After the Recent War with Iran, Should Israel’s Bomb Stay ‘In the Basement’?

Israel’s nuclear reactor near Dimona. Photo: Wikicommons

In war, short-term operational success does not necessarily support long-term survival outcomes.

Despite achieving its immediate goals during the “Twelve-Day War,” Israel will still have to make substantial deterrence policy modifications. Potentially, the Jewish State, smaller than America’s Lake Michigan, now faces greater perils than before the latest war.

How can this be possible? Didn’t the combined effects of Israeli and American bombings “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear military threat?

There is a succinct answer. Though this threat has been degraded, it has not been removed. In assorted increments, Iran could return to where it was before the war, and then advance further in tangibly quantum leaps. At some…