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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Fair point.
Let me put it this way, instead: The likelihood that our intelligence services (or Israel's, or anyone else's*) knows where the key installations are, with sufficient accuracy to allow for precision bombing that will significantly hinder or delay Iran's nuclear development without requiring the commitment of ground forces or a massive bombing campaign, strikes me as extremely exceedingly small.
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We may have to use a massive bombing campaign, but the risk/benefit equation would seem to weigh in favor of the same. I am not arguing that our intelligence will be perfect, but I am not sure that there program is at a point where it needs to be perfect. UNless they have multiple nukes, ready for delivery, in disparate locations, it would seem that we could take our a certain percentage of the program and set them back several years or more, in which time other means might alleviate or mitigate the risk.
