Quote Originally Posted by Haruchai
Hmm.

You know the first rule of warfare: 'Never invade Russia in winter'?

I think you just trumped it. How about:

'Never invade an overwhelming nuclear superpower via the Atlantic/Pacific.'

True, my point was a Nuke is like a sniper rifle, useless up close.

Iran has stated from the get go that they want to destroy Isreal, thats nothing new. As I said before, a quick bloody war to destroy Iran's nuclear capability and then a defensive action against their non-nuclear forces is the best option. Regime change isn't possible really, so it isn't worth trying.

As to China, they're like Russia, numbers are all they really have. Soviet Doctrine requires a totally infleaxable force to guard against mutiny. Kill the generals and the house of cards collapses.

I think with Iran it has always been a question of "when." A country that has as one of its stated aims the destruction of another country is not legitimate. As to the practicalities of nuking Isreal, think about it, this is the culture that gave us suicide bombers.