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U.S. army chief: Iraq war has sapped ability to fight Iran
By Haaretz Service
Last update - 15:59 22/10/2007
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/915742.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/915742.html)
The new chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said in an interview
published Monday that the prolonged military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan
may
have undermined the military's ability to fight wars against major adversaries
- including Iran.
With the United States already heavily committed in wars in two Muslim
countries, Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen told The New york Times
that an
offensive against Iran, a third Mideast Islamic state "has extraordinary
challenges and risks associated with it." He counseled against an immediate
attack
on Iran, saying that the military option should be a last resort.
But Mullen warned Iran and other nations not to "mistake restraint for lack
of commitment or lack of concern or lack of capability."
"Because we have had such an intense focus on the Middle East and Iraq and
Afghanistan, there is risk associated with those other parts of the world,"
Admiral Mullen said.
Asked whether the American military should aim at sites inside Iran if
intelligence indicated that such action could stem the flow of bombs into Iraq,
he
said "the risks could be very, very high."
"We're in a conflict in two countries out there right now," he added. "We
have to be incredibly thoughtful about the potential of in fact getting into a
conflict with a third country in that part of the world."
Speaking of his visits to soldiers and marines in Iraq and Afghanistan in
recent weeks, Mullen said: "They're tired. They've been doing unbelievably
great
work for our country. And we need to make sure we take care of them and their
families."
Regarding prolonged and repeated deployments for the ground forces in Iran
and Afghanistan, he said, "The ground forces are not broken, but they are
breakable."
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