McCain says US will never allow a 'second Holocaust'

AFP
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said the United States would "never allow a second Holocaust," in an interview with Israeli TV on Monday about Iran's nuclear programme.

McCain said however that diplomatic options had not been exhausted and further sanctions might compel Iran to halt its nuclear drive, which Israel and the West believe is aimed at developing atomic weapons.

"I think that we Americans joining with our European allies can impose significant and very impactful sanctions on Iran which I think could modify their behavior," McCain told Israel's Channel 2 in a Washington interview.

"I would hope that we could succeed in that direction and I have some optimism we can, but I have to look you in the eye and tell you that the United States of America can never allow a second Holocaust."

Iran has always said its nuclear programme is solely aimed at producing energy for its growing population.

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