“Meanwhile, the Bush administration stands by and does nothing.”
What cave did this writer crawl out of? Bush has supported this from the get-go.
I couldn’t get this in as I excerpted, but yes W agrees with this.
From the article:
President Bush responded to the Russian-Iranian deal with conciliatory words. “If the Russians are willing to do that — which I support — then the Iranians do not need to learn how to enrich,” Bush stated at a speech in northern Virginia. “If the Iranians accept that uranium for a civilian nuclear power plant, then there’s no need for them to learn how to enrich.”
Yes, this was part of the negotiations with Iran which Iran would never accept. Another nation would provide them with Uranium that was enriched enough for fuel, but not enough for a weapon. In turn, Iran would have to give up their own enrichment program because they would no longer need it.
It gives Iran the nuclear power program that they claim to want, but removes their need for uranium enrichment which is could be used in creating a bomb.
If we can get Iran to dismantle their enrichment program, this is a big win. If they don't, then this is just cover that they will use to buy more time to complete their weapons program.
Then when is one guy in the Pub primaries going to take after Russia and China as real threats? It would play well with at least one wing of the GOP.