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Israeli Ambassador: Confrontation with Iran Is About Far More than Israel
(Media Line-Ynet News) Felice Friedson - Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter warned that the confrontation with Iran is about far more than Israel. Leiter argued that the U.S.-Israeli campaign is aimed at stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, exporting terrorism, and threatening the free flow of oil. "You can't have nuclear bombs in the hands of a tyrannical, apocalyptic regime that intends on using them and calls America the 'great Satan' and Israel 'the little Satan' and talks about eliminating Western civilization." The Iranians "have been planning this day for many years when they can come into negotiations and say that they have 462 kg. of enriched uranium at 60%, which could, within a week, be brought up to 90% and provide them with 11 nuclear bombs. So this had to be eliminated." "We're talking about regime collapse. We're not talking about regime change. The people on the ground have to do the change. We have to collapse them so that we can protect our own future, our own citizens, our own people....I don't think there's any inclination for either Israel or the U.S. to put boots on the ground. I don't think we need a ground operation." "This is an American operation. We're a junior partner. We're a model ally. We're a loyal ally. We don't ask for American boots on the ground. We fight side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder, wing-to-wing." "If a nuclear Iran were to take control of the Straits of Hormuz, well, who's going to control the flow of oil throughout the world? The American people are good people. They understand that this is a battle for the future of Western civilization, and they're the leaders in making sure that we survive."