Saturday, March 3, 2012

Obama says Iran strike is an option, but warns Israel

Before the meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama confirmed the US position that she will prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons but at the same time, he warned Israel not to rely too much on military option which can provide a way that Iran can "portray itself as a victim of a aggression" Pointing to Libya and South Africa, Obama noted that countries tended to relinquish nuclear weapons on their own, rather than as a consequence of military action. And he said such military action would only delay, not prevent, Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. The US, he said, is seeking a permanent, not a temporary, solution. Interestingly, Obama spoke about how Iran’s acquisition of a weapon would set off an arms race in the Middle East, offering a robust case for why the West could not emply “containment” strategy toward Iran the way it did the Soviet Union during the cold war. Mr. Obama is to speak about the timing issue of any attack against Iran to the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Sunday.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/world/middleeast/obama-says-military-option-on-iran-not-a-bluff.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=obama%20warns%20iran&st=cse


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