Israel Nuke Iran? (Addendum 3/4/26)

 

"If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it entirely, and don't try to piece together clever diplomacy but just wage a total war, our children will sing great songs about us years from now." (Richard Perle, neocon intellectual)

There are multiple independent analysts (Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter, etc.) who feel that US/Israel (The Zionist empire) badly miscalculated in attacking Iran and that the empire lacks sufficient supplies (bombs, missiles, etc) for a long war and will run out of war-fighting materials in a couple of weeks, after which Iran will essentially defeat the empire, Israel's survival in question. Apparently, the US has been driven out of its Middle East bases, relocating equipment to Cyprus, aircraft carriers pulled back out of harms way. For some curious reason these analysts, whom I normally respect, don't mention Israel's nuclear weapons (an odd omission) and the possibility/probability that faced with an existential threat (of its own making) due to lack of conventional equipment, Israel will use its nuclear arsenal to destroy Iran and achieve its military objectives. I suspect that was the plan all along and that we are looking at a 60-70% probability of Israel using nukes in the next several weeks.

"...We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets for our air force. Let me quote General Moshe Dayan: ‘Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.’ ... Our armed forces, however, are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen before Israel goes under.” (Martin van Creveld, Israeli historian, on or about 2002)

An additional point worth mentioning is that we are at the end of the hydrocarbon era and need to transition to a sustainable society. We have already gone well past the point where a smooth transition to sustainability is possible. We are headed for collapse and upheavals. As such, military adventurism leading to systemic collapse in order to seek dominance and control in the coming era is not quite as irrational as conventional analysts assume. And Ashkenazi Zionists have a long history of reckless militarism and warmongering which, regrettably, has been remarkably successful.

ADDENDUM (3/4/26):  The more I think about the situation, the more I become convinced that the use of nuclear weapons was and is part of Israel's plan in attacking Iran. Israel's long term objective has always been to create a "Greater Israel" which, in turn, would be the regional hegemon. By itself, Israel lacks sufficient manpower and other resources to achieve this goal with conventional weapons only. Becoming the regional hegemon will require the credible threat of the use of nuclear weapons. The U.S. did this at the end of World War II with the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the war was already won and these bombings a demonstration of the willingness to commit mass murder. Israel has already demonstrated a willingness to commit mass murder on the people of Gaza with the approval of the Western elites. Gaza, however, was doable with conventional weapons. Nuclear weapons, however, have not been used (except as threats) since World War II and there is a certain reluctance to use them. Israel's likely use of nukes against Iran will go a long way in achieving its goal of regional hegemony. As for economic consequences, the staunch support of the U.S., NATO, etc., will enable Israel to survive all manner of negative consequences. One indication of a pending Israeli nuclear strike will be if the Western media narrative changes to show Israel facing an existential threat from Iranian rockets, Jews facing another Holocaust, etc.