Former United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been lobbying for a military strike against Iran since 2009. Gates recalled a specific conversation where Netanyahu pushed aggressively for military intervention.
During a recent television interview, Gates stated that Netanyahu argued the Iranian regime was fragile and would collapse immediately upon the first military strike. Gates rejected this assessment at the time, telling Netanyahu he was completely wrong and underestimating Iranian resilience.
The former US official linked Netanyahu's unrealistic expectations to Israel's previous successful strikes with limited retaliation, such as attacks on nuclear facilities in Iraq and Syria. Neither US nor Iranian officials have publicly commented on these recent revelations.
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