The unbelievable hypocrisy of MSM Davos claim: the Hypocrite McCain

US should retain military threat on Iran: McCain

Fri Jan 27, 2006 09:01 PM ET

By Evelyn Leopold
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The United States should keep the threat of using force against Iran as a last resort if it wanted leverage in the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, U.S. Senator John McCain said on Friday.

McCain, a prominent member of U.S. President George W. Bush's Republican Party, told a panel at the World Economic Forum that Iran needed to be referred to the U.N. Security Council, even if no one knew whether sanctions would be imposed.

"We have to keep the military option as the last option but not take it off the table," said McCain. "Otherwise I am not sure how we have any significant leverage."

Washington and the European Union are trying to persuade the International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Iran to the Security Council over suspicions it is secretly trying to develop atomic bombs. Iran says its nuclear program is for power generation.


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