Strategic Assessment

It behooves us to consider possible versions of the confrontation between Israel and Hizbollah had it taken place in the shadow of a nuclear Iran. Would we have reacted as we did to the abduction of soldiers? Would the United States have given us free rein? At this stage the answers to these questions are hypothetical only, but it appears nonetheless that what happens in the current confrontation in Lebanon is primarily a prelude to the next major confrontation (direct or indirect) between Iran and Israel.