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June 11, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/world/europe/11prexy.html

European Leaders Back Bush on Iran

[New York Times ] Steven Lee Myers and Nazila Fathi - President Bush won European support on Tuesday to consider additional punitive sanctions against Iran, including restrictions on its banks, if Iran rejects a package of incentives to suspend its uranium enrichment program. At a news conference after a summit meeting in Slovenia with EU leaders, Bush warned what would happen if Iran acquired a nuclear weapon. "The free world is going to say, 'Why didn't we do something about it at the time, before they developed it?' And so now is the time for there to be strong diplomacy." Bush expressed sympathy for Israeli concerns about Iran's intentions, telling a questioner at the news conference, "If you were living in Israel, you'd be a little nervous, too, if a leader in your neighborhood announced that he'd like to destroy you."

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