Has the world dallied too long?
DEBKAfile - DEBKAfile Exclusive: Olmert sounds alarm: Iran has crossed red line for developing a nuclear weapon. It’s too late for sanctions: "Olmert sounds alarm: Iran has crossed red line for developing a nuclear weapon. It’s too late for sanctions October 22, 2007, 2:18 PM (GMT+02:00) This is the message prime minister Ehud Olmert is carrying urgently to French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday and British premier Gordon Brown Tuesday, according to DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources. Last week, Olmert placed the Israeli intelligence warning of an Iranian nuclear breakthrough before Russian president Vladimir Putin, while Israel’s defense minister Ehud Barak presented the updated intelligence on the advances Iran has made towards its goal of a nuclear weapon to American officials in Washington, including President Bush. Olmert will be telling Sarkozy and Brown that the moment for diplomacy or even tough sanctions has passed. Iran can only be stopped now from going all the way to its goal by direct, military action. Information of the Iranian breakthrough prompted the latest spate of hard-hitting US statements. Sunday, Oct. 21, US vice president Cheney said: 'Our country, and the entire international community, cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its grandest ambitions.'' Friday, the incoming Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,"
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