Friday Focus: Israel’s spectacular strike on Iran
Friday Focus: Israel’s spectacular strike on Iran
Rudyard and Janice start the show with Israel’s spectacular strike on Iran that targeted ballistic missiles, nuclear sites, and top military leaders. Janice argues that while this was a successful attack it is far from a devastating blow, and Iran still has the means to retaliate. In the second half of the show Rudyard and Janice discuss what this means for global stability and the future of warfare. The US is no longer willing to play the world’s policeman and regional powers are freer to do what they want. The attack also demonstrated the destabilizing effects of cheap technology, as Israel was able to decapitate the regime’s senior leadership with drones lying in wait from inside Iran. And finally, will the Iranian people – the majority of which do not support the regime – seize on this rare moment to rise up against a weakened and brutal theocracy and forge a new path forward?
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