Obama says goal 'to eliminate' Iran threat

Obama says goal 'to eliminate' Iran threat:

“The Iranian regime supports violent extremes. And challenges across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous arms race,” he told AIPAC's annual meeting in Washington.

Calling for “aggressive, principled diplomacy” to tackle the problem of the Islamic regime in Tehran, he also warned he would never take the military option off the table in guaranteeing US and Israeli security.

Obama doesn't take “the military option off the table”, but Bush and McCain have diplomacy off the table -- what options does that leave them??