They did it once will the do it again? Would they be able to do it again?
2006-12-16 05:45:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It's not as simple as that. Russia and China are playing a very dangerous game of war by proxy with the iranians. In direct violation of our treaties with them, they have outfitted the iranians with state of the art anti-missile systems. Although, these can't do much if Israel decides to hit iran with a full scale air raid (hundreds of missiles fired at once), it most certainly can prevent Israel or the US from simply sending a few planes in to take out their facilities with a precision strike. This misbehavior on their part has almost guaranteed full scale war with iran in the near future.
And the nature of the threat hints very strongly that it will be nuclear. Probably, the most likely scenario will be iran invading its neighbors, probably iraq with a conventional force and then threatening to nuke troops that attempt to intervene. This will create a standoff and escalation. Iran will then attempt to distract the forces against it with a strike on Israel from the palestinian areas, lebanon, more likely both with missile strikes by hezbollah and hamas. That will escalate until a nuke is used against Israel. The retaliation will be an all out nuclear attack by Israel that wipes these areas off the map. Followed by condemnation against Israel by the UN. From there, things will escalate into a full scale nuclear exchange in the middle east. Likely, iran, syria and israel will all be decimated.
2006-12-16 06:02:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Lol. first of all, the U.S. wont care what Israel does. And the Iraqis have easily no air defenses so actually Israel ought to fly jets in circles over Iraq and there will be no longer some thing the Iraqis ought to do about it. And why would we supply up Israel? they are going to bomb the nuclear centers, ward off an extremist theocracy from getting nukes, and saving the U.S. the hassle of doing it ourselves. for sure the outcomes will be that the Muslim international will unite adverse to Israel. they are going to be attacked by using Hezbollah and Hamas. Then the Hormuz Strait will be attacked and which will ruin the international marketplace for a at the same time as. and then the better international locations will be compelled to take aspects with Israel or Iran.
2016-10-18 09:13:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so...They are supposed to be smarter than this...Iran is nothing like Iraq.They have the capability to defend themselves and even to win a fight with Israel...If an attack like this occur this would definitely be the start of another world war...
Yes,they are able to do it,but they are also perfectly aware that Iran can easily destroy Israel...More,in case of an attack I really doubt that Russia and China will simply watch it happen...especially thinking how much money Russia has put into the Iranian nuclear facilities...
2006-12-16 06:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by Tinkerbell05 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Highly unlikely unless they got a lot of help from the US military. Iran is a lot further from Israel than Iraq and when Israel bombed Iraqi's nuclear facilities they were all basically in one place & out in the open. Iran's nuclear facilities are spread all over Iran and deep in the ground. So Israel would have to make many bombing runs and their Air Force just isn't built for that. Even if the US bombed Iran's nuclear facilities with it's air power it would be very difficult to do and there's no gaurantee that it would work for them either.
2006-12-16 05:53:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Perhaps a better question may be who will take out Israel's nuclear weapons which have helped to destabilize the entire region.
If the United States truly wants peace in that area, they should be the one to do so. After all, the United States gave Israel both the finacial and technical aid which empowered them to obtain those weapons, leading directly to that regional instability.
The only two ways to correct that situation now is to either remove Israel's nuclear weapons or allow the other countries in that area to also have similar weapons.
2006-12-16 06:10:36 · answer #5 · answered by Dwight S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No they can't. And actually they didn't really take out
anything in Iraq as well. The reactor was damaged
twice. But it was the USAF in the 2nd Gulf War that
destroyed it sufficiently in a series of air strikes.
2006-12-16 08:15:14 · answer #6 · answered by Alex S 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely and they will act quickly and decisively after appealing to the international community for help. If the help is denied or too little or too late, Israel will justifiably strike.
2006-12-16 05:47:29 · answer #7 · answered by Hank Hill 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
AHHH....LETS SEE NOW. A COUNTRY THAT HAS SWORN TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE FACE OF THE MAP DEVELOPS A NUCLEAR WEAPON....THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN. UNLIKE A LOT OF FOLKS, THE ISRAELIS BACK UP THEIR WORDS WITH ACTION. THE LEADER OF IRAN IS GOING TO GET A LOTTA PEOPLE KILLED BEFORE ITS ALL OVER. HE HAS BEEN BEGGING FOR IT SINCE HE CAME TO POWER. THE LEADERS THAT MATTER TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD. IF I WERE THE PEOPLE OF IRAN I WOULD BE AFRAID, VERY AFRAID. A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES ARE IN PLAY NOW AND THE RESULTS OF MOST ARE NOT GOOD FOR THE IRANIANS OR THE CITIZENS OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
2006-12-16 06:12:44 · answer #8 · answered by Rich S 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
no, they can't. it's not just 1 facility, there are lots of facilities in different places of Iran..... and Iran would strike back.... so it's a big risk.
2006-12-16 05:47:44 · answer #9 · answered by Dirty 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably
2006-12-16 05:47:04 · answer #10 · answered by John Scary 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋