WASHINGTON:
Republican and Democratic senators said on Sunday the US may ultimately have to
undertake a military strike to deter Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but
that should be the last
resort.
"That is the last
option. Everything else has to be exhausted. But to say under no circumstances
would we exercise a military option, that would be crazy," Republican Senator
John McCain of Arizona said on CBS's 'Face the
Nation.'
Democratic Senator
Evan Bayh of Illinois, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said there
are sensitive elements of Iran's nuclear programme, which, if attacked, "would
dramatically delay it's
development."
"But that should
not be an option at this point. We ought to use everything else possible keep
from getting to that juncture," he said on CNN's 'Late
Edition.'
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