To Bomb or Not to Bomb Iran; Britain, France and Germany – the so-called EU3

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit

Donald Trump’s preference is clear: He wants a deal and is willing to go to war if he doesn’t get one. 

To make the threat credible and prepare for contingencies, the Pentagon has begun major deployments to the region, including a second aircraft carrier and B2 stealth bombers.

Israel awaits a green light, finger on trigger.

It’s what happens after air strikes that’s hard to predict or control.

Ali Larijani, a former parliament speaker and now hardline adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, warned this week that an attack would force Iran to make the dash for a nuclear arsenal.

Only if the regime itself, or some replacement, decides to abandon its nuclear ambitions would the threat disappear. 

Each has happened since the invention of the atom bomb, but this kind of total climbdown is rare and hard to engineer.

Britain, France and Germany – the so-called EU3 – have been working on the Iran nuclear issue since the early 2000s. 

Marc Champion Bloomberg 4 April 2025

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-04/trump-s-iran-plan-to-bomb-or-not-to-bomb-is-the-question


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