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dj jarvis wrote: »

............ but America will do well selling arms to Israel , and lets face it they could do with the work at the moment
my feeling is on this is , watch this space - its when not if

Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. To date,
the United States has provided Israel $115 billion in bilateral assistance. Almost all U.S. bilateral
aid to Israel is in the form of military assistance, although in the past Israel also received
significant economic assistance. Strong congressional support for Israel has resulted in Israel
receiving benefits not available to any other countries; for example, Israel can use some U.S.
military assistance both for research and development in the United States and for military
purchases from Israeli manufacturers

In 2007, the Bush Administration and the Israeli government agreed to a 10-year, $30 billion
military aid package that gradually will raise Israel’s annual Foreign Military Financing grant
from a baseline of nearly $2.55 billion in FY2009 to approximately $3.1 billion for FY2013
through FY2018. For FY2013, the Obama Administration is requesting $3.1 billion in FMF to
Israel.

1. Iran is still far away from producing a nuclear weapon. Even if it has produced one, it needs to develop the miniaturization technology to make the device light and compact enough to fit inside a rocket. The bombs that were drops on Nagasaki and Hiroshima were far too large and heavy to fit inside any rocket of the day, such as the German V2. They were so heavy that they nearly surpassed the aircraft's weight restrictions. Therefore, any weapons Iran could develop without possessing the miniaturization technology that would fit into a rocket at this stage in time would be in the very low kiloton range, perhaps only 1 or 2 kilotons at best. It would be economically inviable.
2. Iran doesn't posses rockets that are powerful enough to send a heavy payload to the likes of Israel, let alone the US or Europe. Israel only tested it's first proper ICBM a year or two ago. Israel is much more advanced in nuclear and rocket technology than Iran and has over three decades of experience in nuclear weapons technology, yet they've only developed this type of technology recently. How then do they expect Iran to develop an ICBM, let alone an MRBM, any time soon and also develop the miniaturization technology to fit nuclear weapons, which they haven't even developed yet, inside one of these rockets? It's nonsense and pure spin.
3. The Iranian president did not threaten to wipe Israel off the face of the map. That was a mistranlation. Rather he said "the Imam said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time." He has not threaten genocide or any such thing but does hold a contempt for Zionism which in itself is often confused with Judaism and as such anti-Zionism is almost always confused with antisemitism. Zionism is merely an extremist sect that pushes for the creation of a Jewish state and shouldn't be seen as a representation of all Jews. Many Orthodox Jews openly criticize Zionism for hijacking the Jewish religion. Furthermore, you don't need to be Jewish to be a Zionist.
4. If Iran even did posses nuclear weapons, a strike by Iran on any of it's neighbours (which is unlikely) would result in a massive nuclear retaliation by Israel and/or the US which would completely annihilate the country. It would be pure suicide. Israel holds superior numbers of nuclear weapons and shouldn't worry about a nuclear strike from Iran any time soon. Also, a point to note, Iran has actually signed to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Israel has not.
5. The Iranian regime isn't at all saintly. They're paranoid, have ruthless domestic policies and completely disrespect human rights. But a war with Iran have even worse consequences for the people of Iran. It would be worse than Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Over a million Iraqi civilians died since 2003, was the Iraq war really as liberating as it's often portrayed?
6. The US is one of the greatest funders of terrorist organisations the world has ever known. It also funded "Al-Qaeda" during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and is again indirectly funding them in Syria. The US previously accused Iran of funding Al-Qaeda, yet now they're accusing them of funding a regime that is fighting against Al-Qaeda militants in Syria. Funny isn't it.