U.S. allies think Iran is playing President JoeBiden for time at risk of war
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team has conducted extensive “indirect talks” with Iran about a joint return to the 2015 nuclear deal, which former President Donald Trump exited in 2018. The continuing progress of Iran’s nuclear program has forced Israeli and Gulf Arab officials to acknowledge in public the possibility of a clash with Iran if a deal is not reached — and another major U.S. ally is warning that Tehran doesn’t want to come to an agreement.
“We all see Iran's malign activities in the region and elsewhere. Now, they're doing all that without having a nuclear canopy deterrence to support it,” Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Thursday during his appearance at the forum. “Now, should we jump to a war at the first opportunity we have? No. Should we be able to conduct a military operation to prevent it if needed? The answer is yes. Are we building the ability? Yes. Should we use it? As the last [resort], yes.
“What if one day all of us wake up to the news that Iran has tested its first nuclear weapon and face it as the reality?” Bahraini Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdulla al Khalifa, who followed Gantz at the forum, told the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. “So I believe addressing the issue now, when there is an opportunity, is much better than addressing it later, when it’s too late.”
“Obviously, dealing with the matter diplomatically would be a priority,” he said. “We have seen how the Iranian regime is ignoring the current efforts and respecting what it should abide by. But we do believe [we know what] the continuous developing of the nuclear program in Iran would cause the region, and it would affect obviously its neighbors in a very dramatic manner.”
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