Clinton: US Won't Hesitate to Use Military Against Iran

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Not a Threat, It's a Promise, Secretary of State Tells CFR

by Jason Ditz, July 15, 2009


In a high-profile policy address before the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared that the [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This No Hillary For President Forum Link. .
She elaborated on the declaration with “this is not an option we seek nor is it a threat; it is a promise.” Clinton also warned Iran that the US offer to hold talks, which she had previously said she didn’t expect to work to begin with, [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This No Hillary For President Forum Link. and that “our willingness to talk is not a sign of weakness.”
Today’s comments are the latest in a long line of bellicose rhetoric coming from the Secretary of State. Last month during a television interview she said that Iran was risking the possibility of a US invasion, [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This No Hillary For President Forum Link. .
The US has been [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This No Hillary For President Forum Link. , and several officials have claimed, despite a stark lack of evidence, that [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This No Hillary For President Forum Link. . The IAEA has [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This No Hillary For President Forum Link. s, and America’s own National Intelligence Estimate says they don’t believe Iran has an active weapons program either.