Prominent lobbyist Perle: U.S. will attack Iran if it obtains nukes

Don't mean to throw cold water on your slim hopes for sanity, but...

President George Bush will order an attack on Iran if it becomes clear to him that Iran is set to acquire nuclear weapons capabilities while he is still in office, Richard Perle told the Herzliya Conference on Sunday. Perle is close to the Bush administration, particularly to Vice President Richard Cheney.

The leading neoconservative and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute addressed the session on Iran's nuclear program. He said that the present policy of attempting to impose sanctions on Iran will not cause it to abandon its nuclear aspirations, and unless stopped the country will become a nuclear power.

I still find in almost unimaginable that one think tank, the American Enterprise Institute, is still running US foreign policy. And isn't it time to remove the adjective "think" when we talk about this particular "tank".

As for Perle? Should what he says concern you. Damn right it should because he's one the principle architects behind the Iraq invasion [sorry. very long article - ed].

(read more)