Bush won't rule out nuclear strike on Iran

[IChing]

(Reuters) - President Bush refused on Tuesday to rule out nuclear strikes against Iran if diplomacy fails to curb the Islamic Republic's atomic ambitions.

Iran, which says its nuclear programme is purely peaceful, told world powers it would pursue atomic technology, whatever they decide at a meeting in Moscow later in the day.

Bush said in Washington he would discuss Iran's nuclear activities with China's President Hu Jintao this week and avoided ruling out nuclear retaliation if diplomatic efforts fail.


Asked if options included planning for a nuclear strike, Bush replied: "All options are on the table. We want to solve this issue diplomatically and we're working hard to do so.">>>>.snip

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-04-18T151553Z_01_L17370115_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN.xml

[xultar]

1. Kewl. So I'm glad I've started my water delivery service.

[stepnw1f]

2. That's It... the man is a Psychopath

Debate over.... even the mention of such a thing on the table when we all know there is no threat, is just insane.

[DELUSIONAL]

20. Correct! . . . and that means everyone who supports him

and refuses to get him the hell out of that office is also bat shit crazy!!

And what can we do?


We protested by the millions before that son of a bitch invaded Iraq -- we were ignored.

We voted AGAINST him -- and his buddies owned the machines that count the vote and so he was allowed to remain in the white house.

Even to say such a thing makes it so obvious that he and his gang are not to be trusted with anything.

I don't think we will be able to get the stench of that gang of thugs out of the white house in our life times. (if in the rare event that a democrat -- even a DINO wins in 2008)

His supporters are in deep denial.

In Iraq he is committing murder a thousand times over -- and if he drop even one bomb on Iran -- because they maybe might someday produce enough material for a bomb -- he will kill millions from the fall out alone and from the cascading effects of violence.

If Iran is nuked I predict that it will be open season on Americans -- it doesn't matter who we might be or who we voted for.

The US troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan and other M.E. countries will be at extreme risk.

For bush even to affirm that Nukes are under consideration puts the troops at risk.

Bush is a complete and utter waste as a human -- he is the personification of the bad seed -- generations of bad seeds.

He must be brought to a court of International Law -- and be tried and judged and a punishment fitting his crimes be handed out by the jury. What he is doing has gone past the ability of the US to deal with -- the whole world must be involved. He wanted to be a world leader -- now let the world judge him.

[saigon68]

24. bat shit crazy

Look into his eyes

HE IS BAT SHIT CRAZY

[Ian David]

38. Save a print-out of a voter registration list BEFORE we attack Iran

We will want to know who we have to blame in the days of chaos after Martial Law is declared at home.

If you see a car with a "Bush" sticker parked in a driveway, write down the address.

In a worst case scenario, those should be the houses we loot for food first-- if they're still standing after The Apocalypse.

[Demeter]

3. Well, He Better!

"Or someone may drop a house on him, too!" Glinda, Good Witch of the North.

[HereSince1628]

8. Bush needs a brain, Cheney courage, and Rumsfeld a heart...

Congress in the role of flying monkeys...
Rove in the role of the Wizard of Odds?

Boy, if I was 30 years younger the college would have a heck of a street theater.

[leftchick]

4. This should scare the shit out of every politician in DC

dem and repuke alike. This guy is out of control and if those in congress do not realise what a nuclear strike in Iran would cause we are doomed.

[ronnie624]

22. Sadly,

There are probably quite a few who support such lunacy. Lieberman promptly comes to mind along with a whole passel of vile Republicans. At any rate, Congress long ago happily handed the decision making for such things to the criminally insane occupants of the White House.

[saigon68]

25. Limpmann could enjoy a short Nuclear War

He could get a sun tan

[MadMaddie]

5. Key Words..."All options are on the table"

Translated, the US is going to bomb the shit out of Iran....

Folks better start stocking up on things because prices are going to get sky high....

[Virginia Dare]

6. Will someone, anyone please stop this madman!!!!....n/t

[goclark]

23. Please get him to a padded cell, please!

Does he have a Psychiatrist that is with him 24/7?

If so, FIRE him/her immediately and bring in the best team that his BILLIONS can buy.


If I need to chip in a little of my money because he is too cheap, I'll do it!

He has gone wild, his words,thoughts,deeds will destroy us all!

[bemildred]

7. Same old shit.

"Bush continues to threaten Iran with Nukular strikes."
"Iran continues to moon Bush."

[dubyaD40web]

9. If he presses the button..

We're all dead.

[Jacobin]

10. buh buh buh, I thought he said last week this was "Wild Speculation"?

:shrug:

What a madman

[phusion]

30. hahaha

yes, you're right...he's a crazy fucking lunatic.

[ShortnFiery]

11. Hello CONGRESS? How about returning NOW!?!

Our Unitary Executive is hell bent on helping the world realize Armageddon.

Hello? Congress!?!

[JackintheGreen]

12. Chill Out, people.

He's the decider, and he'll decide what's best.

:sarcasm:

[IChing]

14. He reads headlines also

" I hear the voices and I read the front page and I know the speculation,"

"Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S."

- Title of the CIA's Aug. 6 briefing memo to President Bush . . .




. "But I'm the decider and I decide what's best.

[Webster Green]

13. "Nuclear retaliation if diplomatic efforts fail"?

That pretty much says it all.

Bush is fucking nuts!

[ronnykmarshall]

18. and the sheep still support him

If those assholes are keen on going to see Jesus .... then why don't they all kill themselves and leave the rest of us out of it.

[Sinti]

15. We will likely nuke Iran. It's the most efficient option

A good nuking will eliminate the need for ground forces completely.

We need to chat with the Chinese first, they have a dog in this fight, and a hell of a lot of soldiers. You don't want to piss off the Chinese too badly. They'll come around, their economy is intimately intertwined with ours, it's just a matter of what we'll put in to sweeten the pot. Stock up is right, if you can.

Did you notice, we have moved from "wild speculation" to "no comment".

[Ian David]

39. If that happens, then I for one am done with ballots and angry words. n/t

[Kailassa]

43. There is no such thing as a good nuking.

Other countries have far more reason to nuke America than America has to nuke Iran.

Posts like yours make me think this would be the best thing for the rest of the world.

Don't laugh, Sinti, Americans often underestimate the power other countries have. It could happen, it could be your family who fries.

If you don't like that notion, it could be an idea to back off with the "good nuking" talk that leads the rest of the world to regard Americans as insane and dangerous monsters who need eliminating.

[IChing]

44. I await the winds of your nuclear logic to finally come back and hit

you in the the proverbial butt and radiate your children's children's proverbial butt
For the cancers of this kind of logic can be prodigious

[enlightenment]

16. Oh. Fine.

I'm updating my "atomic" lecture this morning and now I get to explain this.

great.

Is it mental abuse if I terrorize my students with facts? I try to be objective, but * isn't making it easy.

[Sinti]

17. Facts are your friends :) Good friends let you know when you're F-d up n/t

[enlightenment]

19. Facts don't bother me -- it's finding the balanced

interpretation of the facts that is difficult; particularly when I feel very strongly one way or another.

It's not a question of being careful because I don't want to upset the students, or because I fear the history "brown shirts." It's because I believe it is important to be as objective as it is possible to be, knowing that all history is interpretive and revisionist (otherwise, I'd be out of a job!). I have great freedom to teach what I believe, as a "pointy-headed liberal, leftist, college academic" -- I also have a responsibility to teach well.

Sometime's it's tiring -- I just want to stand up there and say "listen up, folks. The world is going to hell in a hand-basket and * is leading the merry band of fools taking it there."

[Sinti]

21. There is no balance in Bizarro world! You'll find a way. :) n/t

[Shakespeare]

26. Our country is lost.

We are going to launch a preemptive nuclear attack on a country that has not threatened us, and that has no capacity to attack us.

The day that happens will be the day I renounce my citizenship.

[Baclava]

27. Ohhhhhhhhh....the weather outside is frightful....

..........but the fire is so delightful, let it snow let it snow let it snow...

A little nuclear winter to offset the global warming should balance things nicely.

[VegasWolf]

28. That's the problem! Bush has had too much snow up his nose for his

sanity to survive.

[VegasWolf]

29. That's the problem! Bush has had too much snow up his nose for his

sanity to survive.

[Timmy5835]

31. This is far from a done deal

Could a military coup be in our future?

[Shakespeare]

33. No. You overestimate the military.

They're going to support whatever the little dictator wants to do.

[4freethinking]

42. Could a military coup be in our future?

For me personally with the way he is talking I hope so. This must not be allowed to happen. Where will it end? The military more than likely will be divided. It's going to take some people with a lot of balls. If use is emanate the president must be arrested and the orders withdrawn. After the president is arrested it's up to the people. To prevent the president from regaining power the people are going to have put themselves in some dangerous situations. We are going to have to act like the people of the Philippines when Marcos was deposed. Take to the streets. If the president is in the white house under house arrest people need to flood the white house grounds and Pennsylvania Avenue. The forces on Bush's side will be forced to make a choice if they want to kill their own people. If they have a conscious they will understand they will only be killing people they are sworn to protect and stand down. Everyone needs understand in their hearts and in their minds this is still government by the people for the people. It is our right to act because George W. Bush only governs by our consent. If he is going to take it upon himself to act in a manner with complete disregard of our consent and well being he needs to be removed from power.

[pinniped]

32. It was all wild speculation a couple days ago.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

[Az_lefty]

34. We're on the bus to Toon Town folks...

this is utterly insane. The chimp must think he's bringing on the Rapture or something.

[The Stranger]

35. Remind me again what he is "retaliating" for?

[baby_mouse]

41. A bunch of snotty liberal s telling him what to do! That's what! NT.

[oblivious]

45. That word caught me as well. Retaliaton for Iran's following the NPT?

How can journalists listen to and write about this without questioning? Fools.

[Rocknrule]

36. We are passengers on a hijacked plane called America

Bush is Mohammed Atta, and he's flying us straight into the WTC.

Who is going to stand up and say "Let's Roll"?

[Ian David]

37. Should I not bother to pay my cable bill now? n/t

[ngGale]

40. Yep, craZy as a loon...

FGS, somebody wake me up from this nightmare.:scared:

[salin]

46. eerily reminiscent language.

Didn't he say that - many times - about Iraq... while pretending there were actual diplomatic avenues, but having already long ago made the decision to go - and using the so-called diplomatic avenues as a means to give cover to going? Do they really think that we all somehow missed the first act?