Israel attacks Iran.

 IRANIAN MILITARY LEADERS AND SCIENTISTS KILLED

SHORT TERM VICTORY WITH LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES

In the last 12 hours Israel has attacked Iran's military leadership and some of its nuclear facilities. It is expected that more attacks will follow. So far, Iran has only launched some Drones in the direction of Israel, often just a means of identifying defensive positions for more serious retaliation from missiles.

The U.S. has denied involvement, which will be evident in the coming day, if true.

So far, it appears Israel's raid has been successful with limited casualties on the Israeli side.

Some believe such an attack can cause the overthrow of the present government in Iran, or it may just harden or confirm the support of the Iranian people, we will have to wait and see.

Iran has the ability to do extensive damage to Israel, the question may be that world public opinion, that Israel is increasingly out of control, may be more damaging than a Iranian counter attack.

Most of the Leaders in the region have condemned the attack and it can be expected that in the long run, the opposition to Israel will be hardened. 

The reality is that Iran is large country with near a 100 million population. It is well educated and has been in existence for 5000 years. One can expect that the possibility of a nuclear armed Iran will now be a certainty. In the modern world, only nuclear armed countries seem be able to avoid attacks.

A full scale response by Iran can be devastating and no one should believe that Israel will hesitate to use nuclear weapons if its survival is in doubt.

Very early in this story, we can expect repercussions around the world.