Hayden: ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’ for Israel To Launch Attack on Iran if Nuke Talks Fail

CROWLEY: "General Hayden, if the talks do fall apart, do you think that the prospects are that Netanyahu fires up the jets so to speak? Do you think Israel would take military action? Do you think they would do it without doing it in concert with the U.S.? Do they have the capability? Would it make sense for them?”

HAYDEN: “Yeah. I don’t think they have the capability. I don’t think it makes sense. Look, I can’t rule out but the distances are great. The air force is fairly small -- good but small. The targets are numerous, dispersed and hardened. So the question becomes: does Israel put at risk the only strategic relationship on which the survival of the Jewish state depends in return for setting this program back three to six months? I don’t think so.”