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By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, March 8, 2012 20:02 EST
WASHINGTON A US military attack on Iran would do more damage than a strike carried out by Israeli forces, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday in an interview.
The United States and Israel disagree about the imminence of the threat posed by Irans nuclear program, and Panettas comments underscored the US administrations stance that Israel should hold off on any unilateral action.
If they (Israelis) decided to do it, theres no question that it would have an impact, but I think its also clear that if the United States did it, we would have a hell of a bigger impact, Panetta told the National Journal.
President Barack Obama and top officials have repeatedly said they have not ruled out military force if diplomacy and sanctions fail to resolve the crisis over Irans suspect nuclear program.
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hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Johnny Rico
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(6,670 posts)mmonk
(52,589 posts)and war crazy society in human history.
Uncle Joe
(58,272 posts)We could turn than nation in to a parking lot fifty times over, if they ever tried some shit and they would need to be literally insane to do so.
Thanks for the thread, Purveyor.