Whether or not the attack was premature, Israel demonstrated “its determination to snuff out even a nascent nuclear project in a neighboring state.”

I can easily imagine the U.S. using Israel as a proxy to accomplish its ends in Iran, as it did during the hostage crisis which led to the Iran-Contra affair, when Israel actually shipped weapons to a moderate faction in Iran.

Israel’s policy of strategic ambiguity about its nuclear weapons is only sane diplomacy, but we know, and the Iranians know, that Israel will not forbear to make a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear program.

I would be interested to hear from the Jewish population of Iran– largest in the Middle East outside of Israel.

Do they regard Israel as their true home? Some of the Iranian Jews have emigrated there and won high office in government.