Former State Department Mid East intel analyst Wayne Wight: "There is no question in my mind that the widespread perception that Iran was involved somehow in Hizballah's unusually aggressive cross-border kidnapping raid, Hizballah's subsequent use of Iranian-manufactured long-range rockets, and the irresponsible anti-Israeli rhetoric of Iranian Pesident Ahmadinejad in past months will reinforce the impression among the Europeans, Japan, many regional players, etc. that Iran is a dangerously destabilizing actor on the greater Middle East stage. This probably will cause governments working the Iranian nuclear issue to redouble their efforts to prevent Iran from having unfettered access to a nuclear fuel cycle that potentially could be exploited to fashion nuclear weapons." Cited with permission, from an email.

Posted by Laura at July 23, 2006 11:49 AM