US Admiral Warns Against Iran War
Source: Alalam.ir, 04-07-2008
WASHINGTON--The US military's top officer warned that an ‘Israeli' airstrike against Iran would make the Middle East more unstable and could add to the stress on overworked American forces in the region.
The comments by Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came days after he visited ‘Israel' and amid growing international concern that Tel Aviv is actively considering such an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Mullen spoke at a Pentagon news briefing shortly after President Bush addressed the subject. Bush was asked at a Rose Garden news conference whether he would strongly discourage ‘Israel' from an attack, but he sidestepped the question, saying only that he believed the best way to deal
with the Iranian nuclear program was through multilateral negotiations.
"I have made it very clear to all parties that the first option ought to be to solve this problem diplomatically," Bush said.
"Opening up a third front right now would be extremely stressful for us," said Jon B. Alterman, head of the Middle East program at the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies, referring to the prospect of a direct clash with Iran while fighting continues in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This is a very unstable part of the world, and I don't need it to be more unstable."
The head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard had warned on Friday that any attack by the occupying Israeli regime or the US on Iran's nuclear sites would mean the outbreak of war.
General Mohammad Ali Jafari said, "Iran's response to any military action will make the aggressors regret their decision."
WASHINGTON--The US military's top officer warned that an ‘Israeli' airstrike against Iran would make the Middle East more unstable and could add to the stress on overworked American forces in the region.
The comments by Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came days after he visited ‘Israel' and amid growing international concern that Tel Aviv is actively considering such an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Mullen spoke at a Pentagon news briefing shortly after President Bush addressed the subject. Bush was asked at a Rose Garden news conference whether he would strongly discourage ‘Israel' from an attack, but he sidestepped the question, saying only that he believed the best way to deal
with the Iranian nuclear program was through multilateral negotiations.
"I have made it very clear to all parties that the first option ought to be to solve this problem diplomatically," Bush said.
"Opening up a third front right now would be extremely stressful for us," said Jon B. Alterman, head of the Middle East program at the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies, referring to the prospect of a direct clash with Iran while fighting continues in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This is a very unstable part of the world, and I don't need it to be more unstable."
The head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard had warned on Friday that any attack by the occupying Israeli regime or the US on Iran's nuclear sites would mean the outbreak of war.
General Mohammad Ali Jafari said, "Iran's response to any military action will make the aggressors regret their decision."
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