<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Israel, Iran and&nbsp;Nukes]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[A reader writes:</p><blockquote><p>Krauthammer is <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/04/israels-nukes.html">shortsighted,</a> of course. The Iranians are after larger game than the Jewish state. They understand that the Israelis would have no hesitation in leveling Tehran, Qum, Shiraz, the Natanz Enrichment Facility, the Arak facility, and the other military installations in an atomic attack that would make what Paul Tibbets did to Hiroshima look like a walk in the park. For example, Tehran sits in a valley, and is probably the best atomic target since Hiroshima itself. The Iranians aren’t stupid. They know these things. Yet they want an atomic arsenal. Why?]]></html></oembed>