Oh dear. Looks like things are heating up in the Middle East. Israel is apparently actively striking military targets in Iran and the explosions are being heard in the capital, Tehran.
This is retaliation for Iran’s ballistic missile strikes on Israeli territory that has occurred a few times over the past few weeks. I suppose both sides don’t want to go to full scale war over this, but the tit tat strikes will eventually make someone go a little nuts and escalate at some point.
Well, they should go for the nuclear sites because Israel knows that they will be Iran’s first target, and this is the time to do it. I personally they do it.
I really wish people understood the capabilities of the Israeli military. It’s impressive, but it’s really not what a lot of people think. They can do limited strikes in Iran. But they can’t take out Iran’s air defenses. They don’t have the capability for long term aerial refueling necessary for the kind of sustained attack it would take to truly damage Iran’s military and take out their nuclear infrastructure. Unless they used nuclear weapons. Which they won’t.
The nuclear sites (like reprocessing centers) are buried deep. Israel would have issues completely destroying them. And from a political standpoint, a half ass job is worse than not doing the job at all.
Exactly. We can do it, but because we have hundreds of tankers, strategic bombers, we have bases in Qatar, UAE, Jordan, Diego Garcia, and places we can use in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, ■■■■■■■ naval task forces…Israel is great, but there are limits to what they can do.
They could really ■■■■ Iran by other means if they wanted to. Namely cyber warfare. Shut down Iranian infrastructure including oil extraction systems. It’s all networked in the modern world.
That would destroy Iran as a modern state from an economic standpoint. The issue is that it would be a huge move up the escalation ladder. And I dunno if the Israeli government wants to go that far.
Well I’m watching Seans Friday show right now and he has counter terrorist experts saying that Israel has the long-range capabilities to take out Iran’s nuclear missile sites. So once again I they do the world a favor and do it.
Their nuclear missile sites? Who is this “expert”? Roxie, really gotta remind you…Hannity’s show is not a show for news or analysis. It’s literally listed by Fox News as an entertainment show for legal purposes.
for Israel.
