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Iran has refused the demands of the US and other nations regarding its nuclear program. So it's time to put up or shut up for us. And Israel's main target should be Syria and not Lebanon, as the supplying of Hezbollah is much more difficult without Syrian help. But we shouldn't be going there with some half-ass intention to "show them we're serious" or something in the form of just a few strikes and allowing them to regroup and form plans to retaliate, most likely through supplying terrorists who will do their bidding, including possibly with small nuclear devices. So if we go in, we need to pound them with everything we got and knock them down so they (Iran & Syria) can't get up.

The true military lesson (aside from any political ones) of the Vietnam War is that you don't go in and slowly escalate. All that does is allow the enemy to build up his forces and utilize a plan of long term asymmetrical resistance to wear down your will to fight. So any war with them needs to be fought with the objective of totally defeating the enemy and removing his/their ability to fight. If you are going to step on a snake you better cut its head off before it bites you.

All this means that all forms of weapons should be in the mix. Tactical nukes can be justified because if we fail and allow Iran to develop and use either itself or through its proxies, nukes on us, then the long term cost to us will be much higher. Iran has had plenty of chances, and still does, to back away from the precipice. If they won't and get pushed over it's on them.