From The Washington Times:
Inside the Ring
By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough
French option
We hear from a reliable defense source that senior French military officials do not think ongoing efforts will stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Instead, the French high command talks privately of containing Iran once it becomes a nuclear power.
President Bush, of course, has other ideas. He wants European negotiators to insist that Tehran's Islamic hard-liners end the country's nuclear weapons ambitions.
More than a few retired U.S. military officers say they would not be surprised if Mr. Bush ordered air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities if no commitment comes by late 2008 as the president's second, and final, term ends. (Emphasis mine.)
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