“Iran Cannot Be Stopped Militarily”
“A military option doesn’t exist. You can only delay” Iranian nuclear armament through military means, according to Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, speaking to journalists Tuesday on the sidelines of the Herzliya Conference.
Asked if the world could live with a nuclear Iran, he replied with the question, “Can you stop it? The only way we can be certain of succeeding is an agreement with Iran that’s verifiable. Military options won’t do the trick.”
Bildt also spoke of the Annapolis process, which he believes is the best possibility for peace between Israel and the Palestinians to date.
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt..
“There are three factors now that we haven’t seen before,” he explained. “There is an Israeli prime minister who said there’s a partner for peace, the active involvement of the world seen at the Paris donors’ conference, and suddenly the active involvement of the United States.”
According to Bildt, the world sees a “virtual collapse of the Gazan economy” with recent Israeli cuts to the strip’s fuel supply. He warned that “Israel will be seen in the eyes of the world as responsible for a humanitarian disaster.” Even if Israel tries to end its responsibility for the Gaza Strip, “you can’t get rid of responsibility for access” to the Strip, Bildt said.
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