And I'm almost certain that the military strike is not going to achieve anything.
Panetta argued that an Israeli military strike against Iran would lead to regional war.
Mr Hagel has stoked controversy in criticising a military strike by either the US or Israel against Iran.
No Arab delegate at the conference voiced support of a possible military strike.
Previously, Mr Koizumi has said that he does not believe Mr Bush would launch a military strike against North Korea.
The belief that the US would lead a military strike against Iran was always based more on blind faith than fact.
Republicans were twice as likely as Democrats to endorse a military strike.
In an interview with CNN, Oren said that Israel is "far from even contemplating" a military strike against the Islamic republic's nuclear installations.
Mr. Panetta and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates have argued that a military strike would at best delay Iran's nuclear development for a few years.
Chief among them would be they think that a military strike is not going to be efficient and it's not going to achieve its objectives.
But these allied diplomats worry that Iran might already be emboldened and discounting the possibility of an American military strike during Mr. Obama's second term.
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Oil prices beat a hasty retreat Monday, as the dollar firmed up and the prospect of diplomatic talks with Iran soothed fears of a military strike.
He has openly challenged the idea of a US- or Israeli-led military strike against Iran, and is open to including Iran in peace talks on Afghanistan.
Michael Mullen, who has just returned from a trip to the Middle East, stated that he is concerned about the "unintended consequences" of a military strike.
Gabi Ashkenazi - who strangely received a nice medal from Mullen two years ago - is the main opponent of an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear installations.
One of the reasons the Russian government opposes a military strike on Iraq is that it does not want to invite foreign intervention in Chechnya, a would-be breakaway republic.
Diskin, a widely respected former security official, also took the two Israeli leaders to task for mis-characterizing the possible effectiveness of a military strike against Iran and its nuclear program.
Such action, they say, would go way beyond any immediate military strike and last for many years in an attempt to cut off terrorists' funding and destroy their organisations and communications.
In an effort to ease tensions after a defense conference in which Israeli officials gave the impression that Israel was planning a military strike, Mr. Netanyahu last week ordered ministers to stop talking about Iran.
If its domestic stockpile could in this way be kept below a bomb's worth, this would also ease pressure in Israel for a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities and so buy yet more time for talks.
In a statement issued without the usual summit to precede it, the G7 called on oil-producing countries to increase output in order to dampen oil prices, which have risen since June because of concern about a potential Israeli military strike on Iran.
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Admiral Boyce, 60, who was made Chief of Defence Staff in February 2001, won a reputation for outspoken remarks, including publicly voicing "extreme concern" at the impact of the firefighters' strike on military effectiveness.
Syria said the strike targeted a military research facility and vowed retaliation, but has so far refrained from any response.
They are among some 33 prisoners whom the U.S. military says went on hunger strike, including three who were hospitalized for dehydration.
Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israel's military intelligence, said the strike is a signal to Syria's ally, Tehran, that Israel is serious about the red lines it has set.
Workers at several Russian nuclear centres - some of them in closed military towns - went on strike on Monday demanding payment of huge wage backlogs by the federal authorities, Russian television reported.
For air vehicles, those goals are even more ambitious: One-third of the military's air-based strike force will be unmanned by 2010, according to the DARPA report.
That same day, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced he fired two military commanders in the wake of the strike, including Gen.
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