Russia and China would probably let them, given that retaliation would lead to the end of the world.
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Interestingly, there was a recent interview with Ted Postol where he explains that Iran could build an atomic weapon with the uranium they've already enriches even after being nuked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQI_IYz6uM
i bet they would isreal/us fire one barrage and then extend their nuclear umbrella around iran afterwards.
But that would be "don't do it AGAIN" not retaliation.
The fact that israel has nukes means they could use nukes. The question is what would they gain and lose by doing so.
Sachs suggests they'd use nukes to take everyone down with them. It's the whole Samson Option where they nuke the whole region out of spite if they decide they lost.
Maybe I've not been following the conflict close enough but there's no way the Zionists think they are about to get wiped out.
If the US actually does get pushed out of the region, then Israel cannot survive on its own. And currently, the US is basically abandoning their bases because they can't protect them. Meanwhile, Gulf states are starting to rethink the whole US security umbrella.
I've always assumed that the CIA would intervene if they suspected they'd do that. America would never allow them to destroy themselves when they can cut off the infected limb to live another day. At least as far as I can see.
Unless Israel has nukes that even the yankees aren't aware of...
Consider a scenario where the US does get pushed out of the region though. At that point they might decide to do a scorched earth approach and figure that nuking the region to make it unlivable is preferable to it integrating with the rest of Asia. We're dealing with unhinged psychopaths here that have zero regard for human life.
The problem with this idea is that the fascist leaders don't recognize they have lost until the Führer bunker is cut off from coms and they've been directing orders to non-existent troops. Meanwhile the guy in the nuclear launch command center is thinking "If I obey this order I will die. If I disobey this order I can be a hero."
I mean hopefully that's how things work out.