Mark Dubowitz
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And I think we have to be
conscious of that, and we have to guard against that.
So I think that's important.
I think Scott's right.
I mean, if a scenario happened like that, yeah, I mean, I think the Israelis have demonstrated extraordinary capabilities, and they could go in there, and they could secure loose nuclear materials that you would be worried could be
fashion for nuclear weapons.
Scott doesn't seem to worry about these materials.
I worry about these materials and capabilities in the hands of anybody because they're all capabilities that just the physics of it, you can produce nuclear weapons.
So best case scenario, negotiation, we fully dismantle their program in Oman.
Worst case scenario is having to return for continued military strikes that continue to escalate the situation.
Worst, worst situation is some kind of decapitation strike that collapses the regime and causes chaos.
There are a whole bunch of other scenarios we can talk about that are embedded in that.
But I think if you're a responsible person and a responsible analyst, and certainly you're a responsible policymaker, you've got to be planning for all of these scenarios and more.
Yeah, the IAEA just came out recently.
Just point of fact, sort of interesting.
We'll see on the battle damage assessment, but they actually think the facility was destroyed and that the centrifuges...
the sensitive centrifuges were destroyed.
So just interesting for the viewers.
And it may be premature.
No, no, that's not what I said.