AP: Iran: Shit About to Hit Fan?

[smoogatz]

U.S. warns Iran to back down

By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday.

Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was "not possible" until Iran halts uranium enrichment.

"The Middle East isn't a region to be dominated by Iran. The Gulf isn't a body of water to be controlled by Iran. That's why we've seen the United States station two carrier battle groups in the region," Burns said in an address to the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, an influential think-tank.

"Iran is going to have to understand that the United States will protect its interests if Iran seeks to confront us," Burns continued.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_us

[xultar]

1. Well, I don't really think the AP said Iran: Shit about to Hit Fan...Be a little

more honest if you are attributing it to the AP.

[smoogatz]

2. I'm paraphrasing.

What are you, the headline police?

[xultar]

5. No. But when you do AP: it appears as if AP used that as the headline. If you removed the AP..

then it wouldn't attribute it to the AP.

I don't care what you do. It's very misleading.

[smoogatz]

16. Misleading? Do you really think anyone would assume

that was an actual AP headline? C'mon--it's a joke.

[tularetom]

3. I wish they would - people might start paying attention

[xultar]

9. No shit. With that I do agree. If AP had said it I would have said GOOD FOR AP!

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. The headline isn't in quotes.

Just sayin'.

[xultar]

6. Who here ever puts headlines in quotes. Check out LBN.

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. I do. n/t

[xultar]

10. Then you certainly kick some serious ass. I will admit to being lazy on that front.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. LOL....It's how I differentiate between an article and a regular post. That's all.

:hi:

[xultar]

15. I'm gonna try and be better at that sort of thing. Thanks for hippin me to that tip.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. The Senate will definitely do something to stop this. Biden has already said

there would be a huge challenge if the cabal tried to attack Iran. Hagel isn't going to stand for it either.

[BayCityProgressive]

11. US TO IRAN:ALL YOUR OIL ARE BELONG TO US.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. What's our oil doing under Iran's sand???

:grr:

[4bucksagallon]

12. Yeah, Iran back off it is only us that can dominate a region.........

even if we don't have any right to, we can so we should.

:sarcasm:

[wiggs]

17. Where's the UN in all of this? nt