Klaxons Should Be Sounding in U.S. After Natanz Hit
If President Joe Biden wasn't alarmed by recent skirmishes between Israel and Iran, the attack at the Iranian uranium-enrichment facility should change that.
Iran’s nuclear program is a giant target on its back.
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Beware the fog of propaganda around the Natanz attack. But beware, too, what the attack portends: a real escalation in the confrontation between Iran and Israel. And finally, beware any claims that the Biden administration is pivoting away from the Middle East.
At the time of writing, it is not clear whether the damage to Iran’s largest uranium-enrichment facility over the weekend was the result of a cyberattack or sabotage by human hand. The regime in Tehran says Israel was responsible, and reports in Jerusalem seem to confirm that was indeed the case.