Bush Keeps Nuclear Option on Table
Charles Johnson
Tue Apr 18, 2006 at 8:40 pm PDT • Views: 174
Chimpy McHalliburton declines to exclude a nuclear strike on Iran. Are the moonbats barking yet?
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Bush refused on Tuesday to rule out nuclear strikes against Iran if diplomacy fails to curb the Islamic Republic’s atomic ambitions.
Iran, which says its nuclear program is purely peaceful, told world powers it would pursue atomic technology, whatever they decided at a meeting held in Moscow on Tuesday.
That meeting ended without any substantial results, a source close to the negotiations told Interfax late on Tuesday.
Iran’s defiance of world pressure to halt the program drove oil prices to a record high of $72.64 a barrel, raising fears of a cut in supplies from the world’s fourth biggest crude exporter.
Bush said in Washington he would discuss Iran’s nuclear activities with China’s President Hu Jintao this week and avoided ruling out nuclear retaliation if diplomatic efforts fail.
Asked if options included planning for a nuclear strike, Bush replied: “All options are on the table. We want to solve this issue diplomatically and we’re working hard to do so.”
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