It now seems imminent that Iran will have its nuclear weapons. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, but the place is a flash point in the meantime. There is a lot of handwringing about bombing or not bombing, but I say go for it. But, NOT the nuclear program.
Leaving aside the troublesome aspects of dropping bombs on radioactive material, the nuclear program is something that virtually all Iranians are behind. Hitting this would rally them all and trigger a whole pile of proxy wars with Iranian surrogates from Gaza to Afghanistan.\
While a chance to kill a whole bunch more Hezbollah wouldn't exactly be unwelcome in Israel for example, the current situation of Syria ensures no significant threat from them. Those who say the Israelis would be "mad" to bomb Iran now are not as right as they could be.
What I have advocated before I will advocate again: hurt the regime in Iran, not the people and the infrastructure. Hit all the Quds Force assets you can, the Revolutionary Guard, and anything else that will weaken the mullahs. This will strengthen the opposition while compromising the government's ability to hit back.
Leaving the nuclear program in place is then a gamble that a more reasonable regime will take over and not hand fission bombs out like Hallowe'en candy to Islamic terrorists. To put that scenario in perspective, Pakistan has a bunch of nukes and we never bombed their program.
Pakistan is a lost cause due to fanaticism and failed-state-ishness but Iran has more potential as long as we can help them get some better leaders. Does Iran with a bomb scare you more than Pakistan, in the state the latter is rapidly devolving to? If so, why?
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Nobody says it's easy but something must be done about Iran before it will be too late. This is a great chance for the US and many other countries (including Israel) to get together and find the best solution for that situation. It's our insurance for good living in (not far) future. Regarding the bombing of nuclear sites – Israel has done it before I guess that with the right ways it can be done.
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