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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
Bolton is a dellusional wind-bag.
Israel has never needed to be prompted to defend itself, even pro-actively. Say what you will about Israel but they certainly have their finger on the pulse of some of the more radical nation-states around them. If there was a real threat to Israel or the region they would have done something about it already- and that doesn't necessarily mean by way of a military strike.
If Israel were to attack Iran at this point, it could be disastrous for both countries.
Rather than getting their Middle-East attack dog to go after Iran, the US needs to put pressure on Russia and China to in turn put pressure (economic primarily) on Iran.
I'm not an expert in nuclear energy by any means but I'm pretty sure there are types of reactors that are weapons grade and others that are not weapons grade (like the CANDU reactors IIRC). Are we to presume that the Iranian reactors are weapons grade? Does anyone know for certain?
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There are reactors that are meant to just create weapons grade material. The other advanced warning is Iran purchasing 164 gas centrifuges for purification of nuclear fuel.
Right now they're enriching to 20% purity which is fine for peaceful purposes, its going past that where you get into creating bomb materials.
While the IAEA is given access to inspect the reactor and purification sites there are other facilities where they are not allowed access for inspection.
While I doubt Israel will launch a strike on Iran at this time because it would firmly put them in the bad guy camp, I'm betting that when that reactor goes live, Israel will retarget most of their nuclear capability on Iranian cities.
We're going to see MAD in the Middle East.