General Holmes: U.S. has military capability for war with Iran, but attack not 'a desired military activity right now'

Tehran, capital of Iran

LONDON -- The American military is capable of attacking Iran but has no plans to do so, a U.S. general said Friday in the latest U.S. rejection of military action.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Brig. Gen. Robert H. Holmes, deputy director of operations for the U.S. Central Command, said despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military would be able to simultaneously fight Iran.

"I would offer that we are always ready, always prepared," he said at the U.S. Embassy in London. "Does that mean we are then focused, loaded and cocked to do a certain thing?" he asked. "The answer is no"...

"You've got be careful as you begin to piece this together," he said, adding that Adm. William J. Fallon, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, "does not view military action with Iran as a desired military activity right now."

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