Israel could destroy Iran in 10 minutes, it would be that simple. Iran is all talk, their revolutionary guard is a joke(I have a friend who fled Iran when the Hommani took over and she still has an uncle living in Iran) the Iranian Revolutionary Guard would surrender as fast as the French if they were approached. The main thing is getting rid of Iran’s nukes, that is the problem because they are so deep into the ground I dont know if anything Israel has can penetrate it
Here's the problem: Israel will also have to take out Syria's (and Saddam's) WMD and find a way to check-mate Pakistan from sending over a sympathy nuke. That Lebanon will be turned to glass goes without saying. There are no half measures.
I agree that the IRG will not be as fanatic as they were in the Iraq-Iran war, but I don’t think they will collapse, and there won’t be a massive anti-mullah uprising either. Pres. Obama pretty much saw to that when he refused to support the anti-government demonstrations earlier in his term. Iran may take a licking but they’ll keep on ticking, I fear.
1. An EMP strike to render all of Iran electronically and electrically deaf, dumb, and blind. This is permanent and puts the Iranians back in a pre-industrial age because NOTHING electrical works.
2. Once electronically neutered, the Israelis can strike and seal the underground factories, making them into tombs for the Iranians there.
3. If Iran has a contingency plan with Hamas or Hezbullah to attack Israel, then turn the IDF loose and kick their butts — no prisoners — and tell the Syrians, Egyptians, and Saudis that if they want war, Israel will obliterate them as utterly as it did Iran.
Not to worry about Iran’s buried stuff. A bunker buster on each side of each entry will seal the whole thing off for a decade or two-——and suffocate all the geniuses that are in the hole at the time——not seeing the downside here. When one hides ones stuff in a known hole -in-the-ground one sets oneself up for great disappointment. Remember how we quit building shore defense guns as soon as WW II broke out? It was obvious it was going to be an air war and fixed defenses were obsolete. Hitler kept building fixed defenses and the 8th Air Force w/ Bomber Harris ate his lunch. We did build an aircraft assembly plant underground at Wheeler AFB in Hawaii but it was not air raid safe. It was just out of sight. And we’ve even retired Cheyenne mountain as a main facility for the same kinds or reasons. If you’re not mobile you’re dead.