WASHINGTON INTERVIEW - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, responds to a question during an interview with Gerald F. Seib, the Wall Street Journal's executive Washington editor, during the newspaper's CEO Council event in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2010. The interview focused on upcoming budget cuts within the department. Seib also is the Wall Street Journal's assistant managing editor. DOD photo by R. D. WardRobert Gates Takes Military Option Off Iranian Table -- Haaretz
A military strike on Iran would not stop its nuclear program, but there is “some evidence” that sanctions are having an effect on internal politics in the Islamic Republic, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
He told The Wall Street Journal CEO Council conference that a military strike might make matters even worse by making Iran’s nuclear program more “covert.”
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My Comment: The Iranians are taking note .... and laughing at the U.S. at the same time.