Mullen: US Strike Would “Go A Long Way” Toward Stopping Iran Nukes, But It’s Up To Obama
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NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters) – The nation’s top military officer said on Sunday that a U.S. strike against Iran would go “a long way” to delaying its nuclear program but that he considered doing so his “last option” right now.
“Military options would go a long way to delaying it,” Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters after speaking at a forum at Columbia University in New York.
“That’s not my call. That’s going to be the president’s call,” he added. “But from my perspective … the last option is to strike right now.”


