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| Panetta: Iran Not Building A Nuclear Weapon But ‘Trying To Develop A Nuclear Capability’ |
| 2012-01-08 |
| Today on CBS’s Face the Nation, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reiterated the Obama administration’s positon that Iran has not yet made the decision to build a nuclear weapon, but added, “we know that they’re trying to develop a nuclear capability.” Panetta also said Iran getting the bomb would be a “red line” for the United States. “They need to know that if they take that step, that they’re going to get stopped,” he said. Host Bob Schieffer asked Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey if the U.S. could take out Iran’s nuclear facilities with conventional weapons. “I certainly want them to believe that that’s the case,” Dempsey said: PANETTA: I think the pressure of the sanctions, the diplomatic pressures from everywhere, Europe, the United States, elsewhere, it’s working to put pressure on them. To make them understand that they cannot continue to do what they’re doing. Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. But we know that they’re trying to develop a nuclear capability. And that’s what concerns us. And our red line to Iran is, do not develop a nuclear weapon. That’s a red line for us. [...] SCHEIFFER: Could we take out their nuclear capability? DEMPSEY: Well I certainly want them to believe that that’s the case? [...] PANETTA: They need to know that if they take that step, that they’re going to get stopped. … Our preference is that the international community, including Israel, ought to work together on this issue. … If the Israelis made that decision we would have to be prepared to protect our forces in that situation that’s what we’d be concerned about. Watch the clips: |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 EMP |
| Posted by: newc 2012-01-08 23:11 |
| #4 WORLD NEWS > [IRNA = Ahmadinejad] PRESIDENT: IRAN MUST TURN INTO A DEVELOPED, ADVANCED COUNTRY. IMO Moud just indrectly admitted [once again] that dev + acquisition of NUCWEAPS IS IN IRAN'S DE FACTO LT OR STRATEGIC INTERESTS AS A "GREAT POWER" NUKE, GEOPOL = CALIPHATE WANNABE. * NEWSMAX > EX-CIA DIRECTOR GEN. HAYDEN WARNS IRAN ON "INEXORABALE PATH" TO NUKES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-08 22:57 |
| #3 ION TOPIX > IRAN HAS ABILITY TO BLOCK STRAITS OF HORMUZ [but US will reopen it]: US GENERAL DEMPSEY [Chair, JCS] TELLS CBS. * SAME > IRAN TO MOVE [uranium]NUCLEAR WORK TO [underground] MOUNTAIN BUNKER IN "NEAR FUTURE", as per immunity form US, Israel air strikes. Mountain plex at Fordow, near QOM city in central Iran. * SAME > IRAN CLAIMS [undergound] NUCLEAR PLANT WILL BE OPERATIONAL BY FEBRUARY 1st. versus * WAFF > [US Topographer Mark Langfan] TURKEY IS TRYING TO STEAL [monies + natural resources to expand Islam]: ISRAEL IS NATO'S FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR GREECE + CYPRUS, + Malta, Grete, Rhodes, etc. from attacks by Iran + Turkey + hedge agz Iran or Turkey-led expansion of Islam vee Christian/Non-Muslim States throughout the Mediterranean Region = Southern Europe. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-08 21:52 |
| #2 Mighty fine PC Doublespeak this AM. Iff one believes that IRAN = JAPAN = lotsa Nucplants everywhere + large HEU, Plutonium stockpiles, but no NucWeaps by treaty, THE US IS FAILING TO MAKE THE DIRECT CASE WHY JAPAN CAN DO IT, BUT NOT IRAN. We hear the reasons why from Israel + UK, etc. but not from Washington DC, e.g. RUSSIA + INCOMING SPACE ROCKS. "SMART POLITICS" IS NOT NECESSARILY GOOD OR PROPER LEADERSHIP. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-08 18:59 |
| #1 Leon, Leon, Leon. Your lips will fall off next. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2012-01-08 15:18 |