litwin wrote:one for its VERY VERY BAD NEWS FOR ISRAEL !
Na, even if Iran gets the SU-35 and more SAMs, Israel retains an overwhelming superiority in conventional forces. Israel's potential enemies still have a long, long way to go to attain something like the balance of forces in '73.
late wrote:
Iran isn't suicidal
Of course not. Years ago, an ex-mossad official stated on "60 minutes" that Iran's leadership is "very rational." For many years it's been fashionable to demonize Iran, the alleged "threat," but that's unreasonable. Even if the Iranians built a nuclear weapon or a few of them, they aren't crazy enough to initiate a nuclear war with Israel, which already has a big n-arsenal and far better means of delivery. They just want a deterrent capability of their own, which is perfectly reasonable.