Israel has destroyed other countries’ nuclear facilities before. But Iran has “at least seven major known Iranian nuclear sites spanning the country,” which “would have to be struck by the Israeli Air Force to sufficiently degrade Iran’s capacity to build and launch nuclear weapons.”
Meanwhile, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is still preaching deterrence and diplomacy.
But, says Toth, “If Iran has unlocked the gates to Armageddon, then diplomacy, no matter how hard Sullivan may push for it, is rapidly running out of time, if not on empty.”
Toth believes stronger, more decisive military measures are increasingly becoming the only viable option.
Israel seems ready to attack, and if it does, Iranian-backed groups across the Middle East “would immediately launch reprisal missile and rocket attacks on Israel.”
For now, Toth believes only one thing is certain. “Tehran has inserted the nuclear key into the gate lock of Armageddon and is beginning to twist it open.”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.