Posted on 06/11/2008 10:38:10 AM PDT by SmithL
MESEBERG, Germany (AP) -- President Bush on Wednesday raised unprompted the possibility of a military strike to thwart Tehran's presumed nuclear weapons ambitions, speaking bullishly on Iran even as he admitted having been unwise to do so previously about Iraq.
Bush's host in two days of meetings at a baroque castle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, made clear her views on the saber-rattling — however subtle — without directly countering her guest. "I very clearly pin my hopes on diplomatic efforts," Merkel said, reflecting the deeply held European opinion that military action against Iran is nearly unthinkable.
Merkel joined Bush in urging further sanctions against Iran if it fails to suspend its uranium enrichment program.
Iran's leader weighed in, too. Speaking before thousands in the central Iranian city of Shahr-e-Kord, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Bush "won't be able to harm even one centimeter of the sacred land of Iran" and promised continued defiance over Iran's nuclear activities. Iran says it is enriching uranium to generate electricity, not build a bomb — a claim the West doubts is true.
"In the past two, three years, they employed all their might, resorted to propaganda ... and sanctions," Ahmadinejad said. "If the enemy thinks they can break the Iranian nation with pressure, they are wrong."
Bush has alternated lately between slightly more conciliatory and slightly more forceful language on Iran.
Within the coded language of the U.S. attitude toward Iran, several small changes in Bush's rhetoric Wednesday added up to a difference. Three times, he called a diplomatic solution "my first choice," implying there are others.
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Bomb, bomb Iran
3 years too late, but I’ll take it.
Better late than never.
Git ‘er done already. This boil needs lancing.
"You know Barry, that summit you were going to have with Ahmadinejad? Well, I took care of that for you. And, if you develope a spine, his successor should be much more amiable to the United States now."
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
VOTE NOBAMANATION 2008
We have troops in Iraq and troops in Afghanistan. They need a large parking lot for their tanks, humvees, helicopters etc... Well, Iran is right in between them, perfect!!
Operation Crimson. The invasion of Canada. Just in case the Brits went with the Paperhanger.
There goes his chances for re-election!
Bombing a bunch of buildings and bunkers isn’t enough. So I doubt W. bombs them. I don’t think W. is willing to wipe them off the face of the earth.... which is what it would take to end their nuclear program.
And they know this.
QUIT TALKIN’ AND START DROPPIN’!!
Militant
wow..I mean if this isn’t a case of the lame stream media creating a story rather then just reporting it...nowhere in the article is the first paragraph of this story jusitified...
We’re already asking enough of our soldiers without adding another front to the war. I don’t support expanding it to include Iran.
Won’t be a ground war, mysterio, it’ll be death from above.
Militant
Price of oil probably went $20pbb on that news.
I look at it from an economic standpoint. The dollar is worthless already, I would hate to see what it would look like after we borrow money from the Chinese to go to war with Iran.
We don’t need another “Hearts & Minds” war. Sufficient “Shock & Awe” will do just fine.
Of course, sanctions are the way to go. We all know how well they worked in overthrowing Castro, toppling Hussein and removing the horny little toad from power in North Korea.
As a matter of fact, the president should appoint a Sanctions Czar and ask Congress to fund a Bureau of Sanctions.
Another phantom story. Examples:
The recession of 2008 that never happened.
The hurricane season of 2007 that never happened.
The housing crisis of 2008 that never happened.
The flu deaths of 2007/2008 that never happened.
The war with Iran that never happened.
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