The meetings between Saudi General Intelligence Director Prince Muqrin bin Abdaziz and Meir Dagan, most of which were held in the Jordanian capital Amman, dealt extensively with clandestine cooperation between the two agencies and plans for attacking Iran. Arab and Western sources reported that they reached agreement in the course of the year for Israeli fighter-bombers to transit Saudi air space on their way to bombing Iran's nuclear facilities. The Saudis were even willing to build a new landing strip in the desert with refueling facilities for the use of the warplanes en route to their mission.

What would really work and show that the Saudis will put (for once) more than their money where their mouth is, would be a joint IDF/Saudi AF strike on Iran. Pull the Americans and the Gulf states in, and you have most of the interested parties, and indeed a grand coalition.

Any serious attempt to cripple all of the Iranian factions which are causing or looking to cause trouble around the world will require the USAF, and a lot of it. The key is to hit all of the Revolutionary Guards assets, while leaving the regular Iranian Army (the Artesh) and air force alone. The Americans do that, the Israelis hit the nuclear stuff, and the Arabs hit the navy and the coastal missile/artillery units which could threaten them and oil moving through the Straits of Hormuz.

There has been lots of time to plan, so it's workable, and I bet it's mainly the economic fallout that's stopping the Americans. Oil at $150/bbl is about right immediately after the strikes, and all bets are off when it would come back down. The best time to do this may have passed, but if the Iranian clerics are sufficiently weakened the opposition could take over if they get the Artesh on side.

I can't see all of this coming together, especially with Obama in charge. That's not because he's a Dove, but because he dithers. I'm also not certain that Iran having nukes is worse than Pakistan having them, but taking out that particular government would be reason enough to hit them. There are millions of Iranians who think so too, because a lot of force is the only thing that can help them.