if successful, would allow Western forces to simply drive trucks into Iran’s nuclear facilities and remove enriched uranium without the need for dangerous extraction missions under fire.

Should the covert revolution strategy fail, Kempel outlined two fallback options: a conventional boots-on-the-ground deployment to support an uprising, which he described as expensive but recoverable, and a third option of destroying Iran’s civilian infrastructure to permanently cripple its economic and military potential — an outcome he acknowledged would be deeply painful for the Iranian people.













