Mon dieu......

[marmar]

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta won't dispute a report that he believes Israel may attack Iran this spring in an attempt to set back the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

Panetta was asked by reporters to comment on a Washington Post opinion column by David Ignatius that said Panetta believes there is a "strong likelihood" that Israel will attack in April, May or June. Ignatius did not say who told him this.

Asked whether he disputes the report, Panetta said, "No, I'm just not commenting." .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/panetta-lets-stand-report-israel-attack-iran-15500109#.TysfIYGwU3k

[redqueen]

1. If they do I hope we stay the hell out of it.

[justiceischeap]

2. We can't. America supports everything Israel does. nt

[whatchamacallit]

3. Not to worry

we've been told repeatedly by DU's foreign policy experts "It'll never happen".

[annabanana]

4. Didn't the IAEA just come back from an inspection that Iran

COOPERATED with?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/01/us-iran-iaea-idUSTRE8100M220120201

Led by the U.N. agency's global head of inspections, the IAEA team returned on Wednesday from three days of meetings in Iran to try to end three years of deadlock in efforts to resolve the questions about Tehran's nuclear work.

The fact both sides said talks would resume suggested the round just completed at least created some basis for progress.

"We are committed to resolve all the outstanding issues and the Iranians said they are committed too," Herman Nackaerts, IAEA deputy director general, told reporters after returning from Tehran.

"But of course there is still a lot of work to be done and so we have planned another trip in the very near future."

Asked if he was satisfied with the talks, Nackaerts said: "Yeah, we had a good trip."

I HATE how all this aggressive talk is echoing the lead up to the invasion of Iraq!!

[cthulu2016]

5. That is normal "neither conform nor deny" and

nothing should be read into it.

There is nothing else Panetta would have said, no matter the underlying circumstances so it contains no information. Which is the point.

That doesn't mean that Israel will or will not do XYZ. It just means there is not information contained in pr deducable from Panetta's answer.