Jackson Jambalaya

This is how WWIII starts. Israel faces the threat of being annihilated by the loony mullahs, who have said that they will annihilate Israel, or taking out the threat. Israel is in a time crunch right now, because the Russians are going to but haven't yet delivered the newest anti-aircraft missiles. Israel elects to attack. The Russians, Chinese and Shiite Arab countries line up behind Iran. Israel is surrounded, threatening to be overwhelmed. What's the US going to do at this point? Watch the only democracy and our historic ally in the Middle East be overwhelmed for defending itself, or put our conventional forces into action? I think that the US is going to have to stand behind Israel. Voila, WWIII.

Bill which other Shiite Arabs are you referring to?

Bill, you seem unaware of our commander-in-chief's extraordinary history of throwing HIS closest allies under the bus when it suits. How quickly do you think he'll abandon a country that means nothing to him? I think he'll be happy to watch from the sidelines no matter how much abandoning an ally damages our country's reputation around the world.

Whoa...
might want to think this through a bit...

Why do you think it is rational nations agreed to stop above ground testing?

What do you think happened to the radioactive material released when Chernobyl melted down?

How far do you think radioactive material travels in the air?

How do forensic scientists date how old bones are and how long they've been dead these days?

Let's try a bit of science before we get excited about playing soldier.

If the technology exists to militarily destroy and seal nuclear facilities and render them harmless , great...otherwise, pause to consider what WWIII might be like. And, how easy it is to fight while puking one's guts out.

Anonymous 8:22-The Obamessiah would have to grow a backbone, to use an ameliorative, to do the right thing. To paraphrase that great source of wisdom, The Godfather, the Oman does not appear to be a war time leader. For the sake of the residents of Israel, I hope that he can rise to the occasion if pressed..
Anonymous 9:25-I am envious of your technical knowledge and cannot dispute it. But it seems to me that it doesn't take into account political and commercial realities, like Czar Putin's inferiority complex re US and traditional Russian hostility toward Israel, and both Russia and China's zealous protection of their few fragile commercial ties.
Anonymous 6:18-all of them

Anonymous 6:18-Don't confuse me with someone who knows what he or she is talking about, but here is a quote from Wikipedia about Shiite states: "Shia Muslims, less than a third of the Muslim world, constitute the majority of the population in Iran,[5] Azerbaijan,[6] Bahrain,[7], Lebanon, and Iraq. Countries with a significant minority of Shia are Syria, Kuwait, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Mauritius, Oman and Yemen."

Bill, I unfortunately do have knowledge due a government position I once held.

I am certain for the same reason that even within our own government, there are those who either don't have sufficient knowledge to take a position but do so for political reasons. And, there are those who dismiss any risks they find inconvenient if it furthered their personal or military or economic short term goals.

A few just don't really believe in science or anything they don't want to believe despite the facts they are given .

And far too many do not think the public should be informed of risks and given a say.

I'm sure that's true of other governments as well.

I suggesting we'd best not encourage those who overlook the long term consequences for short term gains and immediate gratification as that is one of the characteristics of immaturity.

It's been a while...so my last paragraph is a hope that new advances of which I am unaware would allow " taking out" a nuclear facility without significant wide spread and long term consequences but even then, I worry about who is defining " significant".