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USA has “last ditch” plan involving attack on Iran

the threat of a nuclear Iran and an attack on the Islamic Republic to stop that nuclear program “both have great downsides potentially.”

Mullen: Washington has plan to attack Iran ‘if it comes to that’, The Hill’, By Bridget Johnson – 08/01/10 The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed Sunday that the administration does have an attack plan for Iran at the ready, but said both a nuclear-armed Iran and a U.S. attack gave him concern.

Adm. Mike Mullen, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said even though the outcome of an attack on Iran makes him “extremely concerned,” the military “has a plan if it comes to that.”…………Mullen stressed that the decision would be President Obama’s, but said the threat of a nuclear Iran and an attack on the Islamic Republic to stop that nuclear program “both have great downsides potentially.”

Mullen: Washington has plan to attack Iran ‘if it comes to that’ – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room

August 2, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons