The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff admitted Sunday that the U.S. military has a plan to attack Iran, although he thinks a strike is probably a bad idea.
Speaking on NBC”s “Meet The Press,” Adm. Mike Mullen refused to elaborate on the military plan but said a strike still remains an option if deemed necessary.
The American Chief of Staff has often warned that a military strike on Iran would have serious and unpredictable ripple effects around the Middle East. At the same time, he says the risk of Iran developing a nuclear weapon is unacceptable.
Shortly after a whirlwind visit to Israel at the end of June, Mullen warned it would be “incredibly dangerous” for Iran to achieve nuclear weapons and declared there is no reason to trust Teheran’s statements that it seeks a peaceful nuclear program, especially after the secret nuclear facility at Qom was discovered, he said.
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, he said there was no reason to expect Iran to conform to international norms, given its past behavior, but he declined to describe what measures the U.S. was considering.
At the time, he explained to the forum, that the hardest part about trying to decide what to do about Iran is how much the U.S. does not know about the country's nuclear progress.
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