‘Israel must bomb Iran for Bush’

press tv
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:38:46

Senior Republican advisor Norman Podhoretz
A senior Republican advisor says since it is ‘politically impossible’
for Bush to attack Iran, the job should be ‘outsourced’ to Israel.

If Tehran does not halt its nuclear program, Israel will ‘inevitably’
wreak mayhem on Iran, wrote Norman Podhoretz in the February edition of
Commentary.

Podhoretz, who is considered as one of the founders of neoconservatism,
insists that Israel may even be forced to attack Iran’s Arab neighbors
to prevent them from assisting Tehran if the country acquires nuclear
technology.

The neocon godfather is said to have a close relationship with
President George W. Bush and is now serving as the foreign policy
advisor to Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.

Podhoretz stated a year ago that the current administration will strike
Iran’s nuclear facilities before the US president leaves office.

However, the US National Intelligence Estimate released in December
concluded that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program.

Podhoretz claimed the NIE report made it ‘politically impossible’ for
the Bush administration to wage war on Iran as the international
community believes Iran’s nuclear program is civilian.