Condi Rice: Chances of Strike on Iran 'Increasing'

But Rice insisted it was impossible to predict when a strike on Iran would occur without having access to privileged information.Her comments about the use of military force by the United States echoes her hawkish speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Wednesday night. Rice urged the United States to “sustain a balance of power that favors freedom” and reclaim its status as the custodian of world power.