Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Ahmadinejad like “a 21st century Adolf Hitler” says Bush. Iran must be stopped from obtaining nuclear weapons, by military means if necessary, says John Bolton

TELEGRAPH: Iran should be attacked before it develops nuclear weapons, America's former ambassador to the United Nations said yesterday.

John Bolton, who still has close links to the Bush administration, told The Daily Telegraph that the European Union had to "get more serious" about Iran and recognise that its diplomatic attempts to halt Iran's enrichment programme had failed.

Iran has "clearly mastered the enrichment technology now...they're not stopping, they're making progress and our time is limited", he said. Economic sanctions "with pain" had to be the next step, followed by attempting to overthrow the theocratic regime and, ultimately, military action to destroy nuclear sites. We must attack Iran before it gets the bomb (more) By Toby Harnden

Ticking down to a nuclear Iran By David Blair

Mark Alexander