Former Bush Aides Warn Obama to Beware of Russia's Pledge in Iran Nuclear Issue

Former aides to President Bush and Vice President Cheney are warning their successors in the Obama administration to be wary of Russian pledges of cooperation in the multilateral campaign to rein in Iran's nuclear program.

The warnings came after FOX News reported on Thursday that top Obama aides believe Russia will be willing to sign on to "much more severe" sanctions against Iran if the Islamic republic refuses to halt its uranium enrichment activity by 2010.

"Every time in this period I landed in a European capital to discuss Iran, the first thing I got was: 'What is your end game here? Tell us where you are going with this before we tell you how much we will admit Iran is going down the path to a bomb in the U.N.'

When I failed to give them a guarantee that we will not strike Iran, they stalled on moving ahead with acknowledging or using the evidence in public which in private they accepted."

Russia, he added, "was like the E.U. on hormones in this regard"...

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