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whatever it takes to leave my follow with w. fire made for mines. ah ah, this is the story of the war that there's not speak its name. a war that started over 40 years ago, but has never officially been declared axis with the war between iran on the one side and the united states. and israel on the other is both ideological and strategic. a conflict that stirs up passions, resentment, and hatred, and word ever to escalate the entire middle east would be effected very possibly

triggering a new global conflict. to understand this potential return of barbaric violence, we must go back in time to unravel the tangled threats of tragedy and seek the elusive truths behind the dogmas and the certainties. and tell this story, ah ah. with blue ha, february 27th. 1991. the american army had just inflicted

a bloody defeat on iraq following the invasion of kuwait 6 months earlier. although the big winner in this 1st gulf war, little did washington know that it had triggered a process in iran that would soon shake up the entire middle east. away it liberated iraq's army is defeated. our military objectives are met for president george h. w bush. the liberation of kuwait was only the 1st stage of a much more ambitious policy. he wanted to build a new middle east. after the victory in iraq, he sought to make the persian gulf whose oil wealth made it particularly strategic region. more secure for american interests. ah,

but to achieve his goal, bush 1st needed to resolve the israeli, palestinian conflict threatening the stability of the entire middle east. the process was launched with a peace conference in madrid. in his efforts to impose his pox americana on the gulf, president bush invited any one with any potential influence on the arab israeli conflict. got up with, you mean with europeans? were the soviets, with leaders of the margaret and the middle east, all attended? russell created that national swim in only one country was missing the islamic republic of iran. the visceral answer for why iran was not invited is the hangover from the hostage taking it still with us today. ah, hatred of iran for the $979.00 hostage thing that is behind us policy the

day more than anybody thinks or believes. it's all part of every moment of every thought about iran at the time of consideration was given to us making the conferences universal as possible of but i can't recall that any thought was given to inviting the radians i'd states was the sole superpower that they sacon and the conference was going to involve making peace with the little satan, with israel ah, in tehran, eroni, new leaders did not accept their country being outlawed since ho manney's. death in 1989 to figures in the islamic revolution had ruled the country. i itala ali hum,

a name was the new supreme leader, a loyal follower of his predecessor, he was unbending in his refusal to compromise. hashmi ross on johnny was president of the republic. a wealthy businessman, he too, was very close to the former supreme leader. he was a pragmatist and a realist. both men opted for benevolent neutrality towards the americans. during the gulf war, the iranians did help the united states against saddam hussein. in that war, they open up the channel communication, the allowed the us to use iranian airspace. iranian did this a way of quietly supporting the united states and the thought that asked that a warranty would be rewarded for it, and the reward would just be inclusion ah, most importantly, bankrupt and devastated islamic republic desperately needed to emerge from its

isolation. iran was still reeling from the interminable war against iraq, between 19801988, but devastating conflict that left 500000 dead and deeply traumatized the country. the regime almost collapsed, moving forward as well as protecting its borders. iran desperately needed to modernize, perhaps ingenious priority was rebuilding because he thought, and i think it was right, the most important thing is rebuilding the ravage economy. so he began normalizing relations with anyone who could he began talking about normalizing relations with the united states. that time there were 2 schools fault in iraq. one was a, don't sus americans. they are cheating,

they're lying. and they would deceive you and the other legs of son john himself said, you're not going to lose anything. we will show or goodwill. if they don't, then everybody in this country and beyond, they would know americans, are they guilty part not the radiance i, for iranian leaders, the madrid conference was proof that the americans were in no way seeking a fall in relation with this pox americana based on arab israeli reconciliation be turned against them and their interest i think a conclusion they may have drawn from the sailor to be included and madrid is not just that they may not be able to trust us. i don't think they had much trust to begin with. i think it's the conclusion that they drew,

that if they're not problematic enough, they will be ignored. if they have the power to be able to show that they can create problems, then the us would have to deal with them. if you are like, what am or that's d, yo have asian that he man that they can meet at you under? no. am that that man that everybody got on am the gathers not here. if hobble hughley beach, ne, ah, do ayatollah hominy decided to act 2 weeks before madrid, he organized his own conference, dedicated to supporting palestine. ah, the supreme leader managed to bring together the representatives of some 60 movements from very diverse, ideological, or religious backgrounds. in attendance were revolutionaries, nationalists,

and islamists, a room, all of them expressed a rejection of american domination in the middle east. rejection of the occupation of palestine and rejection of the state of israel. ah, here behind the scenes at the conference close links between the lebanese has bala, the palestinian islamist, hamas, and islamic jihad began to be forged, giving rise to what tehran would later call the axis of resistance. ah, this axis very quickly became a target for the united states and israel.

the shy community and the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital was in morning at least 50000, turned out to mourn the death of their leader. shake abbas masai, the secretary general of hezbollah, up a key figure at the terrace conference had died the previous day along with his wife and son killed by the israeli army. israel had never before eliminated such a prominent leader within the shiite organization. there was no question good our capacity to defend ourselves and their capacity to attack

us. i have changed dramatically. we will be able to defend ourselves better. they will be able to hit us not as effectively because the organizing brain has been removed. so what exactly happened in early 1992, based with the kidnapping of its soldiers in southern lebanon, israel decided to seize key members of hezbollah. ha! to carry out a prisoner swap. ah, shake miss sally was a prime target. on february 16th military intelligence was informed that the shiite leader was about to drive to a village in southern lebanon to attend the ceremony. they decided to have been followed by surveillance drowns. now he arrived in the early afternoon according to plan. oblivious to the fact that his every movement was being monitored by israeli intelligence defining my

wish. we knew we had high level information, which would allow us to strike at our objective shall move. sorry about that. i look, you've got there was no need to wait 3 or 4 months. and i said as much to the chief of staff hold achieve, and he matea de la montgomery ah, rather than kidnapping miss sally murray soggy, advocated eliminating him. another opportunity was unlikely to arise for a long time. he argued, now was the time to strike. a helicopter took off with orders to kill the shiite leader. as soon as he left the ceremony. shortly before 4 pm, mo sally's mercedes was engulfed in flames. the shake, his wife and son were killed instantly. ah,

the israeli army appeared to have gained the upper hand over his bolo, more be any corner support from an intelligence point of view, but strike was unquestionably a success. but from a strategic point of view, it was a disaster back about making a decision like that. emily, there are no words for it after the death, i suppose i told was basically a mess. it, he shall and or if miss are go before his elimination, there was no discussion about whether or not we should do it. no. and what the consequence is, my think, di my year, my much more your when i'm sure everyone had agreed low, but no one considered the consequences of the action, but merely, well, i told them, look, it may provoke a terrorist attack overseas, which you have to go up, there may be consequence. they don't you go?

no, no, no, was the response for them? ah, a month later, on march 17th 1992, a car bomb exploded in front of the israeli embassy in argentina. 28 people were killed with 250 injured islamic jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. but in israel many sought as a direct response from hezbollah and turan to miss sally's assassination. it's leesville little to yield, league, obey and the little girl i can't speak for any one else, but i had misgivings about the whole thing they beheld deem. let's read and i know what we were doing. i looked oil it had i properly assessed the risk benefit ratio given that the elimination of massage led to dozens of jews killed in argentina.

lag on my sheds, perhaps the she a devil had become even more fearsome. kosicki make no mistake, but they didn't want keys. go in a lot, but sometimes you can hasten things when you don't and attend to 30 themes and they take on a dynamic you never intended. because we've met doza, she luke of antonia mackey who can run. it was decisive or cover pat buried, initiated something new, and our relationship with has belong at that. and in our relationship with its ada iran, by allah. very been annual event because in actual fact we had directly hand iran becca no beer. and so for said, noon is railey intelligence, then learned that the situation had potential to deteriorate even further. not only was iran weapon ising has bhalla, it was planning to develop nuclear weapons. if israel failed to react,

it was no exaggeration to think that the countries berry existence might be at stake. one man was determined to thwart this threat. the new israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, when he came to power in june 1992, a few weeks after the attack and argentina. he had already made israeli history. born in jerusalem in 1922 robin was a veteran of the war of independence in 1948. then as chief of the general staff of the df he oversaw israel's victory in the 6th. a war in june 1, 960 seventh, which gave it control over east jerusalem. the west bank garza and the goal on heights based with the prospect of an iranian nuclear bomb robin shows an unconventional strategy. israel had to reach an understanding with

the palestinians. this would make it easier for israel to protect itself against iran, me the it was an historic and enduring image. after months of secret negotiations and robin agreed to the oslo accords at the white house with the man he had always called a terrorist leader, yasser arafat. me, for the 1st time since the creation of the state of israel. a genuine peace process was underway between the israelis and palestinians, the children of abraham, the descendants of isaac, and have embark together on a bold journey together today with all our hearts and all ourselves, we bid them alone so long

the sea shook hands with verify. robin was also thinking of iran, the country he would be able to better backed himself up. now that piece with the palestinians had become possible. 3 weeks later, however, a bus exploded near in israeli settlement in the west bank. hamas claimed responsibility then an israeli settler committed a massacre in hebron further tragedies followed extremists from every side did their level best to thwart the peace process. avoid them yet.

it was a godsend for terran. it was time to get back into the game and challenge israel strategy it on has never been in the favor of peace process. i tell you very openly, very frankly, very sincerely because from the day one iran believe israel is after chic and israel is not ready to accept the rights of palestinians. iran was convinced from the day one and since 100 percent was convinced. this is a plot to kill the tie and to kill delicious. and the dreams and the rights of palestinians in all was now ready to accept. ah, above all,

for how many the success of the oslo accords would have signaled the victory of a regional order dominated by the united states and israel. one that finally solve the palestinian question, but relegated iran to his supporting role. so to re establish his country as a key player, the supreme leader decided that the covenant sealed during the terran conference of october 1990. 1 must be translated into action. to that end, he stepped up support for the palestinian islamist movements, hamas and islamic jihad. iran is responsible. where is the outer extreme islamic groups, both the set up of international devil? and in addition, iran rise debate. you made it 3 gip ability, conventional and non conventional, the specter of an iran armed with weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to

deliver them. hans, not only israel, but the entire middle east, and ultimately all the rest of us as well. the united states. and i believe all the western nations have an overriding interest in containing the threat posed by iraq to prevent iran from financing terrorism and developing nuclear weapons. washington imposed economic sanctions. the prelude to a total embargo with the aim of isolating the country, bringing it to its knees and rendering it harmless. ah, however, it would not be to iran behind the tragedy that was soon to strike at the very heart of the united states. a tragedy with such symbolic and political significance,

it would usher in a new era for the entire middle east. ah, it was the most audacious and deadly attack in the history of terrorism. ah ah, based with nearly 3000 casualties, it was clear to the united states that its real enemy was not the shia islamism of iran and has bola so much as the sunni radicalism embody by al qaeda and its saudi bourne leader. osama bin ladin president george

w bush elected the previous year, had no choice but to take decisive action. we will not only deal with those who dare attack america. we will that we will deal with those who harbor them and feed them. and house them make no mistake about it. underneath our underneath our tears is the strong determination of america to win this warp. and we were, when the president fixed the objective to overthrow the taliban regime in afghanistan, which for many years had provided sanctuary. support and funding to al qaeda. secretary of state colin powell was tasked with preparing the ground before the

offensive having served as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during the 1st gulf war. and as a moderate in an administration full of neal conservative hawks, he understood that his country needed to act with the help of an unexpected partner . i was asked by a colin powell, a secretary of state to take on responsibilities initially for working with the iranian opposition. ah, to form a, a successor come to the taliban. i recognized that i needed to talk to the countries that had been supporting you for the afghan opposition. i may clear that i thought i needed to talk to iran. um, as part of my responsibilities and colon pal agreed. the united states seeking help from iran. it sworn enemy but as well as sharing

a nearly 1000 kilometer long border with afghanistan, the islamic republic was the ideal ally to bring down the taliban regime. taliban was an anti iranian anti shia a if streamers group it had fixed him. eyes has already a shia minority in afghanistan. giovanni's themselves on was went to war with afghanistan in 1998 after natalia bonnie struck the iranian consulate in mazda, shareef, and killed roughly 10, yvonne and diplomats and a journalist. so the audience have deep animosity and enmity with the taught. ah,

the 1st american bombardments fell on afghanistan on october 7th, 2001 operation enduring freedom had begun. with a month later, the northern alliance, the main coalition, opposing the taliban to cobble with the help of american truth, backed and assisted by iran. ah, the most pressing concern now was to build a new app, janice dan, in early december, 2001. an international conference chair by washington got underway and bonn, germany, bringing together all the afghan factions. here again, terran sought to play a central role. and it was iranian delegate mohammed serif who managed to obtain

a compromise from the afghan factions for the establishment of an interim government, as well as the wording of a final declaration. iran was jubilant. 10 years on they had avenged their band from the madrid conference proving that given the opportunity they could play a stabilizing role on the international scene. proving too that they did not deserve the sanctions weighing down their economy. iranian so told me they were interested in a broader dialogue. i said i wasn't authorized to talk about anything but afghanistan, but i would pass her interest to law was the message went nowhere and post 911 america. the advantage was firmly with the neoconservatives, vice president dick cheney and defense secretary donald rumsfeld, for whom the collaboration with iran was only a tactical and thus temporary arrangement. dig training in rossville took over the

process every time iran would be a policy agenda item on the national security council lis the training would make sure it came off. so by making the system dysfunctional and by not having a discussion on or on, there never was the decision was by default we don't talk to evil, which is what dick cheney. mr. baker. the devil then was iran. but it was also north korea. and especially saddam hussein's iraq states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil arming to threaten the

peace of the world by seeking weapons of mass destruction. these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. the united states of america will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. with his axis of evil speech, bush definitively closed the door on any rapprochement with iran. awe. by may 1st 2003. the 1st objective had been achieved by crushing saddam hussein's regime george w bush put an end to the campaign initiated by his father in 1991. during the 1st gulf war he basked in the victory among his troops. nothing it

seemed could stand in his way. obviously, when the united states invaded afghanistan and then it invaded iraq under false pretences. and after lying about weapons of mass destruction in iraq and lying about a relationship between saddam hussein and al qaeda. the iranians were concerned that the united states would try to destabilize iran or invade the country. ah ah, 3 days after the american victory in iraq to iran took a staggering initiative, an initiative with the potential to change everything in the middle east. her at

the state department in washington, a fax arrived via an intermediary, tim goldman, the swiss ambassador in saran. he had been representing the interests of the united states in iran since the closure of its embassy in 1979. the document seemed barely credible. it proposed talks on the links with hamas and islamic jihad, the disarmament of hezbollah, law and weapons of mass destruction. in return, iran sought the lifting of sanctions recognition of its role in the region and access to western technologies. in particular, civilian nuclear power. washington ponder the implications. why would the supreme leader hitherto so inflexible suddenly supports such a move? i think there were people in the von system that had come to the conclusion that the small steps had not led to anything. and that the only way to break the deadlock was to do something big. comprehensive, had been spending

a lot of time thinking about what that would be had floated. those ideas had created some political readiness in toronto, fort but at the state department, where the collaboration with iran on afghanistan had been established. nobody was prepared to take the documents submitted by the swiss diplomat seriously after its exclusion from the madrid conference and the discourse on the axis of evil for turan. this new refusal to engage in dialogue was proof that washington was still bent on effecting regime change in iran. so in order to protect the islamic republic, ayatollah homei made a radical decision. he decided to intensify and press ahead with the uranium

enrichment program. and in doing so, acquire nuclear weapons as soon as possible. today, i want to extend my very best wishes to all were celebrating, no ruse around the world. and i hope that you enjoy the special time of year with friends and family. then took one man decided to improve relations between his country and her aunt law, mac barely 3 months after taking office. the president barack obama addressed iran directly on the occasion of the persian new year. it was a burst and the history of the 2 countries. we know that you are great civilization and your accomplishments have earned the respect of the united states and the ah, the new president was the antithesis of his predecessor, a staunch democrat who had been opposed to the invasion of iraq in 2003. he

believed in multilateralism and in the force of diplomacy to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. he also believed that israel should be prevented from ever attacking turan. if that happened, he believed the entire middle east would sink into chaos. it is clear lease from everything that the priority that the president gave to iran that he did feel this was a national security issue. he did feel that iran with a nuclear bomb was a threat to the region perhaps to, to europe, to the u. s. but benjamin netanyahu was skeptical about obama's military option in the event of failed negotiations in his eyes and president knew nothing about the middle east. while he, himself was an experienced leader coming from a very conservative zionist background. and the former head of an elite commando unit, he had already led the country 10 years earlier. netanyahu had never wavered in his

refusal to compromise on israel's security. he declared himself ready to destroy iran's uranium enrichment facilities without washington's consent. did he not sleep, e, holy old gum cru. israel was prepared to act without american backing. dimly, they have never concealed that opposition to an operation like this quarter. they regarded it as damaging her claim, obama. but i remember discussions with bush and then obama, one to one, and also sometimes with a security advisors who i clearly told them that when we reached a critical stage in terms of the security and future of the state of israel and the jewish people. and that we would not delegate responsibility to any one else, although not even to our closest allies. we would take our decisions in full sovereignty, according to our own considerations, abuse you blue shoe lun for netanyahu. and a hood barrack military intervention then was the only sure way to prevent iran

from acquiring the bomb. but before they took action, they needed the approval of key ministers and leading military and intelligence officials to be legitimate. it was imperative that the historic decision to attack iran met with a broad consensus related membership. i thought the military, the option was wrong or not because it was technically impossible. but because there was no american consensus, we didn't have it support a guy, even if we managed to destroy certain facilities, it would not solve the problem. they would merely dismantle the coalition established by obama ready to show about obama. outnumbered the 2 israeli were forced to back down. oh bama, however, remained uneasy if he was to get a deal with iran before netanyahu could convince his cabinet to follow him down the road to war. he needed to wrestle back control. at the end of

2012, in the utmost secrecy, he entered into direct negotiations with iran. a succession of meetings, both in and out of the public eye ensued. an agreement was on the way. thus on march 3rd 2015, netanyahu made one final attempt to derail the process. he went to washington to address congress and launched into a tirade against the policies of his most loyal ally. it was unprecedented in the history of relations between the 2 countries. ladies and gentlemen, i've come here to do to tell you we don't have to bet the security of the world on the hope that he won will change for the better. we don't have to gamble with our future and with our children's future. so this deal won't change you long for the better. it will only change the middle east for the worse

but the israeli leaders maneuver proved to be futile, and his speech changed nothing. obama one the day 4 months later on july 14th 2015, the nuclear agreement was signed to ron was represented by its minister of foreign affairs mohammed. sorry, the man who had cooperated with united states against the taliban in 2000. and one i believe this is a historic moment. we are reaching an agreement that is not perfectly anybody, but it is both we could accomplish on it is an important achievement for all of us . today could have been the end of hope on this issue. but now we are

starting a new chapter of hope iran pledged to limit its uranium enrichment program to the production of civilian energy and abandon its quest for nuclear weapons. in return, it would obtain the gradual lifting of the sanctions that were stifling its economy . ah, for the vast majority of iranians, the agreement was a beacon of hope. their country was finally ready to join the global community. mm. for netanyahu, it was a disaster, strengthened and legitimized. the islamic republic was now inescapable in the middle east. israel was more isolated than ever ah,

but this new dynamic between iran in the united states would prove to be short lived. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. in just a short period of time, the world's leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cost of acquiring the world's most dangerous weapons. therefore, i am announcing to day that the united states will withdraw from the ran nuclear deal. this decision by president trump mark the beginning of a new phase in the long history of relations between iran on the one side and the united states. and israel on the other. since the founding of the islamic republic in 1979 war has never broken out between washington and terran. but nor has there been any real dialogue. the 2 enemies have repeatedly

failed to reconcile their longstanding differences and consider each other as valid counterparts. for its part, israel perceived thereon as an increasingly radical and deadly threat. until the she a theocracy recognizes the legitimacy of the jewish state, progress will remain impossible. for over 40 years, hostility has been the norm for over 40 years. the same deadly spiral of confrontation and tolerance and hatred with each side set upon destroying the other intent upon opening one front after another and thereby ruling out any possibility of dialogue and peace. ah

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