The problem is Israel's population is concentrated in a very small area. It would not take too much to wipe out the Jewish State. You can call it a Second Holocaust from which the country would never recover. That is why Israel takes Iran's threats seriously. Hitler followed through on his bellicose rhetoric and wiped out a third of the Jewish people. All of this brings to mind the old saying, "the word is the father to the deed." Everything we know about Iran tells us these people mean it. If any one thinks they want a nuclear capability just for peaceful purposes, they're dreaming.
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