IRAN & ISRAEL- DEADLY STRIKES CONTINUE /Lt Col Daniel Davis

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The speaker emphasizes that the U.S. intelligence community agrees Iran currently has no nuclear weapons program, although it has the capability and knowledge to build one if it chooses. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), from which the U.S. exited in 2018, had successfully limited Iran's nuclear development and allowed IAEA inspectors access to key facilities. While not perfect, the JCPOA imposed substantial constraints that Iran generally followed until the deal's collapse.

After the U.S. withdrawal, Iran ramped up its uranium enrichment in response to Western pressure but did so transparently. The speaker criticizes the U.S. and Israeli narrative that Iran was on the brink of a bomb, highlighting that American intelligence has consistently contradicted this, stating Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon.

The core concern is that U.S. foreign policy is being influenced too heavily by Israel’s agenda, rather than by U.S. interests. The speaker argues that Iran poses no serious threat to the U.S. that can't be easily deterred or handled militarily. He asserts that Israel initiated the conflict with a strike it claimed was "preventative," but that only escalated tensions and triggered Iranian retaliation.

The situation is deteriorating: Iran has launched sustained missile attacks, and while it's unclear how extensive its arsenal is, the damage in Israel is reportedly unprecedented since its founding. Putin has called for de-escalation, but there's fear of a wider regional war, especially with UK officials expressing conditional support for Israel.

Former President Trump publicly stated that the U.S. was not involved in Israel’s strike and warned Iran not to retaliate, threatening overwhelming force. The speaker warns this kind of rhetoric risks escalation and that wars are easy to start but extremely hard to end. He concludes by urging restraint and opposes the U.S. being dragged into another war based on weak or one-sided evidence.