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"Iran Does Not Fear Us the Way They Need to Fear Us"

(Israel Hayom) Dennis Ross interviewed by Ariel Kahana - Dennis Ross, who served as a senior advisor to three U.S. presidents and took part in the Middle East peace process for decades, told Israel Hayom: "I'm very worried about where things are heading with Iran.... Iran doesn't fear us the way they need to fear us. They have to understand that the nuclear path they're on is one that is extremely risky for them." "Rather than saying all options are on the table, we should be saying we prefer diplomacy as a way to resolve this issue, but apparently, the Iranians do not. And they need to understand they have invested 40 years in a nuclear infrastructure, and they are putting that entire investment at risk." Ross added that the U.S. should provide Israel with aerial refueling capability that would send the message that America will not stand in Israel's way. "Israel has bought four KC-46s. This will allow them [Israel] to be much more effective....The Iranians believe not only that we won't act militarily but that we will stop you [Israel] from acting militarily....We should push Israel to the front of the line [for KC-46s] to immediately send a message to the Iranians that not only are we not going to stop the Israelis - we will support them." U.S. forces in the region "have been hit 83 times now by Iranian proxies in Syria and Iraq; we responded three times....We need to hit them in a way they don't expect. If you begin to do that, they'll also get the message, even in the region, that some of what they're doing is more dangerous than they thought. We have to convince them by our words and our actions that they have miscalculated about us and they're running a risk."
2023-05-18 00:00:00
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