Indeed, Iran’s nuclear aspirations, one of the most pressing issues of our time, may well be reduced to whether the US should support Israel in the event that its government takes military action. One is hard pressed to find any analyst who believes that Israeli air strikes could do more than set back Iran’s program for a few months while unifying fractured Iranian opinion around support for nuclear weapons.
事实上，伊朗的核野心——现时代最紧迫的问题之一——很可能会降级成美国是否应该在以色列政府动武的情况下支持以色列的问题。基本上没有分析家相信以色列的空袭能够产生什么效果，除了让伊朗的核计划收敛几个月以及让伊朗国内各分歧观点团建起来支持核计划。