Monday, July 26, 2010

Breakout State

I can see how Iran may adopt this position.

In my previous discussions with General Hayden, he has always mentioned that his personal view is that Iran is “determined to have a weapon. If not a weapon, they intend to be in a permanent breakout state where they will have everything in place and will be able to create a weapon in a relatively short time. That may actually be their sweet spot.”


Such a position gives them cover within the dovish Western world and yet allows them to project power "as-if" they are a nuclear state. Clever.

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