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Monday, March 30, 2015
Ex-CIA chief says Iran is ‘like Nazi Germany’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran is trying to expand its empire much like Hitler’s Germany before World War II, former CIA Director James Woolsey tells MSNBC on Monday, citing the Islamic Republic’s moves to extend its influence in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.
“They are doing it on a highly ideological basis. They never cease chanting ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Death to the United States,'” Woolsey tells the American news network. “They are an imperial power and trying to become more of an imperial power.”
Woolsey calls for a halt in the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran, which are led by US Secretary of State John Kerry: “Given Iran’s aggressiveness and the fanaticism of its leaders, I don’t think we can do a reasonable deal with them. They’ll cheat.”
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