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A nuclear Iran may provoke Israeli strike, says Sarkozy
2008-09-05
Posted by:Fred

#2  May provoke? Can we please get serious?

The Israelis have no choice. They can't afford to wait for the Iranians to strike first and then retaliate. They can't afford to gamble on the Mad Mullahs being deterred by retaliation. If Israelis want to survive they must strike preemptively. The question is: Will the Israelis use nukes or do they have the kind of conventional weapons required to disable the Iranian nuke program? My guess would be the Israelis will have to go nuclear which is why we should do it first with conventional weapons.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2008-09-05 15:38  

#1  "Iran is taking a great risk when it continues to arm itself with nuclear arms – of this we are certain – because we may wake up one day and find out that Israel, regardless of who its leader will be, launched an attack," he said.

"The question at hand is not whether such a strike would be legitimate or wise, but rather what we would do in such a scenario. It would be a catastrophe and must be prevented."


Well the best way to prevent it is to ensure that Iran does not now, or ever, get the capability to manufacture nuclear weapons.

Short of that, Pres. Sarkosky, you are fresh out of luck.
Posted by: DLR   2008-09-05 12:27  

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