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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-892532
Former CENTCOM Chief: U.S. and Israel Need to Monitor Iran's Missiles and Enriched Uranium
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - Former U.S. CENTCOM Chief Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie Jr., who integrated Israel into CENTCOM following the Abraham Accords, said in an interview: "[Iran's] ballistic missiles are more dangerous than the nuclear issue. There must be some limiting governing mechanisms." No matter what is agreed to on paper, "how you enforce that with an overhead monitoring regime with a long-term commitment" is crucial. The bottom line was that the U.S. and Israel need to be ready to employ coercion. "If you build it, we will strike." On the nuclear issue, McKenzie said that the most crucial question was not what Iran might promise, but having "an intrusive nuclear inspections regime. I cannot see a way forward which does not involve that." Regarding Iran's 60%-enriched uranium buried under rubble in multiple bombed sites, he said the key was the regime knowing that any attempts they might make to retrieve the uranium would be struck by the U.S. and Israel. "The Strait of Hormuz must be open - demonstrably open. There are lots of ways to do that." If Iran stalls on the issue, McKenzie said the U.S. could "seize Kharg Island, which would shut down Iran's oil export capabilities....Maybe we don't need to put people on the shore....We can just make it impossible on those islands" for Iran to operate. The U.S. could "control those islands by fire - if the Iranians show up on the island, we kill them."