Home pagePress CenterIn the Media A CSIS event with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius & CBS Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer was quoted by the Washington Post, "Ex-Advisers Warn Against Threatening to Attack Iran."
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A CSIS event with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius & CBS Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer was quoted by the Washington Post, "Ex-Advisers Warn Against Threatening to Attack Iran."
The Bush administration should stop talking about a military attack as an option if negotiations do not immediately halt Iran's uranium reprocessing program, two former national security advisers said yesterday.
"Don't talk about 'do we bomb them now or later?' " said Brent Scowcroft, adviser to presidents Gerald R. Ford and George H.W. Bush, during a discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the negotiations between the United States and Iran.
Scowcroft added that by mentioning that threat, "we legitimize the use of force . . . and may tempt the Israelis" to carry out such a mission. He said he thinks that negotiations must continue and that sanctions have had an effect on Tehran, noting that even with elevated oil prices, Iran, alone among oil producers, is having a difficult time economically.
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