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War: What Israel talks about when it talks about striking Iran’s nuclear program
2021-12-05
Long. Herewith a few key sentences.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli officials have regularly called for a ‘credible military threat’ against Tehran’s nuclear facilities, but less discussed is the major conflict that’s almost sure to follow.

Billions of additional shekels have been poured into the defense budget specifically to prepare for strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The Israel Defense Forces has been making strides to prepare itself for the multi-front war that is liable to follow a strike on Iran, holding a number of large-scale exercises simulating such a conflict in recent months and investing roughly NIS 1 billion ($315 million) toward training for next year. The military is also working to improve its air defenses, particularly in northern Israel, in an effort to prevent the worst of the damage from rocket barrages and drone strikes in a future conflict.

But the propensity of Israeli officials to discuss the technical aspects of an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities belies the true calculus at play in deciding whether to carry it out: it’s not about the strike, but the war that follows.
Posted by:trailing wife

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Posted by: Garibaldi   2021-12-05 13:44  

#8  If Iran comes close to getting nukes Israel will, rightfully, destroy them. Israel has become the only 'good-guy'. The U of S is no longer a player on the 'serious' stage. Satan has been after Israel since day 0. McArthur wanted to obliterate Peking. Swartkopf wanted to destroy Bagdad. Our erstwhile presidents said .....
Posted by: irish rage boy   2021-12-05 13:15  

#7  /\ I fully concur. The above graphic is from "Operations Opera" and the attack on the Iraqi reactor at Osirak in June 1981. Fully Tango Uniform in about 5 minutes.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-12-05 13:03  

#6  The sad new calculus might just be how much of a passive ADVERSARY the US/Bidet Administration might be. Yes, I think portions of the US command authority and the infestation of the intel and military senior leadership are that bent...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-12-05 12:18  

#5  Ditto for Jordan
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-05 11:16  

#4   Saudi Arabia has understood for decades that Mecca and Medina will be the first to go.

Possibly part of the reasons the Saudis were friendly for at least a decade behind the scenes before become more open about it. Surely one doesn’t nuke one’s friends first....
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-12-05 11:06  

#3  What has scared most Muslims with half a brain is the Israeli credo, "Never Again". Implied is the promise that should Israel be flattened the Muslim World from Indonesia to Morocco will be flattened as well. Saudi Arabia has understood for decades that Mecca and Medina will be the first to go.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651   2021-12-05 10:05  

#2  One wonders what role Israel envisions for its own nukes in this scenario.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-12-05 09:20  

#1  The war that follows has been a part of the Israeli calculus since the construction of Damona. After thirty years geography hasn't changed much but the sophistication of weaponry surely has.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651   2021-12-05 08:51  

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