Niall Ferguson und Yoav Gallant: Israel hat den größten Teil des Jobs erledigt. Nur Trump kann es beenden.

In a piece for *The Free Press* coauthored with Yoav Gallant, the former Israeli minister of defense, Senior Fellow [Niall Ferguson](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/niall-ferguson) argues that the job of taking out Iran’s deeply buried Fordow uranium enrichment site can only be completed by the United States, and only one man can decide to take such action: President Trump. “Fordow is built into the mountains near Qom, encased under at least 300 feet of limestone,” note the authors. In his former role Gallant “devoted considerable time and effort to considering” the possible ways Israel could disable Fordow alone; he and his colleagues in the Israeli defense establishment concluded they could not succeed without US assistance. “Only one air force has the power to finish off Fordow. The United States designed and built the GBU 57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) precisely for such a task,” and only American B-2 Spirit bombers can deliver this powerful munition. Gallant and Ferguson conclude, “This is a rare moment when strategic alignment and operational momentum converge. It must not be missed.”