Retired U.S. Officers: Iran Attack Would Be a Disaster

February 4th, 2007

See: Zbigniew Brzezinski Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Via: CNN:

Three former senior U.S. military officials warn that any military action against Iran would have “disastrous consequences” and urged Washington to hold immediate and unconditional talks with Tehran.

The Bush administration has increased the regularity and vehemence of its accusations against Iran, prompting speculation it could be laying the ground for military attack against the Islamic state.

Washington has also sent a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, a move seen as a warning to Iran, which the United States accuses of seeking atomic arms and fueling instability in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. Iran denies the charges.

In a letter to London’s Sunday Times newspaper, the three former U.S. military leaders said attacking Iran “would have disastrous consequences for security in the region, coalition forces in Iraq and would further exacerbate regional and global tensions,” they wrote.

“The current crisis must be resolved through diplomacy,” they said.

The letter was signed by retired Army Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, a former military assistant to Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Hoar, a former commander in chief of U.S. Central Command; and retired Navy Vice Adm. Jack Shanahan, a former director of the Center for Defense Information.

They urged the U.S. government to “engage immediately in direct talks with the government of Iran without preconditions.

“There is time available to talk, we must ensure that we use it,” they said.

The three men have joined previous petitions calling on the Bush administration to change course in its policy on Iran.

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2 Responses to “Retired U.S. Officers: Iran Attack Would Be a Disaster”

  1. George Kenney says:
    February 6, 2007 at 4:48 am

    Check out the “History of World Oil Supply Disruptions” for the Iranian Revolution in 1978. 5.6 MB/D

    http://policypete.com

    Note1: US uses 20 MB/D.
    Note2: World Spare Oil Capacity is 1.5 MB/D

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