In the closed-door session, he seemed to allay some of the concerns of the senators about a possible military response to Iranian aggression.

This principle of restriction is to contain the possibility of Iranian aggression with in the neighboring region.

Over the years that Iraq waged war against Iran, he tried to convince the world that his country was the victim of Iranian aggression.

Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction, indeed his dictatorship kept the west safe from Iranian aggression.

Yet conciliation, already tried by France and by Mr. Reagan in trading arms for hostages, seems only to invite further Iranian aggression.

Stresses Use of Force Sheik Isa argued that Iranian aggression must be dealt with forcefully.

And they are ready to respond to Iraqi or Iranian aggression in the Middle East.

Consequently, Israel may well be the first target of Iranian aggression and it should have our guarantee of security right now.

But what about the notion that such weapons will facilitate Iranian aggression?

We aim to deter further Iranian aggression, not provoke it.