Agree, any strike by Israel with implicate the US by...

Agree, any strike by Israel with implicate the US by association.

Also agree Israel has not ruled it out and may act unilaterally. However, what puzzles me Deman is, if that were their true intention, why are they banding this prospect about in the public arena?

Surely one or more surgical strikes against widely recognised targets deep inside a hostile country over 2000km away would be better served by a bit of mission secrecy....

This is what they relied upon when they actually did strike against Syrian and Iraqi facilities in the past, so why is the approach different now? My view is that it is because they don't actually expect to launch one.

What's more is that Israel will need to overfly several other anti-Israeli Arab countries on route before they even arrive over Iran. That's not to say Israeli platforms would be engaged by these countries, but rather they may provide forewarning.

Certainly, threatening an Israeli strike against Iran to an entirely Arab region before you do it is a pretty reckless thing to do if you intend carrying it out.

On this basis I believe this is more about public brinkmanship and the perception of control than it is a military confrontation. Simply, if the former is to be effective, we and the Iranians need to be convinced of the latter.

Just thoughts.

Dave