Epstein Secrets

een closed. "One man, one vote, one time" used to be the charge leveled at Islamists. It turns out that was the Egyptian military's policy, and now the United States', too. A generation of Egyptian Islamists will turn to other means to seek power. And who will be the target of these future jihadists? Not only the

d to make fundamental concessions, but at the same time it is preserving the core abilities in both routes it is developing for a nuclear weapon." Yadlin rejected the view that inspections alone could prevent Iran from cheating: Inspections are "insufficient. The international inspection systems are

uld not be used for military purposes and demand an answer to the open questions regarding the military dimensions of the Iranian nuclear program. Yadlin said the mark of an acceptable deal with Iran is that "the time it takes Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, if it decides to do so, will be measured

trategy, or more weapons for Israel, show no greater U.S. resolve. Finally, asking what Israel needs if it uses force only reinforces the view that the United States will not do so. Almost simultaneously, the former head of Israeli military intelligence Gen. Amos Yadlin weighed in. In an interview with the Times

ore clearly that you're really training for this and preparing for this." EFTA00712898 "The American threat has to be a great deal more credible," Yadlin advises, and he explains why: "It cannot be that the secretary of defense will stand up publicly and say that an attack on Iran will plunge the wor

n attack on Iran will plunge the world into World War III or the Middle East will go up in flames. That shows that you really don't mean to do it." Yadlin wants Israel to delay a decision and wants the United States to take a tougher line. He concludes that "even if the batteries of trust are not full

ng the country for war. ... The heightened rhetoric has fueled jitters that the zero hour is near." Why would Israel, with so much less power than the United States, decide to take on a task at the far outer edge of its military capacities? Why not leave that task to the superpower, which would do a much better

the world more clearly that you're really training for this and preparing for this." "The American threat has to be a great deal more credible," Yadlin advises, and he explains why: "It cannot be that the secretary of defense will stand up publicly and say that an attack on Iran will plunge the wor

attack on Iran will plunge the world into World War III or the Middle East will go up in flames. That shows that you really don't mean to do it." Yadlin wants Israel to delay a decision and wants the United States to take a tougher line. He concludes that "even if the batteries of trust are not full

srael are all compelling national security interests for the United States and our allies. Akin to the need for US engagement with Russia on Syria, the United States should explore the Iranian offer to engage in a dialogue - not for the sake of talk alone, but to determine if there is real common ground upon whi

s impossible. A bad deal or even a phased agreement would be a defeat. In dealing with Iran, this is the hour of truth for Western diplomacy. Gen. Yadlin, who is retired from the military, is a former chief of Israeli defense intelligence and the director of Israel's Institute for National Security S