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On December 5, State Department arms advisor Robert Einhorn said Iran's "violating international obligations and norms. It is becoming a pariah state....The timeline for its nuclear program is beginning to get shorter, so it is important we take these strong steps on an urgent basis."On December 7, Republican presidential aspirant Mitt Romney said, "Ultimately, (Iranian) regime change is what's going to be necessary." He called for "covert and overt" efforts to destabilize Tehran's government.
Other Republican candidates also escalated tensions. Newt Gingrich said he'd use "covert capability" for "regime change." Former Senator Rick Santorum said:
"There have been scientists turning up dead in Russia and in Iran. There have been computer viruses. There have been problems at their facility. I hope the United States has been involved with that." Foreign scientists helping Iran are "enemy combatant(s and should be) taken out by the United States."
An unnamed senior Western intelligence official told Israel News that "(t)here is deep concern within (Iran's) senior leadership....that they will be (targeted by) a surprise military strike by either Israel of the US."
According to Britain's Daily Mail, Guardian and Independent, it's already begun to control regional oil and gas riches.
blockquote>On December 19, Secretary of Defense Panetta suggested Iran's a year away for having nuclear weapons. Washington "will take whatever steps necessary to deal with it," he said.
On December 20, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey said "the options we are developing are evolving to a point that they would be executable, if necessary." He added that his "biggest worry is that (Iranians) will miscalculate our resolve."
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