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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 942521" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>No, because Iran knows that we already have the <em>military</em> capability to destroy its nuclear program using conventional weapons....but we are prevented from using that capability for<em> political</em> reasons. A U.S. attack on Iran would not be supported by the American public or any of our allies, it would inflame world opinion against us, and it would cause great damage to our economy due to the resultant spike in oil prices.</p><p></p><p>Israel, on the other hand, has <em>no</em> such concerns because for them a nuclear-armed Iran is an existential threat that must be eliminated by any means necessary. When their very survival as a nation and a race is threatened they could care less about world opinion or what happens to the economy. Israels problem has <em>nothing</em> to do with politics and <em>everything</em> to do with the simple fact that it lacks long-range bombers that can penetrate Iranian airspace and carry out the kind of sustained <em>conventional</em> attacks that would be needed to knock out Irans nuclear facilities. Given its current capabilities, Israels only viable military option is to use their own nuclear weapons <em>first</em>. If, on the other hand, we supplied Israel with state of the art stealth aircraft like our B-2, as well as "bunker buster" bombs, they would be able to do the job <em>without</em> nukes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 942521, member: 14668"] No, because Iran knows that we already have the [I]military[/I] capability to destroy its nuclear program using conventional weapons....but we are prevented from using that capability for[I] political[/I] reasons. A U.S. attack on Iran would not be supported by the American public or any of our allies, it would inflame world opinion against us, and it would cause great damage to our economy due to the resultant spike in oil prices. Israel, on the other hand, has [I]no[/I] such concerns because for them a nuclear-armed Iran is an existential threat that must be eliminated by any means necessary. When their very survival as a nation and a race is threatened they could care less about world opinion or what happens to the economy. Israels problem has [I]nothing[/I] to do with politics and [I]everything[/I] to do with the simple fact that it lacks long-range bombers that can penetrate Iranian airspace and carry out the kind of sustained [I]conventional[/I] attacks that would be needed to knock out Irans nuclear facilities. Given its current capabilities, Israels only viable military option is to use their own nuclear weapons [I]first[/I]. If, on the other hand, we supplied Israel with state of the art stealth aircraft like our B-2, as well as "bunker buster" bombs, they would be able to do the job [I]without[/I] nukes. [/QUOTE]
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