The Israel-Iran War: Possibilities and the Dangers of Overreach

About this episode

Dmitri Alperovitch interviews Israeli Gen Amos Yadlin about the strategic implications and dangers of the ongoing conflict involving Iran.

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Israeli Gen Amos Yadlin (Ret.), perhaps the world’s only person who has participated in the destruction of three Middle Eastern nuclear weapons programs: first, as an F-16 pilot in 1981 against Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak, as Head of Military Intelligence in 2007 against Syrian nuclear reactor Al Kibar, and in various IDF roles for the last nearly 20 years planning the current operation against Iran. 00:00 Introduction 01:29 Strategic Objectives of the Operation Against Iran 07:30 How to Deal With Fordow Enrichment Facility 08:16 Shocking Success 11:20 Danger of Euphoria 14:08 Where Are the Iranian Proxies? 15:40 Threat to the Strait of Hormuz 18:00 Khamenei’s Psychological State and Strategic Decisions 20:56 Likelihood of Regime Change 23:38 Implications for the Broader Middle East

People in this episode

Host: Dmitri Alperovitch

Guest: Amos Yadlin

Topics covered

• Israel-Iran relations
• nuclear weapons
• military strategy
• Middle East geopolitics
• Iranian proxies
• regional security

Keywords

• Israel
• Iran
• nuclear weapons
• military intelligence
• geopolitics
• Fordow
• Khamenei
• regime change
• Middle East

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Israel, Iran, Strait of Hormuz

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