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Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane said enough with the diplomatic charade \u2014 Iran is stalling for time and the best solution is to resume full-scale war.<\/p>\n

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The chairman of the Institute for the Study of War and former Army vice chief of staff on Friday blasted eight weeks of fruitless talks as a waste while the mullahs play games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to accept the reality that\u2019s just not going to happen,\u201d Keane said on Fox News. \u201cThey have one motive: Stretch out negotiations as much as possible, get as close to the political situation in terms of midterm elections, and there will be less likelihood that President Trump would ever pull the trigger and go back to military operations. I believe that is their unstated strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if a deal somehow was inked, Keane warned it would be worthless \u2014 and dangerously so.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t throw them a financial lifeline \u2026 because then they\u2019ll systematically reverse everything,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019ve always cheated in the past, and they\u2019ll cheat in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, he championed Trump\u2019s decision to launch the war on Feb. 28 \u2014 but said the job isn\u2019t over yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, in close to 50 years, only one president has taken consequential action against Iran and their predator behavior \u2014 and that\u2019s President Trump,\u201d Keane said. \u201cFive weeks of Epic Fury and a naval blockade devastated this regime militarily and economically. They\u2019re down, but they\u2019re not out.\u201d<\/p>\n

When operations paused, the IDF and US Central Command had about two weeks left to finish the job, the general said. Now, after eight weeks of watching the Iranians try to recover, the US has even more targets and better intelligence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we go back to military operations \u2014 and I believe that\u2019s the preferred option \u2014 we should return to full combat operations,\u201d Keane said.<\/p>\n

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He shot down any talk of limited strikes just to send a message.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran is going to retaliate regardless of whether you go small or go big. Let\u2019s go big,\u201d he said. \u201cTake down as much of their capability as we possibly can and get these guys as close to collapse as military operations can possibly achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then with economic pressure, we can put this regime truly on the path to collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n

It comes as some US military sources told The Post that a full-out approach eliminating Iran\u2019s most influential hardliners may be necessary, as they quietly doubt more military action would pressure the regime to make necessary changes.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s largely due to the stubborn nature of hardliner politicians, as well as the ideology of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is more allegiant to the \u201cIslamic revolution\u201d than nationalism and the needs of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n

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Such an attack would require Israeli support for \u201cdecapitation strikes,\u201d one of the sources said, while the US would focus efforts on any remaining weapons facilities and launch locations, as well as other targets hugging the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Israeli leadership has quietly voiced support for a return to combat, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly called for regime change Thursday in an interview with CNBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve wreaked a lot of damage to this regime, not destroyed it, but weakened it. We see the cracks propagating in the regime,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to help the Iranian people to bring down this regime, and that hasn\u2019t changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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