Ahmadinejad in his private office
Military option against Iran open: US ….Ambassador Bolton
The United States has warned Iran that military option “is not off the table” as it mulls a multi-pronged strategy to prevent Tehran from going nuclear.
“I think any president charged with responsibility for protecting the American people is not going to take the military option off the table when you confront a threat as grave as an Iran armed with nuclear weapons,” US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said.
“… He’s (Bush) made it plain for some time that our preferred way of dealing with this problem is through peaceful and diplomatic means, and that’s what we’ve been doing for the past several years,” he said.
Noting that discussing the strategy in public would not be productive, Bolton said, “The Iranians have made it clear they have no intention of suspending their uranium-enrichment activity.”
“I think moving for sanctions in the Security Council, considering other economic steps, ramping up the Proliferation Security Initiative, are all things we should and will be doing.”
The top American envoy at the UN also reminded Russia and China that they had promised to go the sanctions route when passing the UN Security Council resolution this June.
“It’s not at all clear that Russia or China would actually veto a resolution in the Security Council. They may not support it, but if they acquiesce in it by abstaining, that still leaves open the possibility that the council could act,” Bolton said on MSNBC’s ‘Hardball’ programme.
“The possibility of sanctions in the council has always been one part of the effort,” he said adding, “Lots of countries can impose sanctions on Iran without action by the Security Council – the European Union, Japan, others.”
Wild Thing’s comment……
Hoorah for Bolton! Now wait for the inevitable outrage from Iran, the Russians, the EU and the Democrats.
Basically we are alone with only about half a dozen hard allies in this War on Terror. Others are half heartedly or clandestinely working with us, but in the World’s public arena, there are only a few pursueing islamic terrorists.
We need more Boltons, at home in the governments public eye and abroad, especially in Europe and Asia.
And we need the opposition(read Liberals)to stop undermining this war effort. Mad men like Ahmadinejad thrive on our home spun anti-war, anti Bush, anti-military types.
You’re right Tom we sure do. I wish we had clones of Bolton, Dan Gillerman, Reagan and some others.
Action speaks louder than words. Is George going to send Condi to botch this and give it all away to the UN? Instead we’ll let the UN bolster the Iranian satellites with troops, arms and aid that can and will be used against us. Here’s the best part of it all, we get to pay for a fourth of the cost of our own defeat. We need Bolton instead of Rice as the negotiator.
“We need Bolton instead of Rice as the negotiator.”
Jack I agree 100%. Well said Jack!