Friday, October 5, 2012

Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense Gates: Military Strike On Iran Would Be "Catastrophic"

Ehud Barak and Robert M. Gates at the Pentagon. November, 2009. Wikipedia


Gates: Strike On Iran To Have Catastrophic Results -- YNet News

Former US defense secretary warns neither Israel nor US is capable of obliterating Iran's atom program, says attack 'would make nuclear Iran inevitable'.

WASHINGTON - Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned on Thursday that an Israeli or American strike on Iran would only bolster the Islamic Republic's drive for a nuclear weapon.

Neither Israel nor the US has the capabilities to obliterate Iran's atom program, he said, and a military operation against the country's nuclear facilities "would make a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable. They would just bury the program deeper and make it more covert."

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More News On Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense Gates Comments On Iran

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Gates: Israel incapable of obliterating Iran's atom program -- Jerusalem Post
Gates: No blank check from US to Israel on Iran -- Jerusalem Post
Robert Gates: War on Iran Would Be ‘Catastrophic,’ Make Tehran Nukes ‘Inevitable’ -- Antiwar.com

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