- 30 March 2012
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- US-Iran War
As politicians have made increasingly belligerent statements about war with Iran, top current and retired military officials have come forward to warn that the consequence of war would be devastating and that it should only be considered as the very last option. In fact, eight senior retired military and intelligence officials even published a letter urging the President to say no to a war of choice against Iran in a full page Washington Post ad that was sponsored by NIAC. Below is a compilation of statements by senior military leaders warning about the tremendous costs and very limited benefits of attacking Iran:
General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
“It’s not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran… I think it would be premature to exclusively decide that the time for a military option was upon us … A strike at this time would be destabilizing and wouldn’t achieve their long-term objectives.”[1]