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FORMER CIA DIRECTOR SAYS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN "A VERY BAD OPTION"
PanARMENIAN.Net
January 18, 2012 - 11:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Former acting director of the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) John McLaughlin has warned against any US military strike
on Iran, urging dialogue and diplomacy to resolve American concerns
on Iran's nuclear program.
According to Press TV, speaking during a panel discussion in
Washington on Tuesday, Jan 17, McLaughlin reasoned that taking a
military action against Iran "would be a very bad option" since
the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement would spare no effort to
support the Tehran government.
"One of the reasons (against a military option) is that Iran does have
this relationship with Hezbollah. Hezbollah has not attacked American
interests in recent years, but has lots of plans on the library shelf
for doing that in the event we got into a confrontation with Iran,"
McLaughlin explained.
"And Hezbollah of course has been present in the United States. So one
of the big problems with Iran is if you get into an open confrontation,
a military confrontation, you risk a cycle of retaliation and response
with great difficulty seeing where the end point is," he added.
Meanwhile, escalating tensions over Iran's enrichment of uranium for
nuclear energy, which has shifted to an underground mountain bunker
better protected from possible air strikes, has raised fears for the
flow of world oil supplies. Tehran has threatened to choke the West's
supply of Gulf oil if its exports are hit by sanctions.
China, Japan and India are Iran's top three buyers, taking more than 40
percent of its crude exports. The European Union, which collectively
buys another fifth or so of Iran's exported crude, has committed to
banning imports of oil from Tehran, an OPEC member and the world's
No. 5 crude exporter.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
PanARMENIAN.Net
January 18, 2012 - 11:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Former acting director of the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) John McLaughlin has warned against any US military strike
on Iran, urging dialogue and diplomacy to resolve American concerns
on Iran's nuclear program.
According to Press TV, speaking during a panel discussion in
Washington on Tuesday, Jan 17, McLaughlin reasoned that taking a
military action against Iran "would be a very bad option" since
the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement would spare no effort to
support the Tehran government.
"One of the reasons (against a military option) is that Iran does have
this relationship with Hezbollah. Hezbollah has not attacked American
interests in recent years, but has lots of plans on the library shelf
for doing that in the event we got into a confrontation with Iran,"
McLaughlin explained.
"And Hezbollah of course has been present in the United States. So one
of the big problems with Iran is if you get into an open confrontation,
a military confrontation, you risk a cycle of retaliation and response
with great difficulty seeing where the end point is," he added.
Meanwhile, escalating tensions over Iran's enrichment of uranium for
nuclear energy, which has shifted to an underground mountain bunker
better protected from possible air strikes, has raised fears for the
flow of world oil supplies. Tehran has threatened to choke the West's
supply of Gulf oil if its exports are hit by sanctions.
China, Japan and India are Iran's top three buyers, taking more than 40
percent of its crude exports. The European Union, which collectively
buys another fifth or so of Iran's exported crude, has committed to
banning imports of oil from Tehran, an OPEC member and the world's
No. 5 crude exporter.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress