Prosor: War with Iran may be unavoidable

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Prosor: War with Iran may be unavoidable
By JPOST.COM STAFF

It must be clear that if Iran does not cooperate with the West on the nuclear issue, military confrontation will be unavoidable, incoming Israeli ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, was quoted as saying Sunday.

Prosor, who served as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's senior adviser on Iran, told the Sunday Telegraph that Teheran could enrich enough uranium to make an atomic bomb by 2009.

"At the current rate of progress Iran will reach the technical threshold for producing fissile material by 2009," he told the British newspaper. "This is a global threat and it requires a global response. It should be made clear that if Iran does not co-operate then military confrontation is inevitable. It is either co-operation or confrontation."

Prosor went on to say that the Iranians would soon be able to fully control all the elements of enrichment and from that point on, it would only be a matter of time before they had a nuclear weapon.

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[mmonk]

1. Then you go to war with them then, advisor Prosor.

[gratuitous]

5. I think that could avoid war with Iran

Just send Mr. Prosor, or better yet, someone he loves and cares about very deeply. Front lines. First wave of attackers.

[focusfan]

2. we need to walk away from Iran

according to the constituation we can't attack them unless
they attack us first

[wuushew]

4. Where in the Constitution does it say that?

The United States has been butchering other people for over 200 years.

[sendero]

3. Dear Israel...

... do what you have to do. But leave us out of it. We are in enough trouble trying to defend the indefensible, go it alone this time.

[scarface2004]

6. i just recalculated...iran will have the bomb by 9am tomorrow!!!

the sky is falling...run for you lives!!!!

[Va Lefty]

7. Iran is going to "go nuclear" sometime in the next 10 years

A bombing campaign would likely set them back 3-5 years. The only thing that would stop the Iranian nuclear program is to 1) overthrow the present government and put in a puppet leader (that worked real well the last time!) or Invasion/Occupation of Iran and we don't have the troops or the money or the international support for that. We need to start formulating policy that recognizes the world the way it is and constructively engage the Iranian government on this issue

[Selatius]

8. If Iran wants a nuclear bomb, let them have it.

If Iran and Israel have nuclear weapons, then the Doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction is invoked. Nobody would be willing to go to war then.