{"id":120238,"date":"2026-02-08T14:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/retired-general-argues-military-action-against-iran-is-best-option-as-trump-faces-historic-opportunity-120238"},"modified":"2026-02-08T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:12:13","slug":"retired-general-argues-military-action-against-iran-is-best-option-as-trump-faces-historic-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/retired-general-argues-military-action-against-iran-is-best-option-as-trump-faces-historic-opportunity-120238","title":{"rendered":"Retired general argues military action against Iran is &#8216;best option&#8217; as Trump faces &#8216;historic opportunity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane said the U.S. should use military action against Iran while the regime is at its &#8220;weakest,&#8221; arguing that Tehran continues to lie about its nuclear ambitions even as President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> keeps the door open to a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;re coming down to the reality that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military option<\/a> is, indeed, the best option here,&#8221; Keane said on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends Weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump faces &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/trump-has-historic-chance-help-topple-irans-america-hating-regime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this historic opportunity<\/a> that no other president has had&#8221; to set the conditions for regime collapse, which could herald enduring peace in the Middle East and be legacy-defining for the president, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Fox News senior strategic analyst acknowledged that Trump has established a pattern of using diplomatic pressure to achieve his aims, but still pushed for military action against Iran, claiming that &#8220;if they [Iran] make any kind of a deal, the first thing they&#8217;re going to want is sanction relief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said even a deal favorable to the U.S. wouldn&#8217;t be in the best interest of America, the region or the Iranian people because it would extend the life of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ali-khamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ayatollah&#8217;s regime<\/a>, which is now the &#8220;weakest&#8221; it has been politically, economically and militarily.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iran-stages-khamenei-photos-mask-cracks-irgc-opposition-groups-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IRAN STAGES KHAMENEI PHOTOS TO MASK CRACKS IN IRGC, OPPOSITION GROUPS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not only is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran destabilizing the Middle East<\/a>, using its proxies to attack Israel and repressing their own people, Keane said, but the regime remains &#8220;persistent in the big lie&#8230; that they&#8217;re really pursuing civil nuclear power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have one nuclear plant in Iran. It represents\u2026 less than 1% of the energy to provide and sustain their electric grid,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s all a bunch of nonsense. They&#8217;ve been lying for years about this, and they continue to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/trumps-special-envoy-witkoff-kushner-visit-aircraft-carrier-amid-iran-tensions-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP&#8217;S SPECIAL ENVOY WITKOFF AND KUSHNER VISIT US AIRCRAFT CARRIER AMID IRAN TENSIONS, TALKS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keane&#8217;s comments come after U.S. special envoy for peace missions Steve Witkoff, Trump&#8217;s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/tech\/topics\/us-navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>USS Abraham Lincoln<\/u><\/a> in the Arabian Sea on a scheduled deployment Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Their visit follows Friday&#8217;s nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran in Oman, which included Witkoff and Kushner. Trump described the meeting as &#8220;very good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iran looks like it wants to make a deal very badly,&#8221; he told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One en route to Mar-a-Lago. &#8220;We have to see what that deal is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He made it clear he will only make a deal with Iran if they agree to no nuclear weapons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Brie Stimson contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/retired-general-argues-military-action-against-iran-best-option-trump-faces-historic-opportunity\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/retired-general-argues-military-action-against-iran-best-option-trump-faces-historic-opportunity <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired four-star Gen. 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