Secretary of defense Chuck Hagel said he does not know if current administration policy toward Iran will prevent the regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.
�I don�t know if all of these efforts that we�re applying in dealing with Iran�one being the international economic sanctions�will in fact change their attitude about what we think is their objective, moving toward a nuclear weapon� Hagel�told reporters�at an air base in Southwest Asia. �I don�t know if what we�re doing will shift their thoughts or their approach.� Nonetheless, the defense secretary argued that we have both time and the international community on our side and that up to this point, sanctions have been effective.

The�Washington Post�reported�last month that, though Iran is now subject to the toughest sanctions in its history, experts say it has thus far managed to resist the pressure �through a combination of clever tactics, political repression and old-fashioned stubbornness.�

Nuclear talks earlier this month broke up without progress on the issue.

By National Review Online

 

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