Mullen: US very ready to attack Iran
Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:55PM
Translation By Autumnson Blog
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen美國參謀長聯席會議主席海軍上將邁克馬倫
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has blamed Iran for making efforts to build a nuclear bomb, saying it poses a threat to the country's neighbors.
美國參謀長聯席會議主席海軍上將邁克馬倫指責伊朗，努力在建造核彈，稱它對鄰國構成威脅。
The United States is "very ready" to counter Iran should it make a move, the top US military officer added in Manama, Bahrain, home to a large US navy base, on Saturday.
美國是“準備十足“去反擊伊朗如果它作出一步行動，美國最高軍事官員將在巴林麥納麥補充，星期六在回美國大型海軍基地時。
"There are real threats to peace and stability here, and we've made no secrets of our concerns about Iran," he went on to say.
“對這裡的和平與穩定有真的威脅，和我們對的關注伊朗已經沒有秘密，“他接著說。
"From my perspective I see Iran continuing on this path to develop nuclear weapons, and I believe that that development and achieving that goal would be very destabilizing to the region," Mullen said.
“從我的角度，我看到伊朗繼續這條道路發展核武器，而我相信那發展和實現那一目標將令該地區非常的不穩定，“馬倫說。
Amid a standoff over Iran's nuclear program, both Tel Aviv and Washington have repeatedly threatened Tehran with the "option" of a military strike, based on the allegation that Iran's nuclear work may consist of a covert military agenda -- an allegation Iran has repeatedly denied.
Iran is carrying out its uranium enrichment activities under full surveillance of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Islamic Republic has repeatedly rejected any effort to develop a nuclear bomb.
The United States prevents Israel, which possesses hundreds of nuclear warheads, from joining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) through its full support for Israel while it constantly talks about what it calls Iran's threat in order to maintain its military base in Bahrain.
The US and four Arab countries of the Persian Gulf have signed a huge arms accord based on which Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates are scheduled to buy 123 billion dollars worth of arms from the US in the next four years.
The latest threat of military action against Iran was invoked in November by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who urged Washington to "destroy" the Islamic Republic through military action.
"Not to just neutralize their nuclear program, but to sink their navy, destroy their air force and deliver a decisive blow to the Revolutionary Guard, in other words neuter that regime," Graham said.
Mullen himself had also claimed in the past that he was ready to start a war if he was convinced it would keep Iran from making a "bomb."
This is while Iran says its nuclear program is completely peaceful and within the framework of the NPT, to which it is a signatory.
The IAEA has, in its many reports, also verified the non-diversion of nuclear material toward military objectives.
In August, Iran complained to the UN Security Council and the General Assembly about US military threats over the country's nuclear program and based on "totally false" grounds, vowing a response to any such strikes.
Mullen, however, added that he supports the policy of imposing sanctions against Iran to pressure it into stopping its nuclear program, while continuing talks.
Iranian officials have warned that any act of aggression by the US and Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities would be firmly responded to and could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East.
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