The Real News US: Strike can't stop Iran's N-program

United StatesSecretary of Defense Robert Gates has rejected the idea of any future military action against Iran, saying no strike can stop Tehran's atomic program. Gates told a conference on Tuesday that military action would not stop Iran's atomic program and instead it would only make it deeper and would strengthen the country's unity.
The United Statesdefense chief said he believed diplomacy was the best way to resolve Iran's atomic issue.
Gates made the comments in response to Israeli pressure on the Obama administration to take a tougher action against Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting the United Statesearlier this week, called on the West to adopt severe measures against Iran, saying, "The only time Iran suspended its program was in 2003, when it believed it faced a military action."
The Israeli prime minister also told US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday that only a military threat can deter Iran from building a atomic weapon, arguing that economic sanctions have failed to persuade Iran to stop its nuclear program.
While discounting Israeli and United Statesmilitary threats as unwise and suicidal, Iranian officials and commanders have repeatedly issued stern warning that in case of such an attack, the reply would be immediate, severe, and wide-ranging.
Israel, widely believed to be the solitary possessor of nuclear weaponry in the Middle East, has repeatedly voiced its determination to halt Iran's atomic program, even through military means.
Tel Aviv has rejected global demands to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and does not allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to observe its controversial nuclear program.
Unlike Israel, Iran is a signatory to NPT and has stated that it has no plans to develop a military atomic program.
Washington and its western allies, however, incriminate Iran of developing a military atomic program and used this pretext to pressure the UN Security Council to impose a fourth round of sanctions against Iran's financial sectors in June.
Tehran has strongly refuted the charges, saying it has the right to enrich uranium to manufacture fuel for law-abiding purposes.
Tehran says all its nuclear activities have been under the full supervision of the IAEA and the agency has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities but has never found any information to indicate that the Islamic Republic's civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production.

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