U.S. Ready to Delay Showdown on Iran's Nuclear Program

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBXPLCCMDE.html

NEW YORK (AP) - Apparently lacking the votes to win, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated Wednesday the Bush administration was prepared to delay again a showdown with Iran over its nuclear weapons program.

Describing efforts to constrain Iran from producing nuclear weapons, Rice said "the world is not perfect in international politics. You cannot always get a 100 percent solution."

Rice last week appealed openly to China, Russia, India and other nations to support threatening Iran with sanctions for refusing to halt its nuclear program.

"Iran needs to get a message from the international community that is a unified message," Rice said Friday at a news conference.

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1. They will never have the 'votes to win'

China and Russia have said that repeatedly

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2. Katrina may have been divine intervention. Iran bombing/invasion on hold