First, Baer is not a former CIA officer, there's no such thing. He's acting and has been acting as one of the Agency's media disinformationists. As he is putatively no longer connected to the Agency, he can say things for them which they can't say for themselves and get away with it (and this is a fine example). Here he's saying Israel will, on its own, attack Iran. As it is an election year in the US, and another war launched by our Invader-in-Chief might just be enough to incite Americans to rebel, putting the onus on Israel provides cover. If Iran is attacked, it will be on the orders of the US, no matter who does the deed.
Baer added that Netanyahu is "also hoping to draw the United States into the conflict, and in fact there's a warning order inside the Pentagon to prepare for conflict with Iran."
The retired senior CIA officer predicted a scenario in which Israel would attack the Natanz nuclear facility as well as "a couple of others to degrade their capabilities."
"The Iranians will strike back were they can and that will be in Basra and in Baghdad," where the US has a diminished troop presence, Baer said, adding "we've started to look at Iran's targets in Iraq and across the border."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28599.htm
