"... IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi flew secretly to France on Sunday for meetings with Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin, the chief of the French Defense Staff......
The meeting in Normandy focused on assessments regarding (read this 2007' story) Iran, Syria, Hizbullah and the joint Israeli-US Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise that is scheduled to start later this month. .... The two generals Georgelin & Ashkenazi) discussed Israeli-French cooperation, and particularly the situation in Lebanon. France is a major force contributor to UNIFIL.
Ashkenazi and Georgelin also discussed developments in Iran. Last month, the French general said that military intervention was not a viable option to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear capability. He said that a military strike was too risky. Georgelin said it would be difficult to plan an operation in Iran, because there's no guarantee that one shot would solve the problem. And "if you fail in one shot, it is a catastrophe," he said...."
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Off the Radar: Mullen, Georgelin & Ashkenazi ... in Normandy
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