This has been in the news a lot. I have always been in the group that figured we could deal with a nuclear Iran, if necessary. Netanyahu's recent speeches made me reexamine my position.
Benjamin
Netanyahu has made the case several times that a nuclear Iran represents an
existential threat to Israel. While I was initially skeptical, the nature
of Israel's highly concentrated population does make a nuclear armed adversary
an existential threat to Israel. In fact, the threat is sufficient to
make a nuclear attack on Israel a significant threat to the worldwide Jewish
population. Israel has a population of roughly 8.1 million. A
nuclear attack concentrated on Israel's largest cities could cripple the
country and destroy a significant portion of their population with just
23 warheads, small warheads by US standards.
