U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta Comments On Iran

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ABC's “This Week” host Jake Tapper interviews Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

Asked To Confirm Military Is Ready For Iran Strike, Panetta Says Pentagon Has Plans For Everything -- ABC News

During an interview for “This Week,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta assured me that the United States has readied plans to carry out a military strike on Iran to prevent the regime from obtaining nuclear weapons if diplomacy fails to dissuade the country from its current path.

“One of the things that we do at the Defense Department, Jake, is plan. And we have – we have plans to be able to implement any contingency we have to in order to defend ourselves,” Panetta said.

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More News On U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta's Comments On Iran

Panetta: U.S. is Ready to Stop Iran from Creating Nuclear Weapons -- National Journal
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Panetta: Military option against Iran available -- Jerusalem Post
'US won't allow Iran to develop nuclear weapon' -- YNet News
Pentagon ‘Prepared’ To Attack Iran, Says Panetta -- Eurasia Review

My Comment: He tries to be coy knowing that Iran will be studying this ABC interview on what are U.S. intentions .... my analysis .... they will not be impressed .... it's what they have been hearing for years.