Former Mossad Chief: Israel Air Strike On Iran 'Stupidest Thing I Have Ever Heard'

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Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan referred to the possibility a future Israeli Air Force attack on Iranian nuclear facilities as "the stupidest thing I have ever heard" during a conference held at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on Friday.

Dagan's presentation during a senior faculty conference was his first public appearance since leaving his former role as chief of the Mossad at the end of September 2010.

Dagan said that Iran has a clandestine nuclear infrastructure which functions alongside its legitimate, civil infrastructure. It is the legitimate infrastructure, he said, that is under international supervision by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Any strike on this legitimate infrastructure would be "patently illegal under international law," according to Dagan.

Dagan emphasized that attacking Iran would be different than Israel's successful air strike on Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981. Iran has scattered its nuclear facilities in different places around the country, he said, which would make it difficult for Israel to launch an effective attack.

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[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. So, they've thought about how to launch and effective attack. I would too. n/t

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2. Recommend

[Exultant Democracy]

3. It would also empower the current government. The green revolution would have won if not for Bush

and his wars.

[Scottybeamer70]

4. Go ahead Israel........

you're on your own with that war. Don't ask Americans to
fight it for you!!! Let's see how that works for ya.

[classysassy]

5. Remove money from political campaigns

Israel and other countries will lose their power to decide the outcome of American elections.PACs are UnAmerican and should be outlawed.