Giuliani to Iran: In a Giuliani administration, the "military option is on the table." [View All]

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http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/12/11/politics/fromtheroad/entry3608678.shtml

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. -- Rudy Giuliani told reporters today that if you read the NIE report carefully, it shows President Bush "deserves credit" in his decision to invade Iraq.

The fact that report cites 2003 as the year intelligence agencies say Iran backed off from a nuclear weapon tells Giuliani that, in his words, "pressure works."

Pointing to the toppling of Saddam Hussein and the invasion of Iraq, Giuliani said "if the estimate is correct, and again the estimate itself says its not sure they're correct...that they stopped moving toward nuclear arms in 2003."

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Giuliani's top advisor on Iran, Norman Podhoretz, recently said he had "dark suspicions" that the intelligence community was "leaking information calculated to undermine" President Bush after Podhoretz read the NIE report. Podhoretz also reportedly advised President Bush and adviser Karl Rove to bomb Iran in 2004.

Giuliani has said recently that he does not take the same position as Podhoretz's "dark suspicions," but wants Iran to know that in a Giuliani administration, the "military option is on the table."