U.S. President George W. Bush insisted Tuesday that Iran
remained a danger and military options were still on the table one
day after a U.S. intelligence report said Tehran halted its nuclear
weapons program in 2003.
"The best diplomacy, effective diplomacy, is one in which all
options are on the table," Bush said at a White House news
conference.
"Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous and Iran will be
dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear
weapon."
Reiterating his call for increasing pressure on Iran over the
nuclear issue, Bush said, "The best way to ensure that the world is
peaceful in the future is for the international community to
continue to work together to say to the Iranians we are going to
isolate you."
(Xinhua News Agency December 5, 2007)
