Former Pentagon adviser Mark Kroenig told Israel Radio today why he's convinced that that's so (he also has a Foreign Policy article forthcoming on the subject). His observations are irrefutable. As for whether the U.S. or Israel should carry out this task, Kroenig said
Israel's limited capabilities would make it less likely to achieve success than the U.S. military. “Given Israel's limited capability to mitigate a potential battle and inflict lasting damage," he said, an Israeli strike "would likely result in far more devastating consequences and carry a far lower probability of success than a U.S. attack."
It will be a damn shame if the U.S. refrains from acting and Israel has to instead. But those are the only two options.
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