US top warrior ignores intel, talking of “this issue of nuclear weapons”.
Chair of US Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mike Mullin, told Fox news that more international pressure on Iran was needed, so “we can all deal with this issue of nuclear weapons”. His certainty on weapons is odd because his Defense Intelligence Agency is telling him with high confidence that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program.
Sun Jul 20, 1:31 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The international community must put economic and political pressure on Iran in order to help reach a breakthrough in the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear program, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs said Sunday.Admiral Michael Mullen told the Fox network he felt “encouraged by the talks” that were held Saturday in Geneva between Iranian, European and US officials as part of a bid to resolve a long-running dispute over Iran’s nuclear plans.
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana hailed their talks as “constructive” but Solana lamented that Tehran had still not given a final response to a proposed package of incentives for Tehran to abandon its nuclear program.
“I believe that the international community needs to continue to bring pressure on Iran both economically, financially, diplomatically, politically, to continue to bring them to a point where we can all deal with this issue of nuclear weapons,” Mullen said.
“The pressure has got to continue to be brought specifically on Iran to not proceed in this regard.”
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