| SecondWar said: If anyone makes a move on Iran, especially if its the US, Israel will be with them, which will drag in all the anti-Israel countries in the Middle East regardless of what military pacts they do or dont have. If you read my last post again you can see how it could have a domino effect to drag multiple other countries from across the globe into the conflict. |
I think you don't understand the geopolitical reality of the situation in the region. The US is by far the dominant power even if Iraq and Afghanistan has wounded it. All the (Arab/Sunni) Gulf countries are under the security umbrella of the US. Saudi Arabia is the main power out of the Gulf nations. It fears a powerful Persian Shia nation that could rival it's position. Israel also fears a powerful non allied Iran. If Israel bombed Iran none of them would come to Irans aid. Furthermore Jordan and Egypt have peace treaties with Israel. Syria wouldn't dare make an obvious move but Iran would of course retaliate using asymmetric warfare methods. The domino effect worked in the last two world wars because of military pacts and each side were very powerful so the war dragged on. In this case the military balance is overwhelmingly one sided. I remember when the Kosovo conflict was taking place and people were saying the same thing then.
Israel has attacked it's neighbours repeatedly over the last few decades. We are all still here.
