If world powers are not successful in efforts to contain the Iranian nuclear threat, an Israeli strike on Iran could become a reality, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said during a visit to Beirut, the Daily Telegraph reported Monday.
The French foreign minister suggested that time was indeed short for a solution to the Iranian threat. “There is the time that Israel will offer us before reacting, because Israel will react as soon as they know clearly that there is a threat.”

They made it official, war may be on the horizon.
PITTSBURGH — President Obama and the leaders of Britain and France accused Iran on Friday of building a secret underground plant to manufacture nuclear fuel, saying the country has hidden the covert operation from international weapons inspectors for years.
Appearing before reporters in Pittsburgh, Mr. Obama said that the Iranian nuclear program “represents a direct challenge to the basic foundation of the nonproliferation regime.” President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said that Iran had a deadline of two months to comply with international …

More reason to believe war with Iran may be immanent.
UN/PARIS, September 23 (RIA Novosti) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that Iran should be given until December to meet international demands over its nuclear program.
The UN Security Council has told Iran to freeze its nuclear program, which many Western countries believe is aimed at building an atomic weapon. The Islamic Republic says the program is for civilian energy generation.
“There will be a deadline, which in my mind is the month of December,” Sarkozy said in an interview with …