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    Def Sec'y Panetta: Pressure must be kept on Iran

    By ROBERT BURNS | Associated Press – Fri, Feb 3, 2012

    RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday the key to stopping Iran from getting a nuclear bomb is keeping global support for tough economic sanctions.

    Speaking to US airmen in Germany, Panetta reiterated that if Iran does not change course, the US is "prepared to respond if we have to."

    Panetta was responding to an airman who asked at what point the United States would get involved in Israel's potential conflict with Iran. Panetta sidestepped that aspect of the Iran issue and focused on international efforts to persuade Iran to not build the bomb.

    He reiterated that all U.S. options are on the table, implying the possibility of using military force.

    "My view is that right now the most important thing is to keep the international community unified," Panetta said, "so we're keeping that pressure on to convince Iran that they shouldn't develop a nuclear weapon, that they should join the international family of nations" and abide by international norms.

    "If they don't, we have all options on the table and would be prepared to respond if we have to," he said.

    U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta won't dispute a report that he believes Israel may attack Iran this spring in an attempt to set back the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

    On Thursday, Panetta was asked by reporters to comment on a Washington Post opinion column by David Ignatius that said the secretary believes there is a "strong likelihood" that Israel will attack Iran in April, May or June. Ignatius did not say who told him this.

    Asked whether he disputes the report, Panetta said, "No, I'm just not commenting."

    He added, "What I think and what I view, I consider that to be an area that belongs to me and nobody else."

    Panetta noted that Israel has stated publicly that it is considering military action against Iran. He said the U.S. has "indicated our concerns."

    Panetta was at Ramstein Air Base Friday to visit troops after attending NATO meetings in Brussels. Later Friday, he was heading to Munich to attend an international security conference Saturday where Iran was certain to be among the topics discussed.

     
    • ...
      ...  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      I am surprised by all the Americans willing to go into WWIII! What is wrong with you people? Have you not been humbled enough by all the poverty and problems we face at home? Do we all need radiation poisoning now too??
      • He's Socialist
        He's Socialist 3 mths ago
        The SUREST way to WWIII is if Iran is not stopped BEFORE they finish their nuclear weapons. If they get their hands on a nuclera bomb...there WILL be trouble..BIG trouble.

        Guaranteed.
      • Jack
        Jack 3 mths ago
        You don't to worry about "poverty and problems we face at home".....after we get nuked by Iran
      • Kirkwood
        Kirkwood 3 mths ago
        He's socialist: Join the marines now so you will be ready for the front when it happens. It's easy to declare war from your armchair. Like Bush, Cheney, and Ashcroft.
    • Robert
      Robert  •  Los Gatos, California  •  3 mths ago
      The propaganda machine is in full swing. Iran has no capability to create a nuclear weapon as stated by our own CIA and the UN. Wake up, we don't need more endless war for corporate profit and resource pillaging. This is all propaganda to build up the case for war again...
      • Marcel
        Marcel 3 mths ago
        I'm sure we didn't think the North Koreans could build nuclear weapons either.
      • Robert
        Robert 3 mths ago
        I could careless if Iran actually built one, which they can't and won't. They need it for protection from the terrorist state of Israel who has 300+ of them.
    • Edmarc
      Edmarc  •  Montgomery, Alabama  •  3 mths ago
      Don't ask me to go fight your illegal foreign war. After Iraq, I am so done with wars that have nothing to do with our freedom.
      • stpetejohnny
        stpetejohnny 3 mths ago
        Hmmmm....we destroy Iraq on a lie and they were no threat to the US, but they were a threat to that little worthless country nearby.
    • m.r
      m.r  •  3 mths ago
      Has Hillary Clinton conceded her diplomatic position as Secretary of State ... to Defense Secretary Panetta? The military stands ready to execute the commands of the President and the Congress. It is not called upon to ... incite conflict. Who is in charge at the White House ... ? Mossad ?
      • beni
        beni 3 mths ago
        Ask Panetta,ask Hillary ask Obama,
        America is the Democratic nation and it is known when a citizen send a letter to his elected people he get answers to his questions
    • A PT always
      A PT always  •  Lugano, Switzerland  •  3 mths ago
      Trusting the U.S. government and what it says? George W. Bush, the Stanford girl and his retinue: Weapons of Mass Destruction? Mushroom clouds over America? Yellow cake? What crapola! Here's something to remember every time you even consider "trusting" in the U.S. government:

      "To trust is to bust,
      To bust is hell.
      No trust, no bust, no hell."
      ~ Capt. E.F. Holliday, Royal Canadian Air force, WW-2
    • lee
      lee  •  3 mths ago
      The U.S. military doesn't have the people to send to another conflict. The people in charge have cut our military down to a size where it cannot even do its job correctly any more. The president and the sec of defense have cut the ARMY down to around 32 CBT's, when it had around 45 BCT's. The National Guard and Reservers the face cutting back too. These people want to send our men and women into harms way with little or nothing to to the job they are required to do. GOD help them with people who are in charge of the govt. cause it sure isn't the PEOPLE.
      • ...
        ... 3 mths ago
        Google: "US Inteal Director prepares public for False Flag Event"
        In this report released Jan 31, it states that if we go to war, they may have to force enlistment by law. Read it if you don't believe me- it was released by Brookings.edu called Iran Strategy Path to Persia and Yahoo wont let me link it here
      • sally
        sally 3 mths ago
        If Nukes are involved I am pretty sure they won't be sending many in...it will be getting em out.
      • Michael
        Michael 3 mths ago
        Any military action we take will be strategic air strikes to their nuclear facilities and defense apparatus, we are not going to invade Iran!
    • Liberal 1
      Liberal 1  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  3 mths ago
      The greed and desire to control the world by the U.S. govt. brought these problems on America.Your govt. could care less about you.Anyone with half a brain can see this now.This is why the govt. bails out the rich and powerful while leaving the little man to flounder.The U.S. govt is lying to the American people about everything! They lied about 9/11.They lied about the threat Saddam posed to the U.S. They lied about Afghanistan.They lied about Vietnam.And still the American people fall into line like good little citizens and swallows all the crap they are fed through false propaganda. To trust the U.S. is not being "patriotic". It is being stupid and uneducated about what happens in the real world,not the fairy tale world the U.S. govt wants you to see.
    • StopUSA
      StopUSA  •  3 mths ago
      So North Korea having nuclear capabilities while we have 70,000 US Military in South Korea is no problem? Why not?
    • ...
      ...  •  3 mths ago
      Google up : "US Intel director prepares public for false flag event"

      This is exactly what is being planned. Note: No sitting president has ever lost an election during a crisis of war!
    • 2 Party System is BROKEN
      2 Party System is BROKEN  •  3 mths ago
      I don't give a CH!T about the Middle East, NO MORE WAR!!!

      NO MORE U.S. LIVES!!!
      NO MORE U.S. MONEY!!!
    • Charles
      Charles  •  3 mths ago
      Yay, let's have another war. We'll just print more money and borrow from China to pay for it. Can't wait. Maybe we can give them an awesome democracy like we gave Iraq. Then we can maybe work on ours.
    • Robert
      Robert  •  Los Gatos, California  •  3 mths ago
      Yahoo just removed all the thumbs up from my comments again.. figures as they love censorship and war propaganda.
    • steve
      steve  •  3 mths ago
      Must be yet another election year in the USA. I can hear the war drums beating.
    • gifted1
      gifted1  •  Newark, New Jersey  •  3 mths ago
      I don`t trust israel....

      They are going to attack Iran and only tell the USA after their planes are in the air...

      And than ask us to back them up....

      Making us, once again, look like their tool.
    • jim
      jim  •  3 mths ago
      PINHEADA
    • Charles
      Charles  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Looks like that Airman hit a nerve when he asked a question Panetta was trying to side step. Reminds me of when an Army Reservist asked a question to Rumsfield years earlier about more protection for the humvees they were driving. I notice our politicians are careful to address military audiences for support and not civilians who want an end to Wars. In other words, addressing a crowd they can control over a crowd of Civilians that can come up with negative surprises. Is this because they want to tell all of us they have the backing to start another War?

      The bottom line is, will Israel force us into this War with Iran? And what kind of backing will we get from our NATO Allies, especially from France, Germany and Russia? Or will they be sitting on the sidelines watching us like they did in Iraq?
    • Balrog
      Balrog  •  3 mths ago
      The Obama administration's idea of stopping iran from getting a nuclear weapon:
      "Stop it, Iran, stop it. Please stop it..pretty please" *wagging fore finger left to right*

      This idiot and his band of idiots must go, before he starts WW3.
    • jason
      jason  •  3 mths ago
      Sheep were led into Iraq, sheep about to get led into Iran.
    • john
      john  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      to all the war hawks, in the next war you and your sons and daughters go first, you won't be a war hawk long, and what threat does Iran pose against us the country with what 2500 nuke war heads, and if Saudi arabia or Israel want to take out the real threats to them thats their right as free nations but don't include us in it. Solar, wind and Clean coal from our own borders and the hell with OPEC.
    • Tugg Mydik
      Tugg Mydik  •  3 mths ago
      Are these morons for real? What pressure? It's like this country is being run by the imbecile administration!
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