Iran Sanctions Are Meant to Prevent War, Bush Aide« Thread Started on Oct 26, 2007, 6:47am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Iran Sanctions Are Meant to Prevent War, Bush Aides SayBy Michael Abramowitz and Robin WrightWashington Post Staff Writers Friday, October 26, 2007; Page A17 read at source>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... wsletterIn approving far-reaching, new unilateral sanctions against Iran, President Bush signaled yesterday that he intends to pursue a strategy of gradually escalating financial, diplomatic and political pressure on Tehran, aimed not at starting a new war in the Middle East, his advisers said, but at preventing one.