Fascinating article says what I sorta suspected: Israel lacks the force projection capabilities to knock-out Iran's nukes on its own.

In order to mount an attack, Israel would A. Need to surprise Iran completely. B. Launch a massive number of attack, support, and refueling planes, and C. Do so with 100% accurate intelligence. Good luck.

The very fact that a nominal "surgical" strike would require so much resources effectively makes said surgical strike into a massive invasion strike. No good, as far as I'm concerned.

For one, such a strike would lead to total war between the two countries, with Iraq in the middle. Secondly, the world media is always looking for reasons to hate Israel (and turn a blind eye to the Mideast's bigger problems -- nukes in the hands of insane Iranians). So, it's back the ol' bargaining table!