Monday, March 21, 2005

Bush Says He’s Serious About Stopping Tehran’s Nuclear Program

IsraelNN.com:
US President George W. Bush told Iran that Washington is serious about stopping Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon, but he stressed that the current Bush Administration is more accepting of cooperating with Europe and exhausting diplomatic means before considering any military option.

“There is a lot of diplomacy on this issue and that is why I was so pleased to be able to participate with our friends France, Britain and Germany to say to the Iranians, ‘We speak with common voice and we share suspicions because of your past behavior. The best way to ensure that you do not develop a nuclear weapon is for you to have no highly enriched uranium or plutonium program that could lead to a weapon.’” ...