Former CIA Chief: Attack on Iran Can Wait, To Set It back Only Few Years
A former US Air Force General and CIA director claimed that "Iran can't get the bomb before next year, when the US is better able to attack."
In an interview with "Israeli" Haaretz daily, the former CIA chief Michael Hayden, stated that "while it is probably true that the so-called window regarding effective action is closing, there is still some time, as real decisions are to be made in 2013 or 2014."
The US official, who headed the CIA when "Israel" bombed a Syrian nuclear reactor under construction, added: "I do not underestimate the "Israeli" talent, but geometry and physics tell us that Iran's nuclear program would pose a difficult challenge to any military, as it is not a raid, and Israel's resources are more limited than those of the U.S."
Now a security consultant and previously mentioned as a possible national security advisor during Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, Hayden is in the Zionist entity to attend an Institute for National Security Studies seminar on Tel Aviv.
He echoed several reasons stated by others who are against "Israel's" staging a military strike to halt Iran's nuclear program.
"There is no absolute certainty that all targets are known," according to Hayden. "They will have to be revisited - which only the US Air Force would be able to do - and the operation will only set the Iranians back some time and actually push them to do that which it is supposed to prevent, getting nuclear weapons."
He also revealed that following the "Israeli" attack on the Syrian reactor site in September 2007, the United States feared that Syrian would retaliate and spark a war. Hayden said that "Bush administration coordinated with "Israel" that no statements would be made implying "Israel" carried out the pre-emptive strike.
Six months later, he estimated that the self-imposed gag policy no longer was necessary.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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