Planned Attack on Iran - US timetable driven by retirement of Bush’s major ally, PM Tony Blair...

[bridgit]

'The Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Times reports that a “reliable source” in Washington has provided detailed information about the forthcoming US hard-power attack on Iran’s nuclear and oil industries.

According to the un-named sources cited in the Arab Times, the US timetable is being driven by the retirement of George Bush’s major ally, Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The British Prime Minister sacrificed his own popularity to back Bush’s wars in the Middle East. Politically weakened by his loyalty to Bush, Blair is publicly committed to step down from his office at Number Ten Downing Street from this May.'

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CAR20070116&articleId=4494

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. No, he is committed to stand down before the party conference in late September

and he intends to still be PM in late June:

Mr Blair began his monthly press conference today by fending off questions about the Labour leadership, as usual. But when asked whether he would attend the European Union summit in Brussels on June 21st, he replied frankly: "Of course."

http://www.politics.co.uk/news/party-politics/labour/blair-says-hell-stay-until-june-$463493.htm

[CJCRANE]

2. Who's really pulling the strings...

"According to statements attributed to Vice President Dick Cheney in the Arab Times, the nation of Saudi Arabia is threatened territorially by the Iranian regime. Many Shias live inside Saudi Arabia with their heaviest population clusters in the oil producing regions. Last month, Cheney went to Riyadh for an extraordinary face-to-face meeting with King Abdullah. It is now obvious that the US plans to broaden the war by the “surge” and the forthcoming attack on Iran would have been a major topic of these private discussions."

[bridgit]

3. i think cheney does all the figger'n cause he's the only one that knows how...

bush is far too pleased with this 'president thing' to care about details, he truly enjoys imo signing a piece of paper that makes shapes & colors move on a map...others are doing whatever thinking there is to do, but it is not bush