http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/May/middleeast_May150.xml§ion=middleeastDUBAI - US President George W. Bush will keep a military option on the table as he seeks a diplomatic solution to the standoff with Iran over its nuclear plans, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
“The American president will not abandon the military option and I believe that we do not want him to do so,” Rice said in an interview with Al Arabiya television, part of which was broadcast on Tuesday.
Iran is embroiled in a standoff with the West over its nuclear ambitions. The West suspects it is seeking to develop atomic weapons but Teheran says it wants only to generate electricity so that it can export more of its oil and gas.
Rice in remarks dubbed in Arabic said Bush remained ”committed to the diplomatic option. If the world remained strong, there would be a chance for the success of the diplomatic option”.