Obama administration using Netanyahu's speech to proactively defend a potential Iran deal

[karynnj]

18. You assume that we can "take out" multiple sites -- and it would not be war?

There were articles in the Israeli press a few years ago when the idea of "someone" doing this was speculated. One big problem is that many sites were in mountains -- located so it was not clear that even bunker buster bombs would succeed.

It since them has become clear that Israel has abandoned the idea that they could do so.

For the US, this would be a war with a country MUCH bigger and much more developed than Iraq. In addition, the current Iraqi government is to some degree aligned with Iran - as is Syria. We are currently working with others to fight Sunni extremists. If we were stupid enough to attack Iran, that puts us smack dab in the middle of a middle east wide civil war -- where we are hated by everyone --- except maybe Israel and a few Sunni states. I doubt that Obama wants that for his legacy.

What he wants is the agreement to be done. If that fails --- especially if it fails due to allies of Netanyahu, the failure -- and the likely attainment of a nuclear bomb is on them. One minor advantage of NOT getting the path you chose, is that you can always argue that it would have been the perfect solution.