(radar beeping)
- [Chris] You're listening to the sound
of Israeli pilots destroyingIraq's nuclear reactor in 1981.
26 years later,
Israeli pilots destroyedthis nuclear reactor
in the Syrian desert.
Retired General Amos Yadlin took part
in both attacks.
He flew with seven other F-16 pilots
to destroy SaddamHussein's reactor in 1981.
And as chief of militaryintelligence in 2007,
helped plan the attack inside Syria.
- In a way, maybe I amthe only human being
on the globe who was involved
in destroying two-and-a-halfnuclear programs.
And I guess we arediscussing tonight the half.
- We are, exactly.
Tell us, General,
what makes Iran in 2021 different
than Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007?
- The Iranians are readyfor a possibilities
that attack will be launched
against their nuclear facilities.
So they put them under the ground
in bunkers, in tunnels, in mountains.
They disperse them.
They have a redundancy of programs
and they don't want toreach the nuclear bomb
as fast as possible.
They want to reach thebomb as safe as possible,
not to pay the price.
- [Chris] In this exclusiveCBN News interview,
General Yadlin said thatchange in US administrations
had an impact on Iran.
- [Amos] After they see the change
of administration in the US,
they lost their fear.
So they are breaching all the agreement
on what they are allowedto do in the nuclear field.
- [Chris] Yadlin still believes Israel
can stop Iran's nuclear program
and laid out five steps hebelieves could make it happen.
One is a stronger diplomatic agreement
that blocks Iran's path to a nuclear bomb.
The second is sanctions or other means
to make Iran pay a heavyprice for its nuclear program.
Third is covert, cyber andclandestine operations.
- Number four is air force taking off.
It's a military attack as itwas done in Iraq and Syria.
And number five is a regime change
because I think we can sleep good at night
if there is a regime
that's not calling forthe destruction of Israel.
- [Chris] Yadlin says over the years,
US presidents from both partiesdeclared their commitment
to the state of Israel.
Now he wants to put that in action.
- I think the wisdomthat we need in Jerusalem
is how to take this title,
we are committed to the security of Israel
and make it an operational,contingency plan agreed
by the two countries.
- [Chris] A major obstacle,
the US and Israel lookat Iran differently.
- [Amos] Iran is not anexistential threat to the US.
Iran, with nuclear weapons,
is existential threat to Israel.
- With the recent attackson Iran's nuclear program,
Yadlin puts Iran about a yearor a year and a half away
from a nuclear bomb.
He says Iran needs to enrich uranium
to weapons-grade level
and develop a nuclear warhead
to be able to build a weapon.
Now the race is on to see if diplomacy
or military action will stop this threat
to the existence of the Jewish state.
Chris Mitchell, CBN News, Jerusalem.
