Perspective 68. Israel and Iran's Nuclear Threat: A Missed Opportunity?
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Recent revelations confirm that in 2012 Israel came very close to attacking Iran's nuclear facilities. Was it a mistake to forego this chance to remove the Iranian threat for once and for all? No. The retaliation on Israel, given the missile arsenal of Iran and its allies (like Hizballah), would have been enormous. And an Israeli attack, even if immediately successful, would not have ended the threat for once and for all. Experts estimated that it would at best delay the Iranian program by a year and a half, The Iranians would have thrown off all pretense of not pursuing nuclear weapons and would have launched a full-scale program to build a bomb.
Perspective 68. Israel and Iran's Nuclear Threat: A Missed Opportunity?
Perspective 68. Israel and Iran's Nuclear…
Perspective 68. Israel and Iran's Nuclear Threat: A Missed Opportunity?
Recent revelations confirm that in 2012 Israel came very close to attacking Iran's nuclear facilities. Was it a mistake to forego this chance to remove the Iranian threat for once and for all? No. The retaliation on Israel, given the missile arsenal of Iran and its allies (like Hizballah), would have been enormous. And an Israeli attack, even if immediately successful, would not have ended the threat for once and for all. Experts estimated that it would at best delay the Iranian program by a year and a half, The Iranians would have thrown off all pretense of not pursuing nuclear weapons and would have launched a full-scale program to build a bomb.