Netanyahu warns that to defeat Iran it is not only necessary to bomb it
Netanyahu warns that to beat Iran it is not only necessary to attack it by air and, in a veiled way, raises a hypothetical ground offensive
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, is convinced that to overthrow the Iranian regime requires a "ground component" and a revolution.
During a press conference held in Jerusalem, the 76-year-old Jewish politician acknowledged that, Three weeks into the war against the Islamic Republic, the bombings carried out in collaboration with the US military have not been as effective as expected in achieving its surrender. Given this scenario, he opened the door to a hypothetical ground incursion, something never considered at the start of the conflict. “It is often said that you can’t win, that you can’t make revolutions from the air, and that’s true. You can’t do it only from there; you can do many things from the air, and we are doing them, but there also has to be a ground component. There are many possibilities for this ground component, and I take the liberty of not sharing them with you,” he stated. The controversial aspect is that Netanyahu’s vision is not shared by President Donald Trump, who, at least for the moment, is avoiding the option of sending US troops by land to a territory where they have never been and whose geography, from the outset, presents an enormous degree of complexity.
Several analysts agree that while the Israeli government seems more interested in achieving regime change that better suits the expansionist interests of the Jewish nation, Washington's biggest concern has always been that the Islamic Republic might develop nuclear weapons.
“It’s not about replacing one ayatollah with another. It’s not about replacing Hitler with Hitler,” Netanyahu stated, further outlining his plan for Iran to be governed by a figure willing to obey him when required.
Recently, Joe Kent, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center,He stated that Iran was never a threat to US security and blamed the Israeli government for providing Trump with unsubstantiated information to justify starting a war against the Islamic Republic. “I cannot, in good conscience, support the war being waged in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful US lobby,” he stated in a letter in which he also submitted his resignation to Trump. However, Netanyahu dismissed these accusations and skillfully distanced himself from any responsibility. “Does anyone think I can tell Trump what to do? The United States is not fighting for Israel, it is fighting alongside Israel,” he declared.