Gates: Diplomacy is best option on Iran

From: The Washington Times | September 27, 2009 

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says that economic sanctions and diplomacy — not military action — for now appears the best way to force Iran to halt its nuclear program. “The reality is, there is no military option that does anything more than buy time,” Mr. Gates said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The only way you end up not having a nuclear-capable Iran is for the Iranian government to decide that their security is diminished by having those weapons, as opposed to strengthened. “While you don’t take options off the table, I think there’s still room left for …

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