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Top U.S. General: Military Options for Stopping Iran's Nuclear Program Have Improved


(New York Times) Thom Shanker - After meetings this week with senior Israeli officials, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he "sensed agreement" that diplomatic initiatives and economic sanctions "were having an effect" on Iran. The Israelis "of course want us to continue to present a credible military threat to support those diplomatic and economic efforts....Since I was here last year, we have better military options than we did a year ago." "That's because we've continued to refine them," he said. "We've continued to develop technology, we've continued to train and plan."
2013-08-15 00:00:00
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