--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/9/07 7:27:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I agree! It could very well lead to all out war in the Middle East. Israel > > is in a position that they have nothing to lose. Take them, Iran, out > before > > Iran takes them out. Israel isn't going to wait for a mushroom cloud to > rise > > over Tel Aviv. > > > > Most estimations of IRan's neuclear weapons capabilities put them pretty far > along on > research, but not-so far along on production. The initial test they did was > a misfire. > > > > > Israel isn't going to wait for Iran to perfect it or even test it. They > intend to shut it down, just as they did in Iraq. Only difference is Iraq's > facilities were above ground and easy to destroy. Iran learned from that > mistake > by Saddam and has built much of their facilities in deep concrete bunkers > below > ground that conventional weapons can't penetrate, thus the only military > options are ground invasion or tactical mini nuke bunker busters. If you > were > prime minister of Israel , what would you do? >
The other option are non-nuke bunker busters. Nukes are just sexier, assuming that Israel has any nuke buster-bunkers, of course.
