White House denies Army Radio report on plan to attack Iran JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST May. 20, 2008 The White House on Tuesday flatly denied an Army Radio report that claimed US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term. It said that while the military option had not been taken off the table, the Administration preferred to resolve concerns about Iran's push for a nuclear weapon "through peaceful diplomatic means." Army Radio had quoted a top official in Jerusalem claiming that a senior member in the entourage of President Bush, who concluded a trip to Israel last week, had said in a closed meeting here that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were of the opinion that military action against Iran was called for. The official reportedly went on to say that "the hesitancy of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice" was preventing the administration from deciding to launch such an attack on the Islamic Republic for the time being. The Army Radio report, which was quoted by The Jerusalem Post and resonated widely, stated that according to assessments in Israel, the recent turmoil in Lebanon, where Hizbullah has de facto established control of the country, was advancing an American attack. Bush, the official reportedly said, considered Hizbullah's show of strength to constitute evidence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's growing influence. In Bush's view, the official said, "the disease must be treated - not its symptoms." However, the White House on Tuesday afternoon dismissed the story. In a statement, it said that "[the US] remain opposed to Iran's ambitions to obtain a nuclear weapon. To that end, we are working to bring tough diplomatic and economic pressure on the Iranians to get them to change their behavior and to halt their uranium enrichment program. It went on: "As the President has said, no president of the United States should ever take options off the table, but our preference and our actions for dealing with this matter remain through peaceful diplomatic means. Nothing has changed in that regard." In an address to the Knesset during his visit here last week, Bush said that "the president of Iran dreams of returning the Middle East to the Middle Ages." "America stands with you in firmly opposing Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions," Bush said. "Permitting the world's leading sponsor of terror to possess the world's deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations. For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon."
I know Country Joe McDonald is still around........... "Come on Mothers, Across the Land. Send your kid off to Ole' Tehran....... "Be the first one on the block to have a kid turn it into a Rock."
chicken-hawk; a political epithet used in the United States to criticize a politician, bureaucrat, or commentator who strongly supports a war or other military action, but has never personally been in a war, especially if that person actively avoided military service when of draft age. I'm not if if I qualify or not. I'm neither a politician, bureaucrat, or commentator. And I registered for the draft within days of my 18th birthday. What's more I would have gladly served if called. So I'll let you decide. Not that I really give a rat's shit what you think.
Hey ZZZzzzzzzz (Sleeper... sleeper cell?), What would Hillary do? "U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal: We cannot, we should not, we must not permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons," the Democrat told a crowd of Israel supporters. "In dealing with this threat ... no option can be taken off the table." "We need to use every tool at our disposal, including diplomatic and economic in addition to the threat and use of military force." Hillary Clinton http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/02/america/NA-GEN-US-Clinton-Iran.php
go sign up boy... are you chicken? i hate these little children that think they are rambo. im sorry.. keyboard rambo! doesn't know anything about politics or the horrors of war but can't wait to see little baby's heads ripped off their bodies. you make me sick you little piece of filth.