Keane urges Iran strikes but says oil resources should be spared
The retired US general advocates sustained economic pressure and attacks on nuclear and missile infrastructure, while rejecting a diplomatic deal.
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- 0:01Kudlow cites sanctions, economic difficulties and reports of satellite imagery indicating rebuilding at Iranian nuclear sites.
- 3:30Keane rejects a deal, arguing Iran would violate it and use funds to rebuild the regime and support proxies.
- 4:08Keane endorses continued economic pressure and praises Treasury Secretary Bessent's enforcement plan.
- 5:25His proposed strategy combines economic pressure, decisive strikes on military capabilities and support for internal regime change.
- 7:25Keane prioritizes nuclear and ballistic missile infrastructure as targets while advocating preservation of oil resources.
Iran's nuclear facilities and ballistic missile infrastructure should be targeted, but its oil resources should be preserved for a future after the regime, retired General Jack Keane argues in an interview that drew about 1.6 million views since yesterday.
Speaking with Larry Kudlow on the United States' Fox News program Sunday Morning Futures, Keane sets out a strategy combining economic pressure, military strikes and support for internal political change. It is his recommendation, not an announcement of an approved US operation.
Kudlow opens with Iran's economic difficulties under sanctions and reports of satellite imagery indicating that nuclear sites are being rebuilt. He asks Keane, the network's senior strategic analyst and chairman of the Institute for the Study of War, to assess the reports.
Keane frames President Donald Trump's options as a deal or decisive military action. He argues against an agreement, saying Tehran would use the resulting funds to rebuild the regime and support its proxies. "They will cheat, they will not comply," he says.
On economic pressure, Keane praises Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's enforcement plan and advocates maintaining the blockade. He also argues that Iran's leaders fear their own population, making support for change from within another element of his proposed approach.
Kudlow then presses him on potential targets, including missile launchers, drone launchers and nuclear facilities. Keane puts the nuclear program first: "Target one: nuclear enterprise, for sure, and make certain there's no capacity left to do that." He also calls for eliminating ballistic missile infrastructure.
His distinction is between capabilities he wants destroyed and resources he wants retained. Oil, he argues, should remain available to help sustain Iran after a change of government.
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