Re: Israel and the Nuclear Option
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Since Hezbollah is being directly supported by Iranian troops how should Israel respond to Iran? What options does Israel have?
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After the 25000 americans are evacuated from Lebanon, Isreal will likely bomb targets in Syria. Iran is committed to defend Syria but exactly how are they going to do this? If Iran launch missles or an air strike at Isreal, they pretty much have to fly over Iraq. Do you think the US is going to let the Iranians over fly Iraq? The Iranians, however, are committed to defending Syria. What you may see happen is Isreal will end up taking on Syria, and the US will end up end up taking on Iran.
Speculating even further, the Isrealies will destroy the Syrians. Iran's nose will be bloodied by the Americans and the Iranians will have an excuse in the arab world for not being able to defend Syria. They will jump on the fact that Americans used Iraq soil to defend Isreal. They will incite the Iraqis to demand the withdraw of American troops from Iraq on the pretense America is just using Iraq to defend Isreal.
Stu
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