Obama: Military strike could lead Iran to 'pursue nukes more vigorously'.(Jpost).
US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that, no matter how powerful the American military, a strike against nuclear facilities in Iran could lead the Islamic Republic to "pursue even more vigorously nuclear weapons in the future."
"No matter how good our military is, military options are always messy," Obama said. "Any armed conflict has cost to it."At a press conference in the West Wing of the White House, Obama, speaking primarily about changes to his signature health care law, said that he hoped the US Congress would hold off on new sanctions against Iran as negotiations proceeded in Geneva - "if, in fact, we're serious about trying to resolve this diplomatically."
"Our policy is, Iran cannot have nuclear weapons, and I'm leaving all options on the table," the president reiterated.
The new sanctions bill, being considered by the Senate Banking Committee, could see a markup this week - the last procedural motion before reaching the chamber floor for a vote.
"I know a little bit about sanctions, because we set them up," Obama said, noting that his administration had "mobilized the entire international community" to enforce punishing financial restrictions on Iran since 2010.
"It has never been realistic that we would resolve the entire problem all at once," he added.
Obama said he hopes that the deal being forged in Geneva - which will offer Iran modest sanctions relief "at the margins" of the core sanctions regime - will challenge Iran to commit to a final-status commitment without a fixed time period.
"What that gives us is the opportunity to test how serious are they," he said, adding: "If it turns out six months from now that they're not serious, we can crank those sanctions right back up."Hmmmm.....Six months from now they'll have the Bomb....thanks Hussein.
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