Watch or read the transcript of Wesley Clark’s recent video blog post opposing military action against Iran. He says a strike would be bad for Israel…

“Well, I wouldn’t say that you never can use military force, but I can’t see the circumstances right now where it would benefit Israel. It’s far better if we can persuade Iran not to acquire nuclear weapons, and do it with all the positive incentives that are out there.”

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“Well, Iran is going – if it’s attacked, it’s going to be a big, powerful attack – it’s going to lose most of it’s conventional military response. One of it’s first immediate responses would be to trigger another attack against Israel by Hezbullah. In fact, Hezbullah has rearmed. They’ve rebuilt strong points. Now, they’re a little bit further North. They’re not right on the border, but they’re North of where the UN people are. But they’re within range of longer range rockets, and apparently they’ve been brought in, and it’s been fortified. So, I’m sure that the Israelis are looking at how to prevent this and protect against what we saw the last time, how devastating and demoralizing these rocket attacks can be. So, I, I, I think that the United States and Israel have to do what’s right, but in this case, you also have to recognize what the consequences would be. So, this is the time to talk and work to prepare for another eventuality, but you can’t fool yourself about what might happen. This, this could be a long and protracted struggle once the initial volley against Iran is undertaken.”

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