CarolC,

You state "The mullahs want to stay in power. How can they hope to do that if they don't have a country to rule over? You're ignoring their main reason for pretty much everything they do. That's the reason they won't attack Israel. If they attack Israel, they lose their country and the entire reason for their own existance. They won't do that. "


I disagree. YOU are calling the mullahs liars. THEY have stated that the reason is religious- thus your logic does not apply. Even if it requires the sacrifice of the entire Palestinian people and a large percentage of their own population, I think that they would not hesitate to try to destroy Israel.