Blair moves towards Bush's hard line on Iran

[True_Blue]

TONY Blair yesterday moved towards the hawkish United States position on Iran, jangling nerves among Labour MPs and peace campaigners fearful of fresh conflict in the Middle East.

Appearing before a committee of senior MPs in London, the Prime Minister said there was "no doubt" that the Iranian government backed international terrorism and warned the regime in Tehran not to stand in the way of a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.

Anti-war activists and some European diplomats fear that the US, following the re-election of George Bush as president, is gearing up for a confrontation with Iran over its embryonic nuclear programme. Reports earlier this year suggested US special forces had already been in Iran to identify possible targets for US or Israeli air strikes.

Although Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, said last week in London that an attack on Iran was "not on the agenda", there is no doubt that Washington is increasingly focusing its attentions on the theocratic government in Tehran. Mr Bush last month pledged in his inauguration speech to spread the "fire of freedom" around the world, seen by many as a warning to the Iranian hard-liners to permit more political freedoms and end human-rights abuses.
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[BillZBubb]

1. Gosh, there's a shock!

The Poodle gets the word and starts yapping right on cue.

[Sandpiper]

2. That's a good boy Tony!

Give that dog a treat.

[Betty]

5. He needs to be snipped

maybe that would calm him down

[CHIMO]

3. I Honestly

Expect him to start foaming at the mouth. I don't know how to put it more explicitly.

[VegasWolf]

4. Here Tony, here boy, that's a good boy. I wonder how the english

people feel when they so emasculated in front of the whole world?

[Maple]

6. He did the

same thing on Iraq.

[Pithy Cherub]

7. * zoomed past the marketing phase right into selling more war...

The British poodle is buying - :eyes:

horrifying!
(sp)

[CoffeeCat]

8. Good luck in your next election...

...Tony the Tigerhawk.

[Not_Giving_Up]

9. You know, I really thought that this time

Even Blair would tell * to go fuck himself. Guess I was wrong. What in the hell is wrong with this picture???????????

[6000eliot]

10. Boy, if * stops short, Blair's nose might get stuck up his ass.

[mordarlar]

11. bushco. better start giving poodle some pointers on election fraud.