'U.S. warns of 'punitive' action on Iran' - here we go again

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Iran may face "punitive" measures because of its insufficient response to an incentives package offered in return for a cutback in its nuclear program, a senior White House official said Wednesday.

"In the absence of a positive response to the generous offer that we provided in our incentives package, I think that the allies will have no choice but to take further measures that would be punitive," spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to Thailand, the next stage of a week-long Asian tour by President George W. Bush, she said Iran's response to the package "doesn't look like it's anything worth writing home about."

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–adjective
serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.

a puny President.