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Source: https://www.jns.org/opinion/meir-ben-shabbat/a-no-nonsense-strategic-approach-to-iran
A No-Nonsense, Strategic Approach to Iran
(JNS) Meir Ben Shabbat - In light of the Iranian regime's radical Islamist ideology and worldview, deterrence cannot be relied upon. Only prevention and denial of capabilities can provide real security. As long as Iran remains under its present revolutionary leadership, it cannot be safely permitted to retain or rebuild strategic capabilities: nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, advanced drones and their production facilities, and proxy armies. Whether in Tehran, Gaza, Lebanon or Yemen, the enemy must be confronted according to the way it actually thinks, not the way others would like it to think. The writer, head of the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, headed Israel's National Security Council (2017-2021).