Shadow Minister,why not have an aerial assault that seriously degrades Israeli Nukes.What's the difference? Are Iranians of lesser genetic subtance than Iranians?

Correction,Are Iranians of a lesser genetic substance than Zionists.

For once, Arjay makes a valid point.
If any country, be it the US, or Israel, or anybody else, conducts a first strike on Iran, it would be an unprovoked act of war.
Especially as no such first strike was ever carried out against North Korea, India or Pakistan, all of which did develop and test nuclear weapon capability. The evidence is not perfect that Iran is doing that, (although, I admit, I do think it is).
I've got no barrow to push for Iran, but there does seem to be a glaring inconsistency.
If Iran was not a muslim country, I rather suspect that the world would be saying, oh well, that's another member of the nuclear club, we'll just have to live with it.
However, I still remain confident that most of the sabre rattling we're hearing now is for US and Isreali domestic political consumption and once the elections are over in both countries, there will no longer be a need to pander to the far Right and sanity will prevail.
(Sanity and the far Right being mutually exclusive).
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au

Ant,

If Israel struck Iran, Blocking the Hormuz strait would not affect Israel, but would be an unprovoked attack against all countries that rely on this water way that had nothing to do with the attack, including the US, Quatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, etc.

This is why sanctions are being applied to Iran, not a blockade.

Shadow minister,
You've got it half right.
Mining the straits does not, under international law, constitute an attack of any kind.
But, you're right, it's largely the threat of mining the straits and the devastating effect it would have on the world economy that is droving ongoing efforts to make sanctions work.
That is precisely my point.
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au

Ant,

The Hormuz strait is not all Iranian territory. Planting mines in someone else's territorial water is an act of war in any one's book. That it is a major international shipping route used by all nations is an attack.

If Iran had territory on both sides of the strait, it would be a different matter.