“The Iranian regime is weak, vulnerable and should be targeted,” according to a security and military analysis by a group of military and intelligence experts in Washington, on the sidelines of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Israel on Thursday, according to a report published by al-Hurra website.
When the United States killed the commander of the "Quds Force" in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Qassem Soleimani, on January 3, President Donald Trump was quick to confirm that his administration was not seeking to change the Iranian regime, but according to experts in Washington, the torrent of economic sanctions imposed on Tehran, as well as the effects of the novel coronavirus are indicating quite the opposite.
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Iranian Leader Qassem Soleimani[/caption]
According to many followers of Iranian affairs in Washington and the Pentagon in particular, it is not unlikely that we will witness a "fall" scenario.
In this context, retired general David Deptula, who served as deputy chief of staff for the Air Force for intelligence affairs in the Pentagon, said that the United States must now raise its military capabilities and put pressure to bear the price of the process of changing Iranian behavior in the region.
Iranian Arms in Iraq and Syria
General Debtula, in an analysis on the conservative right-wing American Spectator website, added that the Trump administration must coordinate with European allies to prevent Tehran from transferring weapons to Iraq, Syria and Lebanon as soon as possible.
In turn, Michael Makovsky, a former Pentagon official and head of the Jewish Institute for National Security in America - JINSA, believed that Washington should take advantage of the momentum given by the Soleimani assassination and game-changing process in the Middle East and make the theory of "overthrowing the Tehran regime" the primary strategy that should be worked on and achieved in the near future.
“It is time to adopt a harsher and more aggressive military strategy toward Iran, foremost among which is preventing Iranian weapons from reaching Iraq and the hands of Iraqi groups backed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and preventing the transfer of weapons to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen,” Makovsky added in the National Interest magazine in Washington.
In this regard, Makovsky continued, saying that the Iranian forces can be seriously threatened by shooting down any plane or by destroying any ballistic missile or otherwise, if it dares to launch it or its militia.
The hardline stance calling for an escalation of military pressure on Tehran, expressed by retired Gen. John Towlan, who was commander of the Marine Corps - Marines, as he called on the Trump administration not to be concerned with responding to Iraqi groups backed by Tehran, but rather directly targeting the Iranian military presence inside Iraq and eliminate it completely.
General Towlan, at the "Real Clear Defense" website, does not hesitate to say that the Pentagon should threaten Iranian targets and interests inside and outside Iran, including its Shiite groups in Iraq, such as organizations within the Popular Mobilization Forces such as the "Hezbollah Brigades" and others.
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