A preliminary report questioning the success of Amerca's bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran was to "undercut the substantial achievement" that President Donald Trump made with the military operation, former Ambassador Robert Joseph, who served as the U.S. special envoy for nuclear nonproliferation, told Newsmax on Sunday.
Joseph, now a senior scholar for the National Institute for Public Policy, added on Newsmax's "Sunday Agenda" that the B-2 strikes did "substantial damage" and left the nuclear sites ""inoperable for some period of time."
Joseph said the next question is how the time that was bought will be used, considering the Iranian regime is committed to continuing its nuclear program.
"It has said so publicly, and I think that they will reconstitute that program in time, if we allow them that time," Joseph said. "I think the only logical position that we can take is to seek regime change from within."
Iran, he added, is a nation that has existed for 5,000 years, and its people "have had enough with this religious dictatorship and are moving to end the oppression of this enormously talented nation state."
Meanwhile, the U.S. must quit making concessions to the Iranian regime, said Joseph.
"We need to deny them the resources that they will use to rebuild the nuclear program, the missile program, and to reestablish their relations with their proxies, including Hamas," he said. "We need to provide moral support to the Iranian people, as Reagan did during the Cold War, and we need to support the democratic opposition. … That's the only way to bring peace."
GET TODAY NEWSMAX+:
NEWSMAX is the fastest-growing cable news channel in America with more than 30 million people watching!
Reuters Institute reports NEWSMAX is one of the top news brands in the U.S.
You need to watch NEWSMAX today.
Get it with great shows from Rob Schmitt, Greta Van Susteren, Greg Kelly, Carl Higbie, Rob Finnerty – and many more!
Find the NEWSMAX channel on your cable system – Go Here Now
BEST OFFER:
Sign up for NEWSMAX+ and get NEWSMAX, our streaming channel NEWSMAX2 and our military channel World at War.
Find hundreds of shows, movies and specials.
Even get Jon Voight’s special series and President Trump’s comedy programs and much more!
Watch NEWSMAX+ on your smartphone or home TV app.
Watch NEWSMAX anytime, anywhere!
Start your FREE trial now: NewsmaxPlus.com
Sandy Fitzgerald ✉
Sandy Fitzgerald has more than three decades in journalism and serves as a general assignment writer for Newsmax covering news, media, and politics.