total control of Iraqi airspace", the official said. Natanz, about 100 miles north of Isfahan, is the site of an uranium enrichment plant.
In this context Iran would be bound to assume Bush had approved it, even if the White House denied fore-knowledge, raising the prospect of an attack against the US.
Not only that, but it would throw Iraq into an Insurgency like no other, if they found out that the US let Israel use their airspace to bomb Iran.
Last edited by Mek-Stizzle (2008-09-28 13:16:01)