Obama continues to escalate US trangression on Sovereign Nation Rights will others pursue Diplomacy

Obama: window for solving Iran crisis without attack is shrinking
14 March, 2012 – Al-Akhbar

US President Barack Obama reiterated on Wednesday that the US was considering a military attack in Iran and said the opportunity to solve the issue diplomatically was “shrinking.”

In a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Obama said that the situation was coming to a head.

Asked if he thought that April’s six-nation negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program represented a last chance to solve the situation without Israel bombing Iranian nuclear facilities, Obama suggested that was the case.

“I have sent a message very directly to [the Iranians] publicly, that they need to seize this opportunity of negotiations with the P5 plus one to avert further consequences.”

“They should understand that because the international community has applied so many sanctions, because we have employed so many of the options that are available to us to persuade Iran to take a different course, the window for solving this issue diplomatically is shrinking,” he said.

Assad will go

President Obama also discussed the continuing conflict in Syria and said he would try his hardest to ensure the downfall of President Assad.

UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan this week presented Assad with a list of demands to help bring about peace in the country.

The list is understood to have made no reference to Assad stepping down but President Obama said he was set on regime change.

“Just as the regime and security forces continue to suffer defection the opposition is growing stronger. Assad will leave power, it is not a question of if but when,” he said. …more