Nbadan
07-17-2007, 02:35 AM
3 Aircraft carriers are in the Gulf along with half our naval fleet and 340,000 troops right next door...the Senate recently passed a bill condemning Iran, the U,N, security council is considering tougher measures, although I'm sure they'll stay away from misleading references like, 'dangerous, or serious consequences"...Iraq is going badly, and we need to move our troops some where else....time for war with Iran...
Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran
Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Julian Borger
Monday July 16, 2007
The Guardian
The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favour of military action before President George Bush leaves office in 18 months, the Guardian has learned.
The shift follows an internal review involving the White House, the Pentagon and the state department over the last month. Although the Bush administration is in deep trouble over Iraq, it remains focused on Iran. A well-placed source in Washington said: "Bush is not going to leave office with Iran still in limbo."
The White House claims that Iran, whose influence in the Middle East has increased significantly over the last six years, is intent on building a nuclear weapon and is arming insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. The vice-president, Dick Cheney, has long favoured upping the threat of military action against Iran. He is being resisted by the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and the defence secretary, Robert Gates.
Last year Mr Bush came down in favour of Ms Rice, who along with Britain, France and Germany has been putting a diplomatic squeeze on Iran. But at a meeting of the White House, Pentagon and state department last month, Mr Cheney expressed frustration at the lack of progress and Mr Bush sided with him. "The balance has tilted. There is cause for concern," the source said this week.
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The Washington source said Mr Bush and Mr Cheney did not trust any potential successors in the White House, Republican or Democratic, to deal with Iran decisively. They are also reluctant for Israel to carry out any strikes because the US would get the blame in the region anyway.
Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2127343,00.html)
The NeoCons figure that they can't win in 08. Giuliani is a bust, Fred Thompson still has skeletons and Mitt Romney will never get the support of hard-core wing-nuts. Iraq is supposed to be the staging ground for attacking Iran, but if a Demo wins in 08, he/she pulls us out of Iraq and it's gonna be many years before the U.S. dives back into that costly cluster-fuck.
However, the danger is that attacking Iran would likely set off a regional war that would involve Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and Northern Iraq...
Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran
Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Julian Borger
Monday July 16, 2007
The Guardian
The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favour of military action before President George Bush leaves office in 18 months, the Guardian has learned.
The shift follows an internal review involving the White House, the Pentagon and the state department over the last month. Although the Bush administration is in deep trouble over Iraq, it remains focused on Iran. A well-placed source in Washington said: "Bush is not going to leave office with Iran still in limbo."
The White House claims that Iran, whose influence in the Middle East has increased significantly over the last six years, is intent on building a nuclear weapon and is arming insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. The vice-president, Dick Cheney, has long favoured upping the threat of military action against Iran. He is being resisted by the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and the defence secretary, Robert Gates.
Last year Mr Bush came down in favour of Ms Rice, who along with Britain, France and Germany has been putting a diplomatic squeeze on Iran. But at a meeting of the White House, Pentagon and state department last month, Mr Cheney expressed frustration at the lack of progress and Mr Bush sided with him. "The balance has tilted. There is cause for concern," the source said this week.
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The Washington source said Mr Bush and Mr Cheney did not trust any potential successors in the White House, Republican or Democratic, to deal with Iran decisively. They are also reluctant for Israel to carry out any strikes because the US would get the blame in the region anyway.
Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2127343,00.html)
The NeoCons figure that they can't win in 08. Giuliani is a bust, Fred Thompson still has skeletons and Mitt Romney will never get the support of hard-core wing-nuts. Iraq is supposed to be the staging ground for attacking Iran, but if a Demo wins in 08, he/she pulls us out of Iraq and it's gonna be many years before the U.S. dives back into that costly cluster-fuck.
However, the danger is that attacking Iran would likely set off a regional war that would involve Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and Northern Iraq...