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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 945030" data-attributes="member: 14668">So here is a philosophical question;What should the United States do if Israel informs us that they are about to launch an attack against Iran&#039;s nuclear facilities, and that they are going to use low-yeild tactical nukes of their own in order to completely destroy the hardened underground targets in one strike?That is the real nightmare scenario for me. I personally do not believe that Iran is enough of a direct threat to us to justify a pre-emptive attack. However, I do believe that a nucear-armed Iran is enough of a threat to Isreal to justify an Isreali pre-emptive attack. The problem is....Israel cannot deal a decisive blow to Irans facilities using conventional weapons only. They are only going to be able to get away with one or maybe two strikes at the most before political pressure forces the Saudis to take active measures against Israeli violations of their airspace. The United States, on the other hand, is capable of destroying the Iranian nuclear facilities using conventional weapons only, and we wont have to violate the airspace of other nations to do so.The scenario that scares me is the one where our choices are (a) launch the attack ourselves or (b) do nothing and sit by while the Israelis go in there and use nuclear weapons to do the job. Which choice is the lesser evil?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 945030, member: 14668"] So here is a philosophical question; What should the United States do if Israel informs us that they are about to launch an attack against Iran's nuclear facilities, and that they are going to use low-yeild tactical nukes of their own in order to completely destroy the hardened underground targets in one strike? That is the real nightmare scenario for me. [I]I personally do [B]not[/B] believe that Iran is enough of a direct threat to us to justify a pre-emptive attack[/I]. However, I [B]do[/B] believe that a nucear-armed Iran is enough of a threat to [I]Isreal[/I] to justify an [I]Isreali[/I] pre-emptive attack. The problem is....Israel cannot deal a decisive blow to Irans facilities [U]using conventional weapons only[/U]. They are only going to be able to get away with one or maybe two strikes at the most before political pressure forces the Saudis to take active measures against Israeli violations of their airspace. The United States, on the other hand,[I] is[/I] capable of destroying the Iranian nuclear facilities using conventional weapons only, and we wont have to violate the airspace of other nations to do so. The scenario that scares me is the one where our choices are (a) launch the attack ourselves or (b) do nothing and sit by while the Israelis go in there and use nuclear weapons to do the job. Which choice is the lesser evil? [/QUOTE]

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