Former CIA Director and retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus spoke to Newsmax on Friday, stating, “The U.S. and Israel will never let Iran have a nuclear bomb, even though the Islamic regime is close to developing weapons-grade uranium.”
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, recently remarked, “Iran is weeks rather than months away from possessing enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb.” He added, “Iran reportedly has uranium enriched at 60% and needs it to reach 90% to be weapons-grade.”
Petraeus affirmed this assessment in an interview with “The Record With Greta Van Susteren,” stating, “What the head of the IAEA is saying is that it would only take a few weeks for them to go from the current stage of enrichment, which is about 60%, to weapons-grade, which is roughly 90%.”
He continued, “The question then is, How long would it take them to weaponize that? There’s a lot of debate about that. The bottom line, though, is that the Iranians are closer to a nuclear weapon than at any time in the past.”
Petraeus expressed confidence in the surveillance capabilities of both the U.S. and Israel, asserting, “We have the visibility necessary to know if they try to go down this course.” He added, “I’m actually quite confident that both the U.S. and Israel will live up to their policy, which is that we will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”
Regarding the complexity of obtaining a nuclear weapon, Petraeus explained, “First, you have to get to weapons-grade uranium; then you have to shape it into the kind of object that with a trigger could reach critical mass.” He added, “And then the question is, of course, How would they deliver it? And that’s not a trivial issue either.”
Reflecting on past strategic planning, Petraeus disclosed, “When I led U.S. Central Command from 2008-2010, we developed a plan to destroy the Iranian nuclear program and also rehearsed it at that moment, as well.” He emphasized, “Israel doesn’t have all the capabilities the U.S. has to destroy Iran’s nuclear program by itself and will need to rely on help from the U.S.”
“It’s publicly known that the largest munition that’s required for some of that operational plan exceeds the capacity of their aircraft to carry, and they don’t have it anyway,” Petraeus stated. “The U.S. would necessarily be involved in this. And, again, that is in line with policy of presidents of both parties for many years.”
{Matzav.com}
General, we’ve been hearing this for years! PM Netanyahu spoke about this for at least the past 10 years and all we see is the Iranians getting closer and closer. With Democrats in power, the best we’ll be is relative – Heaven forbid we become proactive as Iran blatantly becomes nuclear.
Iran does not have nukes. President Trump took care of it in his first term in office. Haven’t you yet learned from the fake virus and deadly shots that the media’s reports are fake news? Just because mainsream keeps repeating their lies, doesn’t mean it’s true.