Smotrich Iran regime collapse plan

by Jolyon: Israel Katz

Lucas analyzes the strategic logic of using famine as a weapon, noting that Smotrich proposes cutting off Iran's electricity, fuel, and food supplies to force regime collapse through starvation. This escalates an earlier push by Katz described as the Stone Age version. The reality is that Iran's military conflicts involve multiple actors beyond any single individual. American bombers were required to target deep bunkers, yet air defense systems failed to intercept dozens of missiles while Hezbollah demonstrated the capability to open a second front. Destroying an energy grid remains a military option, but relying on hunger to overthrow a regime is characterized as a hope rather than a certainty since historical regimes have survived periods of mass starvation. The speaker asserts that collapsing the Iranian regime economically will lead to military escalation and advocates destroying all of Iran's energy infrastructure internally and externally. This strategy would leave citizens with nothing to lose, eat, or drink, forcing them to topple the regime. Arguments favor staging attacks across Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran sequentially rather than simultaneously. There is agreement with targeting Iran but a belief it should not happen immediately.