Vince

This is the time.

So he's trying to convince the United States that this is a worthwhile endeavor.

And he makes a number of asks.

In fact, the US intelligence community breaks it down into four components that Netanyahu asked for.

The U.S.

intelligence community reviewed it, and then they came back to the president, and then they said two of these are achievable, two of these are ridiculous.

Here's what they said.

The results of the U.S.

intelligence analysis were shared on February 12th with the president.

in a meeting for only American officials in the Situation Room.

Before Mr. Trump arrived, two senior intel officials briefed the president's inner circle.

The intel officials had deep expertise in US military capabilities, and they knew the Iranian system and its players inside out.

They broke down Netanyahu's presentation into four parts.

First was decapitation, killing the Ayatollah.

Second was crippling Iran's capacity to project power and threaten its neighbors.

Third was a popular uprising inside of Iran.

In other words, Netanyahu was hoping to arm everybody and get an uprising going and overthrow the regime.

And fourth was regime change with a secular leader installed to govern the country.

The U.S.

officials assessed that the first two objectives were achievable.