The Logic of Richard Perle

“If you want to try to wait until the very last minute, you'd better be very confident of your intelligence because if you're not, you won't know when the last minute is.”

“And so, ironically, one of the lessons of the inadequate intelligence of Iraq is you'd better be careful how long you choose to wait.”

“I can't tell you when we may face a similar choice with Iran. But it's either take action now or lose the option of taking action.”

“I hope [a military strike] can be avoided but that's always a possibility. We are talking about physical facilities and they're always vulnerable.”

Richard Perle, remarks to Reuters, Munich, Germany.

“Iraq errors show West must act fast on Iran: Perle,” Reuters, 2/04/06.