Did Israel start an operation knowing that they wouldn't be able to complete it without US involvement. No, absolutely not. And I said it, I think last time I was here, we have the capabilities.It will take longer. It will be more painful, but we can deal with the threats. Uh so I think what the decision of the US was the right decision because now it will be a shorter war and I think it's much more effective.How are you preparing for the retaliation. So first we have to acknowledge it's not easy for us. Yo ...

Is regime change part of the effort here. Could certainly be the result because the Iran regime is very weak. I I think it's basically left with two things.It's its plans to have atomic bombs and ballistic missiles. That's basically what Iran has. We decided to act because we had to we saw enough uranium enriched uranium for nine bombs and all they had to do was weaponized them.We stopped that by attacking we're attacking their nuclear sites. We attacked their chief uh nuclear scientists working. It's like ...

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VOWED REPRISALS AND SEPTEMBER DRONES TOWARD -- AND SENT DRONES TOWARD ISRAEL. LET'S GO TO TEL AVIV. IT IS LATE OVER THERE TO OUR BUREAU CHIEF.ETHAN, THERE'S BEEN TENSION BETWEEN THESE TWO COUNTRIESOR A LONG TIME BUT WHY IS IT HAPPENING NOW. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ISRAEL HAS BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A LONG TIME AND IN THE LAST YEAR AS A RESULT OF THE HAMAS ATTACK THEY SHIFT THEIR DEFENSE DOCTRINE AND ABLE TO TAKE OUT HEZBOLLAH. AND ALSO A PROXY OF IRAN AND TO STRIP A LOT OF IRAN'S AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS IN AND AT ...

Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival. This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat. For decades, the tyrants of Tehran have brazenly, openly called for Israel's destruction.They've backed up their genocidal rhetoric with a program to develop nuclear weapons. In recent years, Iran has produced enough highlyenriched uranium for nine atom bombs. Nine.In recent months, Iran h ...