… if the subject wasn’t so serious:
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States or other countries will one day be forced to consider pre-emptive action if Iran and North Korea continue to seek nuclear weapons, a senior U.S. government official said on Tuesday.
The United States and its allies have accused Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian energy program and are pushing for United Nations’ sanctions. Tehran denies the accusation.
North Korea conducted an underground test of what was believed to have been a small nuclear weapon last month. […]
“We, the United States, and others who might be threatened by these developments will have to look at how to respond and inevitably I think people will have to look at the question of pre-emption,” the official told reporters.
“I think it’s inevitable that any American administration, not just this administration but future administrations, will have to look at pre-emptive strategies,” he said.
He was not saying that the United States was going to launch a pre-emptive strike “tomorrow”, he said.
Comforting to know they aren’t going to launch a pre-emptive strike tomorrow (or is that today by now?). I guess this is how Bush gets his swagger back, having “unnamed” officials make threats of another war.
