Reply #30: If Israel does attack Iran, then an Iranian counterattack against Israel would hardly

[pampango]

be surprising. My guess is that if Iran attacks Israel first, Israel will launch a counterattack, too. Does Israel need to publically state this for us all to understand this?

The linked article was dealing with the Iranian reaction to France's saber rattling about Iran and its potential nuclear capability. The Iranian position was that its missiles are targeted at Israel and "will launched if either Iran or Syria are attacked" (by anyone?). The only logic (I know - logic : Middle East?) behind the story is if Iran was warning a potential third country attacker about their intention to target Israel under those circumstances.)