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| Analysis: The price of not preventing Teheran from going nuclear |
| 2007-02-16 |
| By ANSHEL PFEFFER The arithmetic of dealing with a nuclear Iran is much more complex than simply computing the costs of having an airborne and submarine strike force permanently on alert, astronomical as those costs are. The strategic weapons, long-range F-15I and F-16I bombers and Dolphin submarines originally were purchased to counter that very threat. The much heavier costs involved would be caused by the necessity to rewrite significant chapters of Israel's security doctrine and the higher state of alertness, not only in the IAF and Navy, but also the other branches of the IDF and security forces. There is a minority view in the defense establishment that the country has to be at least prepared for the possible reality of Iran with the bomb. This view is represented by the head of the National Security Council, Ilan Mizrahi. But most defense chiefs are opposed, saying Iran must not be allowed to achieve a nuclear capability. This is not only because a mortal enemy will have the tools to fulfill its dream of wiping Israel off the map. After all, both the Arrow antimissile system and Israel's strategic capabilities serve as a significant deterrence. |
| Posted by:gromgoru |
| #5 The analysis should be required reading for Mr Chirac, whose Freudian slip the other day reveals that he has already accepted a nuclear Iran. Give him Cliff Notes with the article to make sure that he understands: the financial repercussions of changes to the security doctrine will travel down the line, from Israel to the US to France...spell it out for him. |
| Posted by: Jules 2007-02-16 21:16 |
| #4 JohnQC -- the West is extremely foolish. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-16 12:44 |
| #3 "Israel has the means to counter an Iranian nuclear capability" -- only if it counts to be able to shoot your attacker to death as you die. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-16 12:44 |
| #2 The West would be extremely foolish not to believe what this little runt says. Ahmadinejad has said: The Holocaust never occurred, the U.S. will be attacked all over the world, Israel has no right to be in Palestine and will be destroyed. No one paid attention to what Hitler said and look what happened. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-02-16 11:35 |
| #1 Change of regime is a necessity as the intent will always be there in Iran!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-02-16 04:59 |