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"Of course he cannot back it up. Israel's could nottake these facilities out even if they wanted to. They are too far away for the IAF to hit."

The following is old news from many FR posts over the past couple of years. Search for yourself.

The Israeli Air Force can run hundreds of sorties to the sites in Iran and back without refueling. Israel purchased hundreds of our most powerful "bunker busters." Israel has the capability to put nuclear warheads on just about anything, and Israel has enough nuclear weaponry to take out every unfriendly military site and city in the Middle East.

But Iran wants western Europe, and chicken-squat western Europe would obviously continue to cheer for the terrorists while allowing Iran to overrun it.

"Israel could hit Iran with all of its nukes and Iran would still be standing."

That's hysterical--another comment that we'd expect from the likes of Ahmadinejad, Galloway or Livingstone.

"The Israeli Air Force can run hundreds of sorties to the sites in Iran and back without refueling. Israel purchased hundreds of our most powerful "bunker busters." Israel has the capability to put nuclear warheads on just about anything, and Israel has enough nuclear weaponry to take out every unfriendly military site and city in the Middle East."

You are the one who might want to do some research. It is widely known that most of Iran's facilities can not be reached with conventional weapons of any kind including the bunker busters we sold Israel. That means Israel's only real military option is the nuclear option.

Israel is estimated to have between 100-200 nuclear weapons, most of which are smaller tactical nukes. This arsenal would not be nearly enough to destroy all of Israel's enemies and using these weapons would probably ensure Israel's destruction because countries like Syria, Iran, and Libya are suspected to have large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and possibly even some crude nuclear devices. These nations all have the means to deliver these weapons to Israel.

I stated earlier:"Israel could hit Iran with all of its nukes and Iran would still be standing."

You replied: "That's hysterical--another comment that we'd expect from the likes of Ahmadinejad, Galloway or Livingstone."

Israel is a tiny country that is densely populated. A relatively small number of WMD would destroy the entire country for this very reason. Iran is a huge country that would be devastated by an all-out Israeli nuclear attack, but it would not be destroyed, and it would still be capable of retaliating.

I am saying this as an objective statement of fact. Not because I want these fanatical regimes to destroy Israel. You seem to think that Israel is some super power. In actuality they are a small, vulnerable nation, and they know it. That is why they have this nuclear arsenal. The scary thing is Iran is willing to trade millions of its citizens for the total destruction of Israel, which is where the US steps in. It is the US who will ultimately have to stop this from happening. Nobody in their right mind is depending on Israel to solve this situation because they cannot. They have a very capable military, but taking on Iran is beyond their capacity.