A former CIA director says military action against Iran
now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does
diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear
program.
Michael Hayden, a CIA chief under President George W. Bush, said that
during his tenure “a strike was way down the list of options.” But he
tells CNN’s State of the Union that such action now “seems inexorable.”
“In my personal thinking,” Hayden said, “I have begun to consider that that may not be the worst of all possible outcomes.”
Hayden said that the likelihood of a U.S. strike on Iran has risen in
the face of Tehran’s defiance to halt its contentions nuclear program,
saying “We engage. They continue to move forward.”
“We vote for sanctions. They continue to move forward. We try to deter, to dissuade. They continue to move forward,” he added.
The former CIA chief predicted Iran, in defiance of the international
community, planned to “get itself to that step right below a nuclear
weapon, that permanent breakout stage, so the needle isn’t quite in the
red for the international community.”
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