Fact: Israel is scared silly by the prospect of an Iran with nukes.
Fact: Israel has damn good reason to be frightened by this scenario
Fact: The unofficial national slogan of Israel since its founding has been "never again".
Likely to be fact: Israel wouldn't have a prayer of taking on Iran using only conventional weapons.
Add these things up and you have the real possibility of one or more mushroom clouds being spotted in the skies of Iran somewhere down the road.
Any and all countries when faced with an enemy that vows to wipe them off the earth, needs to have plans.plans and alternate plans for every eventuality.
This is called everyday life for the state of Israel. Perhaps if we faced such imminent, proximal hostilities our national defense policies would not be put into question by the likes of Kucinich, Pelosi, Reid et al
If we're talking a nuclear Iran you're right.
If we're talking an Iran backed by Russia, highly likely, then again you're right.
If your talking Iran with a coalition of other Arab nations, very possible, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and maybe a few others, you're right.
If your talking a conventional armed Iran, by itself, with Iran attacking Israel, in an all out attack, I'd say the war lasts 3 days, maybe 1 week, with Iran not faring well.
The problem is the afterward. Iran is one of the largest players in the world oil market. The after effects globally would be huge. Add to that the alliance with Russia, and its oil and natural gas resources, Russia wouldn't sit idly by as Iran got its buttox kicked.
If Iran were sure of its conventional military, Ahmanutjob would be doing more than just rhetoric.