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Originally Posted by blankall
I wonder if Israel would get involved in this, well directly anyway. Iran isn't nuclear yet but they do have a solid collection of missiles to lob at Israel.
Ideally, it would be a neutral country (ie. not Israel or the US) who would make the strike. The difficulty would be finding a country with enough interest and political will to make such a strike. Obvious candidates would be the UK and France, but I can't see either doing that right now.
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While Iran does not have nuclear weapons, your right they do have a large collection of intermediate and long range missiles, and Iran has admittedly used chemical weapons in the past and have disclosed that they can manufacture chemical weapons including blister agents, choking agents and advanced nerve gasses.
The fear in theatre is if Israel does get involved in neutralizing Iran's nuclear capability that Iran will retaliate by hitting civilian targets with these agents.
Also while American troops are heavily trained in chemical warfare, Iran if desperate would certainly use artillery shells containing chemical agents against them. As Iran did against Iraqi troops in the last war between those countries.