GOP Senator: Bush 'dead right' about 'World War III' with Iran

Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin (D-MI) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appear on CBS' Face the Nation to discuss the Bush Administration's posturing against Iran, and whether or not "World War III" is imminent, given increasing rhetoric among the Administration and the news media alike.

Levin and Graham both see Iran as a danger, and both in one way or another support the "military option" to address it. Levin seeks a more diplomatic approach with a secondary "military option" in light of recent sanctions, and insists that the zeal with which the Administration props up Iran as a threat will only serve to strengthen the "fanatics" that will present themselves as martyrs in the public eye.

Graham calls for the United States to be aggressive in seeking to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon. Graham insists that "time is not on our side" against a regime that has openly expressed what he says is a desire to "destroy Israel," and that he says seeks to enrich uranium for weapons purposes rather than simply adopt nuclear power. More....