Remember you telling me how we could easily attack Iran, even
considering our current commitments? Let's see how (yet another) top
military officer agrees with me, and not you:
Top U.S. officer says would prefer no war on Iran
Reuters
Monday, May 5, 2008; 3:10 AM
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and
Iraq would make it difficult to mount any attack on Iran, the
Pentagon's top officer said in remarks broadcast on Monday, adding
that he would prefer to avoid a new regional war.
"I actually am very hopeful that we don't get into a position where we
have to get into a conflict," Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Israel's Channel Ten television when asked
if he might recommend that U.S. forces strike Iranian nuclear
facilities preemptively.
"It would be a very significant challenge for the United States right
now to get into a third conflict in that part of the world," Mullen
added, referring to the Bush administration's long-running military
commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050500112.html?nav=hcmodule
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