Bush says he has no plans on his desk to attack Iran

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10367439.htm

Bush dismisses Iran reports as 'wild speculation'

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Monday that force is not necessarily required to thwart Tehran's nuclear ambitions and dismissed reports of plans for military strikes on Iran as "wild speculation."

Bush, in his first comments on Iran since weekend news reports that the United States was considering military action, said diplomacy was his focus for keeping Tehran from developing nuclear arms.

The New Yorker magazine reported the administration was considering using tactical nuclear weapons against underground nuclear sites.

"We hear in Washington, you know, 'prevention means force,'" Bush told students and faculty at Johns Hopkins University. "It doesn't mean force, necessarily. In this case, it means diplomacy."

[npincus]

1. no, they're on his chair.

[sabra]

2. deja vu

IraQN

[mdmc]

or dick's desk

:mad:

[AndyA]

3. That's right - the plans aren't on his desk,

They're locked in a closet somewhere with lots of other Top Secret stuff. Bush goes in there to play sometimes, but he doesn't let Laura go in.

[BlueEyedSon]

4. they're in the top drawer, filed under "To Do"

[kaygore]

7. Good one!

[kaygore]

5. No, again, they are stuffed up his a * * where Gannon so often goes!

[LizW]

6. He said the EXACT same thing about Iraq.

And we later found out that there were already plans, money had been designated, and troops were being moved.

[simonm]

19. Yup - playing word games again

I believe last time he said that, the invasion plans were actually down the hall.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!!!

[opihimoimoi]

9. Since his CREDIBILTY is Spent and GONE..all he sez is MOOT

[davidwparker]

10. Well, I'll just take that to the bank then.

[Neil Lisst]

11. Richard Benjamin as Jimmy Carter's Press Secretary after 3 mile Island

"Is it true the president has grown to over 90 feet tall?" --- reporter

"That's absurd! How do these outrageous stories get started?! --- press secy

"80 feet?!" --- same reporter

"No comment!" --- press secy

[flordehinojos]

12. he has them in his licor cabinet .

he should have said, "i do not plan to attack iran"...and perhaps that might have sounded more truthful...of course, truth is not bush's forte.

[Pirate Smile]

13. Not the friggin desk again! Is it Groundhog Day? I seem to remember

this story.

edit to add

Bush: 'No war plans on my desk' for Iraq

May 23, 2002 Posted: 12:58 PM EDT (1658 GMT)

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- President Bush reiterated Thursday that Iraq remains a significant threat, but he stopped short of saying the United States will go to war with the Middle Eastern country.

"I have no war plans on my desk," Bush said at a Berlin news conference during the first stop of his European tour. "We've got to use all means at our disposal to deal with Saddam Hussein."

His statement was in answer to a question about U.S. plans regarding Iraq and heightened concerns voiced throughout the world about the war on terror.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/05/23/gen.war.on.terror/

[sojourner]

14. hmmph...same thing he said when folks pre-empted his Iraq war plan

wasn't it? "Not necessarily going to war...going to try diplomacy..." yada, yada....

[PA Democrat]

15. Well, he obviously didn't have a plan for Iraq either

and look how well that turned out! :sarcasm: It feels like "deja vu all over again".

Friday, May 24, 2002

No plans for Iraq attack, says Bush


By Tom Raum, Berlin
US PRESIDENT George Bush yesterday described Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and his destructive weapons as a threat to all civilisation and appealed to sceptical German leaders and lawmakers for help in waging a wider war on terrorism. However, Mr Bush said he has no plans to attack Iraq.

Many European leaders have expressed reservations — at best — about a wider war on terror, especially if it means attacking Iraq. As many as 20,000 street protesters demonstrated against Mr Bush’s policies as he arrived in Berlin Wednesday evening.

For his part, Mr Schroeder side-stepped a question over whether he would back a US-led assault on Baghdad to topple Saddam, despite expressing reservations in the past about such a plan.

<snip>
Mr Bush added: ‘‘I told the chancellor that I have no war plans on my desk, which is the truth.’’

http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2002/05/24/story29077.asp

[lonestarnot]

16. And just why the fuck should we believe anything you say LIAR!

[longship]

17. Remember? War was supposedly a "last resort" in Iraq.

So why should we believe these guys about Iran. In all respects, they're fucking liars.

[Mr_Spock]

18. What a dumb ass

Does he think we're all fucking morons?

[Bobbieo]

20. He should have added

"On the other hand, we don't know everything about the future" - That got him off the hook with the bombing set for the Nevada Test Site.

[WinkyDink]

21. The operative term's being "on my desk".

Mix and match, kids! Choose one term from each column, and guess the Preznit's REAL meaning!

On--------My-----------Desk
Under-----Condi's------Dress
Through---Dick's-------Gun
Inside----Rummy's------Liquor cabinet
Beneath---Laura's------Wheels
Near------Barney's-----Dog-dish
Atop------Scotty's-----Gay porn stash
By -------JimmyJeff's--Butt
Around ---Karl's-------Toilet

[AndyTiedye]

22. They Left His Desk Months Ago…

…they are now on a bunch of generals' desks, being turned into orders.

[stray cat]

23. Posted in big letters above his desk and on his calendar.

[sinkingfeeling]

24. He said the exact same thing about Iraq on May 23,2002.....

From CNN:
COMPLETE COVERAGE | FRONT LINES | AMERICA AT HOME | INTERACTIVES »


Bush: 'No war plans on my desk' for Iraq
May 23, 2002 Posted: 12:58 PM EDT (1658 GMT)


http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/05/23/gen.war.on.terror/


AND WE KNOW HE LIES!!

[Fleshdancer]

25. When does he ever have actual plans?

I see no evidence of a "plan" for Afghanistan and Iraq either. What's his point? :shrug:

[Jack Rabbit]

26. Of course not. He's aleady passed them to Pentagon

. . . from where they have distributed to the field commanders.

[Raksha]

27. Somebody should tell Shrub nobody believes a word he says...

...just in case he doesn't know it already.