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August 21, 2023

How the U.S Should Respond to an Israeli Attack on Iran

Above all, Washington must have Jerusalem’s back.

As the Islamic Republic moves closer to producing enough enriched uranium for manufacturing atomic bombs, and American efforts to restrain the Iranian nuclear program continue to fail, it becomes increasingly possible that the Jewish state could attempt to destroy Iranian nuclear reactors and other infrastructure. Elliott Abrams and Charles Wald discuss what course of action Washington should take in such an event, and Tehran’s likely avenues of retaliation. Above all, they stress that America’s interests will be best served by supporting its most important Middle Eastern ally. (Moderated by Michael Makovsky. Video, 54 minutes.)

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