http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/politics/18nukes.html?ei=5065&en=f3105a526f76ab15&ex=1106629200&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&position=Are these f&*kers just dragging us toward World War or what? I would think that since "chimpy" has destroyed our economy to the point that China is propping us up by buying all our worthless dollars, it would not be a good idea to start rattling sabres in their direction. I am scared to admit it, but I really think that China has been the target all along. Once their economy gets humming, lookout. They've been around for what, 5000 years??! Me thinks they know how to survive, and that this little "temper tantrum" from the chimp could turn out rather badly for us all. God effing help us!
"The Bush administration imposed penalties this month against some of China's largest companies for aiding Iran's efforts to improve its ballistic missiles. The move is part of an effort by the White House and American intelligence agencies to identify and slow important elements of Iran's weapons programs.
"We suspect that the Iranians also have the Chinese bomb design," a former senior American official said several months ago, referring to a design that Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani nuclear scientist, acquired from China, sold to Libya and was suspected of peddling elsewhere. "What everyone is looking for is the missile that matches up with the design."
American intelligence agencies are focusing much energy, officials say, on identifying major sites for Iran's nuclear and missile programs. That information is collected, in part, to plan for possible military strikes, though President Bush has repeatedly said he is focusing on diplomacy to disarm Iran.
Still, Mr. Bush has also repeatedly said he would never summarily rule out any option in a crisis. In an interview broadcast Monday night by NBC News, when asked about using military action in Iran, he said, "I hope we can solve it diplomatically, but I will never take any option off the table."
In an article in The New Yorker this week, titled "The Coming Wars," Seymour M. Hersh reports that "the administration has been conducting secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran at least since last summer"
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