How Iran Plans to Destroy Israel

Consider the following scenario:

One of Ahmadinejad's often stated aims is to wipe out the "Zionist" entity, which if accomplished would surely catapult him into being top dog in the Islamic world. While I fear he is one world leader who would be irrational enough to use a nuclear weapon, the fact is this scenario does not require bombing Israel. He has given us a clue to his tactics by recently speaking about a "one-state solution".

Ahmadinejad is likely in the midst of a plan to weaken Israel on two fronts; military and political. Militarily there is the war with Hezbollah, maybe Syria in the future, and funding, supporting and directing Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist activities. Politically, the plan calls for weakening the ties between Israel and its supporters, mainly the US. Paradoxically, possession of nuclear weapons is necessary for Ahmadinejad to be successfull on the political front, but not the military front. Here's how.

When Iran will announce it has achieved nuclear status, Ahmadinejad believes that the US will then alter its Middle East policy to become much more cautious in its staunch support of Israel. The US would not want to provoke a nuclear Iran to confront its troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region.

The newly weakened US position, he hopes, would cause a chain reaction resulting in an implosion of the "Zionist" state whereby Palestinians, Hezbollah, etc. will win an ultimate battle against an unsupported Israel. A one-state solution would then come to fruition in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, providing a majority victory for Arabs in a democratically elected non-Zionist government, thus ending the state of Israel.

So, in this scenario, Ahmadinejad would never have to use a nuclear bomb to achieve his goal, just the possession of it could dramatically alter the power structure of the entire world, beginning in the Middle East.