Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Is the Obama Administration resigned to a Nuclear Iran?



U.S. Considers "Defense Umbrella" for Iran -David Gollust

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that if Iran acquires a nuclear weapons capacity, the U.S. will respond [by] offer[ing] to regional allies a "defense umbrella" to prevent Iranian intimidation.
(VOA News)


Israeli Slams Clinton on Iran -Barak Ravid

Dan Meridor [pictured at right], [an] Israel[i] minister, told Army Radio that Clinton's statement regarding "a defense umbrella" for its allies in the Middle East implies a willingness to reconcile with the eventuality of a nuclear-armed Iran.

"I heard the Americans' statement that they will defend their allies in the event that Iran arms itself with an atomic bomb, as if they have already reconciled with this possibility, and this is a mistake. [W]e don't need to deal with the assumption that Iran will attain nuclear weapons, but to prevent this."
(Ha'aretz)
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