Reply #15: Indeed.

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Aggression is a sign of weakness.
Either attacking the other would be an extremely stupid move,
and this is a really stupid statement, more like scared
yammering than anything reasoned out;
but if push comes to shove I would bet that it would be Iran
and not Israel that still has some few hectares that are not
smouldering rubble when it is all over, unless Uncle Sugar were
to bring his "strategic deterrent" to bear, and I don't think Uncle
Sugar will do that for Israel unless Russia gives him a pass first,
and I don't think Russia will give him a pass.

Iran has had the independent capability to enrich uranium for
some time, and the knowhow to make a fission nuke, and has missiles
with the range. Do you want to bet that they have not taken the
trouble to make a few "purely for scientific reasons"?