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

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

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

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