Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Defense Secretary Gates
that a military option must be used when dealing with Iran. Barak
met Tuesday with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates mid Israeli concerns
that the United States is backpedaling in its determination to keep Iran
from obtaining a nuclear bomb. He also met separately with U.S. Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Israel prefers tougher sanctions, Barak told reporters after meeting with
Gates, but "we should bear in mind that no option should be removed from
the table,: which he called the "formal" position of the United States.
"We should mean it when we say it," Barak added.
Barak said he and Gates agreed that the United States within months would
integrate Israel into its early warning system, helping the Jewish state
to detect missile launches.
