“Launching a military strike against Iran would open up a third front in the Middle East and be ‘extremely stressful’ for U.S. forces, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday during a U.S. Defense Department press conference. Mullen’s comments came soon after the Iranian government dismissed any threat from Israel describing any attack on its nuclear facilities as ‘impossible.’ At the same time Iran announced it would comment on a package offered by six nations to abandon its uranium enrichment program. … When asked to comment on reports that Israel could strike Iran this year, he replied, ‘This is a very unstable part of the world and I don’t need it to be more unstable.’” (07/03/08)