What does victory in Iran look like?
What does victory look like in Iran? Is it the destruction of nuclear facilities? Regime change? Or something more ambiguous, a degraded capability without a defined political settlement?
What does victory look like in Iran? Is it the destruction of nuclear facilities? Regime change? Or something more ambiguous, a degraded capability without a defined political settlement?
If the country fully understood the widening gap between the threats we face and the capabilities we possess, there would be overwhelming support for decisive action. Waiting for a major incident before the penny drops is not strategy. It is negligence.
We are seeing incredible courage on the streets of Iran. The biggest demonstration of dissent since the formation of this theocratic republic in 1979. But reckless foreign intervention could see this regime replaced with a military dictatorship.
Ex-Defence Select Committee chair Tobias Ellwood says he agrees with Israel's right to defend itself but slams the "utility of force", as Israeli tanks gather on Lebanon's border. "The fact Netanyahu is doing all this without talking to the US is very worrying indeed!"
Tobias says "Hezbollah seem committed to continue its attack" and "Russia is going to veto any resolution" when speaking about larger implications for the world.
Talk's Jeremy Kyle is joined by former Conservative MP and former minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood to discuss the rising tensions in the Middle East.