Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran, Monday April, 9, 2007.Ex-Cheney Aide: Bush Won't Hit Iran -- Jerusalem Post
US President George W. Bush will not attack Iran to halt its nuclear weapons program before his term ends in January, David Wurmser, a key national security adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney up until last year, has told The Jerusalem Post.
"No, Bush won't go," Wurmser said when asked whether he thought the US president would want to take military action before he left office.
Wurmser's comments came after a day-long roundtable this week in Brussels on nuclear nonproliferation sponsored by the European Jewish Congress.
"Two things have to be in place for there to be an attack," Wurmser said. "That time has run out, and that diplomacy has run out. The feeling to a large extent now is that diplomacy is working, that there is a trend in the regime toward moderation, that pressure is building on the regime."
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My Comment: He was an aide up to last year, but he is right when many of today's policies and announcements are more in line with Secretary Rice's approach towards a diplomatic resolution with Iran than with Vice President Cheney.