[PAA-Discuss] Quote abizaid on Iran not suicide nation

[Lee Loe]

I'm sure the administration would love to do the same to Gen. John
<http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Bush_replaces_top_general_in_Middle_0104.
html> Abizaid, the retired former head of Centcom, who, in a recent talk
given at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, let the cat out
<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/17/abizaid_world_could_a
bide_nuclear_iran/> of the bag on Iran's alleged drive to obtain nukes:

"Iran is not a suicide nation. I mean, they may have some people in charge
that don't appear to be rational, but I doubt that the Iranians intend to
attack us with a nuclear weapon. . I believe that we have the power to deter
Iran, should it become nuclear. There are ways to live with a nuclear Iran.
Let's face it, we lived with a nuclear Soviet Union, we've lived with a
nuclear China, and we're living with [other] nuclear powers as well."

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