Iran

Let's begin with something easy. Everyone can agree that Iran is bad, really bad. Under the leadership of Ahmenijhad with his insane rush for nuclear weapons, and avowed intention to destroy Israel, Iran currently poses the greatest external threat to Israel.

During the Cold War between the USSR and the US it was the very sanity of each country's leaders that kept these two superpowers from destroying each other and the whole world in one giant Nuclear holocaust. The counterbalance that prevented war was known by the acronym M.A.D. which stood for Mutual Assured Destruction. The knowledge by each side that the other had the capability to destroy it kept them both in check.

Ahmenijhad, on the other hand, has clearly stated that he's willing to sacrifice half his population to achieve his goal of destroying Israel. Such insanity nullifies the M.A.D. doctrine as military parity is not enough to prevent attack by someone who is willing to sacrifice so much.

Thus a new doctrine must be implemented to create enough external pressure on Iran to prevent it from attempting our annihilation. We must assume, that if push came to shove, the greater world, even our good friends the United States, might consider it an acceptable loss for Iran to wipe out Israel while Israel destroys a good percentage of Iran in retaliation as long as the conflict remains isolated to those two countries.

Our new doctrine will be called G.A.D. Global Assured Disruption. The idea is simple. We have to create a doomsday scenario which cause the rest of the world, or a least a good part of it to care if we get destroyed.

Under G.A.D. a nuclear attack on Israel by Iran, or really any country, would result in the following automatic response:

- The destruction of all major cities in the attacking country.
- The destruction of the entire oil production capabilities of the Persian Gulf states.
- The release of EMP's over several Western regions.
- The destruction of the holiest sites of the world's major religions

I'm open to other suggestions. The idea, of course, to create enough threat of chaos, with minimal loss of life, to force the rest of the world to assure our safety.