Tories: We would ‘in principle’ support US attack on Iran

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Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge says the Conservative Party would “in principle” support US military action against Iran “if they took the view, that on the basis of the intelligence it was necessary”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I think we have to be very clear about the threat from Iran.

00:03Our own naval ships in the Red Sea were recently attacked by the Houthis with weapons supplied by Iran.

00:08They are a very serious threat, and the idea of them having a nuclear weapon is not something we would want to see.

00:13So we understand why Israel has taken the action they have,

00:16and I think I wouldn't want to be drawn in speculation on what the Americans might do,

00:20but clearly the language is getting stronger, and our view is, you know, in principle, we wouldn't rule out supporting them.

00:27If they took the view that on the base of the intelligence they'd seen, it was necessary to support Israel.

00:32We understand why the Israelis have taken the action they have.

00:35After all, the regime in Iran has threatened to wipe them off the face of the earth.

00:38It could be existential for Israel.

00:39If the U.S., as our closest military ally, and it's only an if at this stage,

00:44if they take the view they should be supporting that,

00:46then I think we would be prepared to, you know, support that politically as well.

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