[JamesP81]

or a extended conventional air war, there are no other realistic options.

I expect to see an extended conventional air war. Iran doesn't have a prayer of contesting us in the air. You see, building nukes requires quite a bit of equipment, which they have spread all over the country. If we hit it now, while they don't yet have nukes, it will seriously curtail their ability even build their first one, and it gives us time to find and take all their stuff out. If we wait until they do have nukes then we have to take everything out in a massive, simulatenous air strike, which is likely to not get everything.

[ichabod1]

Yeah, they brag about having the facilities spread out. We don't have to hit them all immediately to kill the research program. I agree with you.