Bush: I'd understand if Israel chose to attack Iran

[LiviaOlivia]

Bush: I'd understand if Israel chose to attack Iran
By Yossi Verter
Haaretz Correspondent
Last update - 06:05 20/11/2006

The United States lacks sufficient intelligence on Iran's nuclear facilities at this time, which prevents it from initiating a military strike against them, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told European politicians and diplomats with whom she has recently met.

Rice mentioned three reasons why the United States is currently unable to carry out a military operation against Iran: the wish to solve the crisis through peaceful means; concern that a military strike will be ineffective - that it would fail to completely destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities; and the lack of precise intelligence on the targets' locations.

U.S. President George W. Bush and President Jacques Chirac of France met several weeks ago. Bush told his French counterpart that the possibility that Israel would carry out a strike against Iran's nuclear installations should not be ruled out.

Bush also said that if such an attack were to take place, he would understand it. According to European diplomats who later met with Rice, the secretary of state did not express the same willingness to show understanding for a possible Israeli strike against Iran.

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=789940&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

1. Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no MORE!

Only a LITTLE Pythonesque!

[Mythsaje]

2. That was EXACTLY my first thought...n/t

[mogster]

24. Same as the 'leaked' information

Thru the Blair/Bush live 'misspeak' on TV prior to Lebanon invasion.

[Old and In the Way]

3. Reason #1453 why we need to start impeachment proceedings sooner than later.

This is getting out of hand....this administration wants to see WW3 start ASAP. I can only surmise that they are desperate to start a war that'll give them the opportunity to do away with the Constitution altogether. We ignore this criminal administration at our own peril.

[babylonsister]

4. AMEN! Was that a signal? Jeebus! nt

[mom cat]

30. I absolutely agree. If we do not impeach Bush/Cheney for starting

two illegal wars then what is to stop them from starting more? They must be stopped before we are in WW III.

[ronnie624]

31. A fear that haunts me daily:

"...this administration wants to see WW3 start ASAP. I can only surmise that they are desperate to start a war that'll give them the opportunity to do away with the Constitution altogether."

The criminal scum of the Bush administration have not committed some of the worst crimes in the history of our republic, only to be removed from office through elections. The bloviations and yammering of PNAC make perfectly clear they have big plans for our country and the world.

[Poll_Blind]

5. That's because you and they think alike, shitbreath. n/t

PB

[krispos42]

6. And WHY don't we have precise intelligence info?

Oh, that's right... BushCo DESTROYED THE CIA'S SECRET NUCLEAR-WEAPONS INVESTIGATIVE ARM BY LEAKING THE NAME OF VALERIE PLAME AND HER FRONT COMPANY "BREWSTER JENNINGS" TO THE MASS MEDIA!!!!!

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[radfringe]

7. check out some of the comments at the bottom of the page

Title: LOL - the great demon
City: Sydney

Bush, just come out and say Israel should attack.

This puts Israel between a rock and a hard place. Israel will bear the brunt of ME military retaliation, as well as world condemnation.

If Bush wants war against Iran, why ask Israel to do it?

Bush is a madman but so I Omlert and Leiberman.

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Title: Thanks a lot George
City: Falls Church State: VA

Dear President Bush--if there is any chance that Israel would (and this is actually very doubtful) launch a strike against Iranian nuclear facilities the last thing you want to be doing is giving them the thumbs up in public. And it would be nice if the threat of Israeli action was not used as a rhetorical club in all this.

The world political leadership has descended into gibberish. It is as if we`ve all decided that, yeah, the morass of semi-anarchic blood-letting squabbling principalities of medieval Byzantium--that`s our model.

High five!

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Title: THE LAME DUCK OF THE CENTURY
Name: indrajaya
City: jakarta State:

Bush is trying very hard to get people attention, this time by a very procative statement. But who are really paying attention to this super "LAME DUCK" of the CENTURY.

In a couple of hours he will came in Indonesia and taking a photograph with a president of a most populous muslim nation in the world. It won`t help either. You are falling DOWN, buddy!.

[Wiley50]

13. And Those Aren't Even The Scariest of Them n/t

[chill_wind]

8. Oh my god this is madness! K&R. nt

[aquart]

9. And then we would protect Israel how?

Oh, right. We can't. We're completely overextended. Wasn't it sweet of George to invite Israel to destroy herself to save his ass.

[Disturbed]

10. If Israel attacked Iran what whoud Iran's response be?

That seems to be a more important question.

[DoYouEverWonder]

15. Bush & Co never think that far ahead

they assume everyone will just sit back and say thank you for bombing our country, we deserved it.

[Casablanca]

11. Rice finally getting fed up with Bush?

"... According to European diplomats who later met with Rice, the secretary of state did not express the same willingness to show understanding for a possible Israeli strike against Iran.

Nonetheless, Rice did not discount the possibility that such an operation may take place."

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but that look on Rice's face ...


http://www.haaretz.com/hasite/images/iht_daily/D201106/bush+.jpg

[SKKY]

12. ALiberalSailor: I'd understand if America chose to Impeach Bush...

[humbled_opinion]

19. Impeach ha!!

Our leadership is so full of themselves that they have taken the notion of impeachment out of the line up. Would be excellent if investigations uncovered serious wrong doing but unless the Congress goes full bore for impeachment from the outset in JAN (which seems unlikely) Bush will probably skate out of it. All I can say is try and petition Ms. Pelosi to reset the table that she took impeachment off.

[SKKY]

23. I was just making up my own Headline...

...A man can dream, can't he?

[Behind the Aegis]

14. What a surprise.

NOT!

Scapegoat in place!

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. Yep

Let's hope Olmert is not as stupid as he looks.

[PsychoDad]

26. Sacrificial lamb....

To prime Armageddon for the fundy loonbats.

I'm not going into the morass that I/P politics is, suffice to say both Palestinians and Israelis are being used by others states.

It's about time that the Israeli and Palestinian people realize that their only hope of future survival is self reliance and co-operation, and to stop reliance on outside governments that they act as proxies for.

But that would require a leap uncommon in the human condition... The ability to see past one's own nose, to see past their fear and anger.

What a mess.

Peace, Shalom, Salaam...
How my heart aches for it.

[TomClash]

17. What nonsense

Israel is not attacking Iran without American approval.

[NOLADEM]

18. They just got it.

[caledesi]

20. Attacking Iran by PROXY. This is disgusting. Impeach! nt

[Eugene]

21. Spring 2007. Mark your calendars.

The military option risks disaster and gains little. Still they insist on it.
Like it or not, a strike against Iran is coming. Israel has the green light
to bomb Iran if the U.S. doesn't do it first.

If Israel strikes, Iran will of course shoot back at us.
I'm afraid the Bushies are counting on it.

[The Count]

22. By then, Rangel's little bluff will pay off - for W. Israel & dems will be blamed

for this one.

[onenote]

25. soon as I cross off the marks people told me to make in August and October

[Canuckistanian]

28. Haha, yeah, really

I remember a certain former member of DU who told anyone who'd listen it would definitely be in August (or was it June?). But keep it quiet, he had "sources" to protect...

:rofl:

[leesa]

27. Well, Israel has been going round the world trying to get anyone and everyone to attack

Iran. Maybe it IS time they put their money where their mouth is. OR they could learn to live with their neighbors. War would be a disaster, so perhaps the saber-rattling needs to end, Olmert.

Basically this is one of the first time Bush is admitting Israel will have to go it alone if they want to have the war. He doesn't have the support for it.

[Maeve]

29. Just can't wait for that Second Coming, can ya, Dubya?

Make it all go boom and the Dems won't impeach...how drunk WAS America to get into bed with this buffoon?????

[Az_lefty]

32. Oh for God's sake, impeach that mad man now!

:grr:

[Javaman]

33. Ergo, but that logic he* should be okay with Iran attacking Israel...

He's* such a fucking failure.