Israel and the Nuclear Option

[BillUCF]

Since Hezbollah is being directly supported by Iranian troops how should Israel respond to Iran? What options does Israel have?

1. Diplomacy is out of the question. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that Israel should be wiped of the planet. Israel must take this seriously.
2. Due to geography Israel has no means to wage a conventional war against Iran.
3. The only option remaining is a nuclear strike on Tehran and other key military targets in Iran. Israel has put satellites in orbit so they are capable of hitting anywhere in Iran with a nuclear missile.

[steve9789]

I agree with you on the Iran part and perhaps we can throw Syria in there as well since they are being supplied by them also?

I'm not sure if the nuclear weapon is a good idea, but couldn't an air campaign be effective?

[TaintedRogue]

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Since Hezbollah is being directly supported by Iranian troops how should Israel respond to Iran? What options does Israel have?

1. Diplomacy is out of the question. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that Israel should be wiped of the planet. Israel must take this seriously.
2. Due to geography Israel has no means to wage a conventional war against Iran.
3. The only option remaining is a nuclear strike on Tehran and other key military targets in Iran. Israel has put satellites in orbit so they are capable of hitting anywhere in Iran with a nuclear missile.

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How about a chess match? Each side puts up six players and they play each of the six players from the other side twice, once as white and once as black.

Of course, if either side can walk on water, or change water to wine, well then, all bets are off and they win by default.

[SNOWBALL]

Where's the option for getting the hell out of lebanon completely and not being such a nasty and brutish country?

[boracay]

diplomacy is never out of the question.
whoever starts that war i hope it will be punished severely.

[ACPlayer]

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Since Hezbollah is being directly supported by Iranian troops how should Israel respond to Iran?

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Given our Prez's ability to fudge the truth to attain hidden agendas, one has to question the report about Iranian troops directly supporting the Hezbollah.

Any credible sources?

[TaintedRogue]

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Since Hezbollah is being directly supported by Iranian troops how should Israel respond to Iran?

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Given our Prez's ability to fudge the truth to attain hidden agendas, one has to question the report about Iranian troops directly supporting the Hezbollah.

Any credible sources?

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Let me ask you this: Why would a small militia, such as Hezbollah attack such a powerful foe in comparision to their military ability?

Ask yourself this: Why was Kuwait willing to stand up to a much more powerful country (militarily) such as Iraq in the 90's, and continue to flood the market with oil, when Iraq was screaming foul, as it caused a dramatic drop in the price of oil, harming Iraq's economy? Iraq warned them that they'd attack if they didn't stop. But little ol' Kuwait just kept it up. Now what were they thinking?

[Stu Pidasso]

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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

[Stu Pidasso]

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diplomacy is never out of the question.
whoever starts that war i hope it will be punished severely.

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Its pretty obvious that Iran, using Hizbolla as its proxy, started this war.

Stu

[ACPlayer]

Is this going to leave me, the average, US citizen better off or worse off?