Epstein Secrets

ot an Option. Because Iran has been one of Washington's chief antagonists for nearly four decades and finally the framework for a broad deal to keep Tehran from building nuclear weapons has been reached. Yet somehow this agreement faces significant opposition here in America -- including many Republica

Dagan said that Tehran's Islamic government is "rational" and "considering all the implications of their action." Israeli Defense Force's Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz made a similar point: "I think the Iranian leadership is comprised of very rational people." The Iranian leadership are not idiots and as much as th

oute to producing weapons-grade plutonium in the installation now being built at Arak. Not surprisingly, the Iranian negotiator, upon his return to Tehran, described the agreement as giving Iran its long-claimed right to enrich and, in effect, eliminating the American threat of using force as a last r

fense Forces (IDF) behind recognized borders and the creation of a third-party monitoring presence. His recommendations were passed on to Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, IDF chief of staff . The United States has traditionally bowed to Israel's own expansive assessments on this issue, so the very fact that US polic

Iran would, from the opening days of an Iraq governed by NI., be confronted by a coun=ry on its border led by Sunnis bent on the destruction of the Tehran gover=ment. An all-out religious war—this time between nations—might well be=considered inevitable by the Shiites in Iran. In other words, Ira= ha

y defined, are being stretched and possibly erased. "This entire s=stem is disintegrating like a house of cards that starts to collapse,"= Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said. The Obama administr=tion signaled it is preparing to re-engage militarily in Iraq, a remarkabl= U-turn for a president who campaigned in 2008

or attack on a Pan American airliner in the late 1980s. Or, as in South Africa, that a change in nuclear policy might come from a change in régime in Tehran. Yet realistically, we couldn’t count on either. And there was no doubt in our minds that a nuclear Iran represented a hugely serious threat. If the

that we had to be prepared to take military action if there was no alternative way to rein in the Iranians. Ashkenazi’s successor as chief-of-staff, Benny Gantz, had signed off on the attack plan. While the Iranians were getting ever closer to nuclear-weapons capability, the strike force that we were assembli

or attack on a Pan American airliner in the late 1980s. Or, as in South Africa, that a change in nuclear policy might come from a change in régime in Tehran. Yet realistically, we couldn't count on either. And there was no doubt in our minds that a nuclear Iran represented a hugely serious threat. If the

that we had to be prepared to take military action if there was no alternative way to rein in the Iranians. Ashkenazi's successor as chief-of-staff, Benny Gantz, had signed off on the attack plan. While the Iranians were getting ever closer to nuclear-weapons capability, the strike force that we were assembli