U.S. military strikes on Iran would shake the regime’s political control and damage its ability to launch counterstrikes, but the Iranians probably would manage to retaliate, directly and through surrogates, in ways that risked igniting all-out war in the Middle East, according to an assessment of an attack’s costs and benefits.
Israel needs to stop talking and take action!
What exactly are you suggesting? If Isreal waits for our aid, they’ll most likely be finished by then. But if they attack right now, their enemies will appear justified in nuking them. Lord help us all!
What kind of action? They seem stuck in an unfathomable dilemma: if they wait for assistance from the U.S. it’ll most likely be too late. But on the other hand, if they defend themselves immediately, Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will look like the warmonger his enemies claim him to be. Perhaps there is simply no easy and fast solution.