Cheney leaves open military option against Iran

US vice-president Dick Cheney today renewed Washington’s warning to Iran that “all options” were on the table if the country continued to defy UN-led efforts to get the country to abandon its nuclear programs.

At a joint news conference with Prime Minister John Howard during a visit to Australia, Cheney also said that Washington was “comfortable” with Britain’s decision to withdraw troops from Iraq, and that it was up to Australia to decide if it would do the same.