Bush to say wants Iranians to have greater freedom

[Nbadan]

Bush to say wants Iranians to have greater freedom


WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will offer words of support on Tuesday in his State of the Union address to Iranians who want greater freedom as U.S. diplomats push for sanctions over the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

Bush is walking a tightrope with his Iran policy, denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for refusing to halt a nuclear program the West suspects is aimed at developing an atomic weapon, while encouraging freedom in Iran and not alienating the Iranian people.

"We want the people of Iran to be able to live in a free society," Bush said during a Cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss his annual State of the Union speech. "So tomorrow night I am going to talk about this issue and make clear the policy of the United States."

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"We believe they are great people and they want greater freedoms and the president has said multiple times that we stand behind them in their quest for freedom. He's not saying, 'rise up and overthrow,' but that we stand behind them in their quest for greater freedom," said an administration official.

ALERT NET (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30290443.htm)

Freedom is on the March!

Wait a minute, isn't Iran alreay a Democracy?

Is W taking our freedoms there, so we don't have to have them here?

[Oh, Gee!!]

Is W taking our freedoms there, so we don't have to have them here?

It's like I told Xray in another thread:


there's only so much to go around. The more we spread to other countries, the less we have for ourselves.

[Nbadan]

Eh, Wing-nuts will buy into it, just watch.

There are massive US corporations that have large investments and facilities in Iran (Halliburton being one of them). The Carlyle Group also has very close ties to the Iranian government. These corporations are run by some of the most powerful men in the world to the point where they have a hand in directing the distribution of campaign contributions not only in the US, but the countries where they have interests.

The United States Government has no choice but to protect these corporation's interests in places where the largest stakes are held, namely, Iran, China, etc.

As much as an strictly isolationist policy may bolster manufacturing jobs and individual incomes, the global community is established. There is no turning back. Yes, pre-emptive strikes on defenseless nations based on lies is not only absolutely ludicrous, but the actions of the purely stupid and arrogant. What I'm saying is, the US government will not stop having a global presence, but the military option must be curtailed or it's all of us who will suffer the consequences.

[mookie2001]

ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL

dan is funnier than all of you combined

and owns the neocons daily beyond constant regulation











dan for POSTER of the year

[Peter]

You guys should get out more. If you're a shut-in, I apologize in advance.

[Darrin]

"Fri'dum." Why is it whenever I hear his swinty-ass-no-lip-slur spew that word, I think America's about to invade a desert in Western Asia?

[exstatic]

I'm sure the Iranians are doing a quick peek next door, and saying "No thanks".

[Vashner]

I actually think Dubya too timid on this. If they can't have WMD then the plants should of been taken out long time ago.

They could have enough crude material to make a WWII style atom bomb easily by now.

If something blows up it's Dubya's fault for not taking that shit out early. Unless they purchased a nuke from former USSR underground. There are still 14 warheads missing from Ukraine's inventory.