Iran nuclear issue: US to use force if diplomacy fails?
Sydney, Feb 24 (DPA) The United States could resort to force if diplomacy failed and Iran looked set to acquire nuclear weapons, US Vice President Dick Cheney said here Saturday.
‘All options are still on the table,’ Cheney said during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
Cheney said every effort would be made to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions through diplomatic means.
‘But I have made the point, and the president (Bush) has made the point, that all options are still on the table,’ Cheney said after an hour-long meeting with Howard in his Sydney office.
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US to use force if diplomacy fails? What a joke. US is not trying diplomacy in the first place.
