Israel will find itself diplomatically sidelined and militarily muzzled as the United States pursues a nuclear deal with Iran next year, according to a closed-door wargame at Israel's top strategic think-tank. Not even a warning shot by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- the simulation featured an undeclared Israeli commando raid on Iran's Arak heavy water plant -- would shake U.S. President Barack Obama's insistence on dialogue. Israel's arch-foe, meanwhile, will likely keep enriching uranium, perhaps even winning the grudging assent of the West. "The Iranians came out feeling better than the Americans, as they were simply more determined to stick to their objectives," said Giora Eiland, a former Israeli national security adviser who played Netanyahu in the November 1 wargame at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
Not even a warning shot by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- the simulation featured an undeclared Israeli commando raid on Iran's Arak heavy water plant -- would shake U.S. President Barack Obama's insistence on dialogue.
Israel's arch-foe, meanwhile, will likely keep enriching uranium, perhaps even winning the grudging assent of the West.
"The Iranians came out feeling better than the Americans, as they were simply more determined to stick to their objectives," said Giora Eiland, a former Israeli national security adviser who played Netanyahu in the November 1 wargame at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
The only empirical evidence to date consist of the two weapons used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Almost all atmospheric tests were conducted in deserts where there was little combustion. Who knows what the effects would be if Israel tried to knock out Iran or Iran's nuclear weapons program. I don't think that has been modeled. But, as JFK said long ago: "We all breathe the same air." As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
