Military Chief Says If Israel Nukes Iran, the US will Support Them

CNN
November 19, 2013

Martin Dempsey, servant of the Jews.
Martin Dempsey, servant of the Jews.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said Monday that if Israel were to strike Iran in an effort to damage the country’s nuclear program, the United States would meet “some defined obligations” it has to the Middle East nation.

“I feel like we have a deep obligation to Israel,” the military leader said. “That is why we are in constant contact and collaboration with them.”

This fall, diplomats from the United States and other interested countries have met to deal with Iran’s nuclear program and ways in which advancements could be halted.

According to a senior administration official last week, the United States and other countries are “getting close” to an interim deal with Iran that would prevent its nuclear program “from advancing, and roll it back” in key areas.

The deal would lessen sanctions against Iran, a move that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday would be a mistake. Instead, the Israeli leader said Western nations should “ratchet up the sanctions” on Iran rather than go through with a proposal for a nuclear agreement that he calls an “extremely bad deal.”

“Iran is really on the ropes, their economy is … close to paralysis, and all of a sudden, you take off the pressure, everybody will understand that you’re heading south,” he said.

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