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Dov Lieber

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
123 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

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The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

It's a window inside the campaign you don't really hear about.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

The campaign to really threaten people.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

I mean, this was a key objective Israel wanted to reach.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

They wanted to see members of Iranian security forces putting down their weapons or standing aside or saying they weren't going to take part in the war anymore.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

When we were speaking to Iranians, myself and mostly my colleagues, really, were speaking to them, they said, you know, many of them said, well, we would like the regime to be gone, but protesting now would be suicide.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

Throughout the entire war, Iran itself was threatening people, do not protest.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

If you protest, we will consider you as abetting the enemy, which is a threat to kill them.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

And they were very, very blunt about that.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

So despite the shakiness of the security forces, they were always still there, and the civilians in Iran always knew that.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

Well, throughout the war, they've been hitting nuclear sites, sites that they hit again last year.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

They hit them again and they hit some new sites.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

And if the Iranians want to restart their nuclear program, it may be very difficult for them.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

But they still have highly enriched uranium buried deep underground.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

And if they manage to procure that enriched uranium, they could potentially, according to experts, find a way to enrich it to Robert's grade level.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

The regime is still there.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

It's digging in and it's projecting power.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

It has, by taking control over who can pass through the Straits of Hormuz, the Iranian regime looks emboldened.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

It doesn't look like it's wobbling.

The Journal.
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?

It looks emboldened.