By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent: Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike if Iran nukes Israel
Talkback
Title:Obama hasn`t even taken office yet
Name:Gregor
City: State: Canada
and he is already signalling that he is cowed by Iran. Israel better not fall for his offer of a nuke deterent as the only defence since any Iranian bomb will not be delivered in the conventional method when it comes to Israel. Iran is too many years away from having an adequate delivery system for their inital "klunky" nukes. They will most likely smuggle it into Lebanon or Gaza and blame it on a Jewish conspiracy if they are able to detonate it. Does anyone believe Obama would retaliate against Iran if "public opinion" said that it was an Israeli accident? No, the UN would pass a resolution that Israel needs to dismantle its nukes to prevent a further "accident".