Paul Adams
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first heard Jan 2026
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Of course, Israel would be delighted to see the head of the snake as it sees it defeated in the wake of the blows delivered to people like Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas, and of course, the end of the Assad regime in Syria.
Iran's regional influence has been hugely dented
and damaged by events over the past 18 months or so.
And so there are strong voices, certainly in Israel, saying that it is time to finish the job.
But I think the consequences could be so complex that I think the notion of regime change will be one that the Trump administration, even with its enthusiasm for taking abrupt and robust action around the world, will be fairly careful before embarking on.
Yes.
I mean, Donald Trump at the time was trumpeting America's success, saying that Iran's nuclear program had been completely obliterated.
I think all the intelligence assessments since then, or at least what we understand of those intelligence assessments, suggest that the damage was very significant, but not necessarily terminal.
Iran's nuclear program and indeed its entire military infrastructure is quite diffuse.
Elements of it are extremely well protected.
And it is not thought that the nuclear effort kind of ground to a halt as a result of the attacks of last summer.
So elements of it persist.
Clearly, you know, it wasn't just the operation, the 12-day war.
The Israelis had already launched attacks before that, which had had a devastating effect on Iran's air defenses.
And so Iran is in a very weak position, whatever the leadership may suggest.
And even though the U.S.
doesn't have a huge flotilla of ships and aircraft carriers and so forth in the region, it's got enough, and we know that it can do things from a distance, to deliver more blows.
Not necessarily kind of Venezuela-style helicopter-borne operations to capture elements of the Iranian regime, but certainly the ability to destroy barracks, to go after the besieged militia that is responsible for so much damage.
of the repression on the streets and to launch kind of symbolic attacks that could even kill or target elements of the Iranian leadership.
It's a very difficult dilemma right now.
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