Visiting Israel, ex-CIA chief James Woolsey calls for US air strikes to decimate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, The Jerusalem Post reports on Thursday.
Iran is working to obtain a nuclear weapon, a former CIA chief said Wednesday while visiting Israel, and the US should begin military preparations to block the Islamic Republic from reaching that goal.
“To believe anything other than that Iran is working to get a nuclear weapon is hopelessly naive,” James Woolsey said in an interview on the sidelines of the Herzliya Conference.
“At some point someone is going to have to decide to use force to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. I’d argue that those who say we can deal adequately with Iran through deterrence are quite naive.
Containing the Iranian threat, he said, will require a credible show of military force aimed at Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
“They’re at the heart of this regime – they’re the instrument of oppression, and they run the Basij militia. They control the nuclear, space and ballistic- missiles program, as well as the Quds Force,” he said, referring to the Guards branch responsible for overseas operations.
“They’re at the heart of everything repressive internally, or aggressive externally.”
