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Originally Posted by WarlordATF (Post 1476584)

The big question is how far will they go? Would they use Nukes to prevent Iran from obtaining them? If so then that could very well start WWIII because i'm sure Russia and China would react with there own nuclear weapons and once that happened who knows where it would lead?

One thing you can be certain is that Israel will not use nukes against Iran. The Israeli nukes are a last resort weapon. They were not used in 73 even though the Isarelli governement at one point thought they were about to be overrun.

This article is a bit old, but gives an idea of the Israeli plan:

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Early in 2008, the Israeli government signaled that it might be preparing to take matters into its own hands. In a series of meetings, Israeli officials asked Washington for a new generation of powerful bunker-busters, far more capable of blowing up a deep underground plant than anything in Israel’s arsenal of conventional weapons. They asked for refueling equipment that would allow their aircraft to reach Iran and return to Israel. And they asked for the right to fly over Iraq.

Mr. Bush deflected the first two requests, pushing the issue off, but “we said ‘hell no’ to the overflights,” one of his top aides said. At the White House and the Pentagon, there was widespread concern that a political uproar in Iraq about the use of its American-controlled airspace could result in the expulsion of American forces from the country.

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Last June, the Israelis conducted an exercise over the Mediterranean Sea that appeared to be a dry run for an attack on the enrichment plant at Natanz. When the exercise was analyzed at the Pentagon, officials concluded that the distances flown almost exactly equaled the distance between Israel and the Iranian nuclear site.

“This really spooked a lot of people,” one White House official said. White House officials discussed the possibility that the Israelis would fly over Iraq without American permission. In that case, would the American military be ordered to shoot them down? If the United States did not interfere to stop an Israeli attack, would the Bush administration be accused of being complicit in it?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/wa...1&pagewanted=1

Since then Israel has received permission to over fly Saudi Arabia which solves condition #3. It apparently has a limited in flight refueling capacity which solves condition #2, if they can station the tankers over Saudi arabia. The only question mark remaining is the weapons.

p.s. As an aside, President Bush was not as much a cowboy as the Democrats make him out to be.

Brakig it down into its simplest form....I can't imagine Israel attacking whilst there are Russian personnel at the plant. The risk of angering Russia and causing a retaliatory strike from them is simply too great IMHO.

I think the Israelis will await irrefutable proof and a Russian staff exit before moving in a hostile way.

I've been known to be way off the mark in the past mind :hmmm:

Iran says it's prepared sell weapons to Lebanon if Beirut asks for military assistance.TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is prepared to sell weapons to Lebanon if Beirut asks for help in equipping its military, Iran's defense minister said Wednesday.

Gen. Ahmad Vahidi's comments come a day after the leader of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah group, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, called on the Lebanese government to formally seek military assistance from Iran.

"Lebanon is our friend," Vahidi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. "If there is a demand in this respect, we are ready to help that country and conduct weapons transactions with it."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08...ry-assistance/

Note:Published August 25, 2010

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Originally Posted by WarlordATF (Post 1476584)

Why China and Israel should go to war is beyond me since both coutries are friendly.
Is there are a need to use nukes on Iran?
All Israel need is silent aproval of some nations to do it
Dont think anyone want to see Iran selling jihad throu third party organizations having nukes as insurence policy.

oh Israel stop trying to complain until everybody else does what you want.

the U.S has spoiled them too much by supporting them no matter what. If Iran wants Nulcear power, so be it. If its for nukes...we'll have to deal with it. But until then, innocent until proven guilty

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Originally Posted by gimpy117 (Post 1477335)

But until then, innocent until proven guilty

'Guilty' in this case maybe birds in the air... :down: