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Should the US offer Israel a "nuclear umbrella" against Iran?

Israel's Haaretz reports that nuclear guarantees will be granted to Israel should Iran reach the potential to launch a nuclear attack.

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Yes

Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State

“Iran must know that an attack on Israel will draw a massive response.”


Charles Krauthammer
Columnist

“During the Cold War, we were successful in preventing an attack...on America's allies...by extending the American nuclear umbrella -- i.e., declaring that any attack on our allies would be considered an attack on the US. We should do the same to keep nuclear peace in the Middle East.”


Jim Geraghty
Columnist

“Hear that, netroots? From Krauthammer's [opinion] to Obama administration policy. Glad you put all that effort into beating McCain, huh?”


No

Michael Goldfarb
Blogger, The Weekly Standard

“What this proposal doesn't do is offer any way to deal with the broader problem of proliferation in the Middle East. Nor does it contend with the fact that such an umbrella would almost certainly have to be extended to despotic regimes that are ostensibly American allies.”


Allah Pundit
Writer, Hotair.com / Blogger

“I didn’t get it when Krauthammer proposed it, I didn’t get it when Hillary proposed it, I don’t get it now.”


Cernig

“The proposal is, of course, insane and idiotic...But that's hardly the point. Strategic ambiguity is, and all that is required there is that the Iranian leadership be unsure whether the US or Israel will launch a preventative attack to short-circuit any debate.”


Dave Price

“A promise of massive American nuclear retaliation against an Iranian nuclear attack is problematic. Unless the attack were overt, it might be very difficult to trace the attack back to Iran...”


Mikkel Fishman

“Even if Iran was competent at producing its uranium, it would still take over 6 months to create enough for one bomb. This means that Iran is over a decade away from being able to threaten Israel even if they were technically proficient and had the desire. ”


Mikkel Fishman

“There is no possible way that Iran can threaten Israel on a fundamental level with fission based weaponry, and to even do serious damage would require decades of production. ”


Maybe

Scott Johnson
Blogger, Powerline

“The Haaretz report...is puzzling on its face. If true, the...report would suggest that Obama...is reconciled to the prospect of Iran's possession of nuclear weapons. And it would fail to take into account the...difficulty of deterring a regime whose theology might welcome an Islamic apocalypse.”


David E. Sanger

“An inherited intelligence or military mission that went wrong could backfire. But a decision to pull back on operations aimed at Iran could leave Obama vulnerable to charges that he is allowing Iran to speed ahead toward a nuclear capacity that could change the contours of power in the Middle East. ”


Richard Fernandez
Blogger / Founder, Belmont Club

“It is far from clear that this proposed policy — acquiescing to a nuclear Iran while reducing the certainty of retaliation — helps anybody. It may hurt everybody.”


General Comments

Kimberley A. Strassel
Author / Member of WSJ Editorial Board

“Fragile as the situation remains, Ms. Rice notes that last year Bethlehem was the site of a huge investment conference, hosted by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad, aided by Israel, and held in the open air.”


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