Ritter: US war with Iran in the offing

Press TV
Friday, April 4, 2008

Former Chief Inspector of the UN Commission on Iraq Scott Ritter has claimed that there is an 80 percent chance of a US war with Iran.

Ritter made the remarks at Middlebury College as part of a series of talks facilitated by the Vermont Peace and Justice Center, The Rutland Herald said on Wednesday.

Ritter further noted that the pattern of preparations for such a conflict has been steadily developing and involves Congress as well as the Bush-Cheney administration.

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According to Ritter, a war with Iran would speed up the ongoing decline of US standing in the world, and afterward Russia and China would be ready to take advantage of the resulting power vacuum.

Ahead of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the ex-inspector had said that there were no weapons of mass destruction to justify an attack on the country.

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