An Iranian Kavoshgar rocket carrying a live monkey in a capsule launches from an unknown location on January 28, 2013, according to Iranian state media. The suborbital missile launch touched concerns that Iran could use this accomplishment to launch nuclear missiles, but there has been no immediately confirmation of Iran’s claim. UPI
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 4 (UPI) — A former head of Israel’s military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, warned Monday Iran will have the ability to manufacture a nuclear bomb in four to six months.
“Iran completed all of the steps that would allow it to make a nuclear bomb when it decides to … ,” the Hebrew language daily Maariv quoted Yadlin as saying.
Yadlin is director of the Institute for National Security Studies and former head of the army’s intelligence unit.
He made the comment while giving the institute’s strategic assessment for 2013.
If Israel conducts a surgical strike on Iranian nuclear sites, the Islamic republic will respond in a restricted manner in order to prevent a regional war, Yadlin said.
“It is possible that in 2013 they [Iran] will decide to operate and that will necessitate an Israeli operation and possibly also the United States, and we must decide what our red line will be. If Iran is attacked, there will be a Middle East war but we believe the Middle East won’t want a regional war and Iran’s response will be a limited one,” he said.
Yadlin stressed that Iran’s nuclear program has yet to reach the point of no return and said Israel must give diplomacy a chance.
“They don’t have enough centrifuges. When they have over 10,000 centrifuges, it will justify an Israeli and American action,” he said.
Copyright 2013 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
Maybe if we hadn’t help overthrow the democraticaly elected government and kill their president and then back the shah for thirty years while he murdered, raped and tortured his own people they would like us more. Funny how we like democracy and free elections until the people elected don’t do what we want.
Leave it to the jews. first they try to take land that isn’t theirs. second they want the whole world to help them out since they can’t make it on their own, and third, now they’re trying to tell other countries how to run themselves. When are the jews going to face reality. The majority of people would love to see the US stop sending billions to israel and keep that money here to help out ourselves.
I love this! The 2nd amendment boys think no one can tell them that can’t own a gun but they can tell a whole country they can’t!
Israel has the bomb. Why shouldn’t Iran? What makes the jews so special?
So what? A bomb never hurt anybody! It’s an inanimate object. Leave them alone!
You are really reaching here. I am disappointed in you.
Who am I insulting? I’m just stating my god given rights! Bombs cannot harm anyone. They are merely objects! I think we had better address being Iranian first. If these people weren’t Iranian, we wouldn’t have a problem.
More Iranian funding, that’s what we need. We need to study Iranians. Yes, that’s it.
Our founding fathers would be SO proud of me for defending our rights, as given by god and jesus, to arm ourselves with lots of bombs to protect our lawns and to blow up the government.
I feel safer already!
And it’s “babies”, LV.
you are right sickastupd. Bombs don’t kill people, people kill people. It is in the 2nd amendment that we should all be allowed to have our own A-bomb at home. I need it to protect my home and my family. Cars have killed more people that nuclear bombs have so why no ban cars? The only way to stop a bad man with an A-bomb is to have more people with A-bombs.
This is kid of fun. Should I go on? Oh, how about stand your ground. Iran feels threatened by Israeli and the US. Doesn’t that mean they can us the bomb on us?
@happy guy-you and stupd deserve eachother. Neither one of you can debate or post anything without insults to whoever you are debating. It just shows how desperate you are when you resort to that type of comments. My kids used to do that type of stuff when they were baby’s.
LVS, Where is the insult in my post and who was I insulting? I would like for you to show me what you think is an insult to you or to anyone in my previous post on this topic. This is just another case of your poor reading comprehension.
sickastupd just set this up perfectly and I couldn’t let it pass. I know these are ridiculous arguments. Just as ridiculous as your arguments about your pro gun views are.
You will have to pull my A bomb out of my cold dead hands. That’s right, bucko! I’m proud to be ‘Murican!
The Iranians are as GOOFY as the North Koreans. Watch out people. They will make the bomb and they will use it unless the Israeli’s stop them.
Monkey see -Monkey do !