"The former U.N. weapons inspector who said Iraq disarmed long before the U.S. invasion in 2003 is warning Americans to prepare for a war with Iran.
"We just don't know when, but it's going to happen," Scott Ritter said to a crowd of about 150 at the James A. Little Theater on Sunday night.
Ritter described how the U.S. government might justify war with Iran in a scenario similar to the buildup to the Iraq invasion. He also argued that Iran wants a nuclear energy program, and not nuclear weapons. But the Bush administration, he said, refuses to believe Iran is telling the truth.
He predicted the matter will wind up before the U.N. Security Council, which will determine there is no evidence of a weapons program. Then, he said, John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, "will deliver a speech that has already been written. It says America cannot allow Iran to threaten the United States and we must unilaterally defend ourselves."
"How do I know this? I've talked to Bolton's speechwriter," Ritter said."
Remember that Seymour Hersch in The New Yorker last year predicted an attack on Iran. With the Iranians "behaving" a they are it is probbaly more likely than not that Iran will be attacked - but will it be the Israeli's with [unofficial] US backing or the Americans alone?
Read the entire article of Ritter's talk in San Diego here.
UPDATE:[9 February] On the basis of what is said to be an agreement between the US and Israel that the Americans will "protect" Israel, including militarily, Haaretz asserts [read it here] that that means the end of any thought of Israel being the country to attack Iran.
"We just don't know when, but it's going to happen," Scott Ritter said to a crowd of about 150 at the James A. Little Theater on Sunday night.
Ritter described how the U.S. government might justify war with Iran in a scenario similar to the buildup to the Iraq invasion. He also argued that Iran wants a nuclear energy program, and not nuclear weapons. But the Bush administration, he said, refuses to believe Iran is telling the truth.
He predicted the matter will wind up before the U.N. Security Council, which will determine there is no evidence of a weapons program. Then, he said, John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, "will deliver a speech that has already been written. It says America cannot allow Iran to threaten the United States and we must unilaterally defend ourselves."
"How do I know this? I've talked to Bolton's speechwriter," Ritter said."
Remember that Seymour Hersch in The New Yorker last year predicted an attack on Iran. With the Iranians "behaving" a they are it is probbaly more likely than not that Iran will be attacked - but will it be the Israeli's with [unofficial] US backing or the Americans alone?
Read the entire article of Ritter's talk in San Diego here.
UPDATE:[9 February] On the basis of what is said to be an agreement between the US and Israel that the Americans will "protect" Israel, including militarily, Haaretz asserts [read it here] that that means the end of any thought of Israel being the country to attack Iran.
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