Bush: No plans for Iran invasion

[The Straight Story]

Bush: No plans for Iran invasion

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- President Bush says he may have been misunderstood about defending against Iranians in Iraq -- the United States has no intention of invading Iran.

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Bush said an invasion was off the table.

"We are going to protect our troops," he told ABC. "It is not tough talk to say the commander-in-chief expects our troops to be protected. That is common sense it seems to me. Some are trying to take my words and say what he is really trying to do is go invade Iran. Nobody is talking about that."

The president said he wants to go after those who would harm U.S. troops in Iraq. "We'll deal with it by finding their supply chains and their agents and ... arresting them, getting them out of harm's way. In other words, we're going to protect our troops," Bush told ABC. "It's not tough talk to say that the commander in chief expects our troops to be protected."

In addition, Bush is trying to diplomacy get the Iranians not to develop nuclear weapons.

The president said the Iraqi government must go after "killers," whether they are Shiites or Sunni. "Unfortunately, extremists and killers have put in jeopardy this new government. And I made the judgment that they needed our help to secure their capital," Bush told ABC.

http://www.newsdaily.com/TopNews/UPI-1-20070130-20554900-bc-us-bush-iraq.xml

[niyad]

1. and we should believe him WHY?

[The Straight Story]

3. Cause he is the decider!! All hail the Chimpcider! (nt)

[Cabcere]

14. Wonder if you could call Bush's policies "Chimpicide?"

:shrug:

[The Straight Story]

19. that's a good one :) (nt)

[C_U_L8R]

2. No he's not gonna invade Iran

he gonna bomb em back to the stone age, change
the name to Bushistan and then walk in triumphant
(to flower tossing hordes)

:sarcasm:

[JohnyCanuck]

24. At least not the whole of Iran

Maybe he'll just try to invade the patch bordering Iraq where most of the Iranian oil fields are located.

[baldguy]

4. He said the same thing before he invaded Iraq!

This is like a re-run of a bad movie. IMPEACH THE FUCKER!

[MadMaddie]

16. Deja Vu....

[cynatnite]

5. I think he's trying to drag a fight with Iran into Iraq n/t

[bdamomma]

6. is his nose getting longer? what BS ? they said the same thing about

Iraq. Then why george have you got Iran surrounded with our fleets, and the EU and Russia, and China are not going back up your plan, they already said you are bullying and provoking an attack. So stop with all your ignorance, you sick sick man.

[paparush]

7. That is like SO...twelve hours ago...

All options are clearly still on the table.

[Cabcere]

8. Yes, and Rummy's here to stay.

:sarcasm: What an asshole. :grr: I, for one, would be thrilled if he turns out to be telling the truth about this...but somehow, I kind of doubt that will happen. :banghead:

[NoSheep]

9. Liar, Killer, Thief.

[Webster Green]

10. That confirms it!.....He lies about everything!

everybody knows that.

[rusty charly]

11. Condi: "the U.S. has no plans to attack Iraq"

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.impeach.bush/browse_thread/thread/608251967625d280/7c3258f19c780ee2%237c3258f19c780ee2

[msongs]

12. no "invasion" just an air attack - depends on what the definition of "is" is? nt

[Selatius]

13. You don't need the Army to bomb Iran back into the Stone Age. You have the Air Force to do that.

Bring out the heavy bombers and the warplanes.

[bdamomma]

21. I hate to say this Shock and Awe 2, and after seeing that thread

on Iran, it is a beautiful country, now what if you put the shoe on the other foot, what if it happened to us, but wait, we are occupied with some evil people in the WH.

[Lerkfish]

15. which, of course, means we absolutely WILL INVADE.

:shudder:

[The Straight Story]

22. Indeed - but it makes one wonder what the trigger event will be...

now that is some scary thinking.

[Lerkfish]

27. ask and ye shall receive

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.main/index.html

Iran involvement suspected in Karbala compound attack

[joemurphy]

17. "There are no plans to invade Iraq on my desk." n/t

[Cabcere]

23. Only because Iraq isn't located on his desk.

I wonder if he's really smart enough to manipulate words like that?

[Terri S]

18. uh huh..

Well, you know, it's not like he's ever said he was exploring diplomatic avenues while secretly setting up plans to invade anywhere else we can think of... hmm?

[walldude]

20. Yeah it's a "last resort"..

Uh.. fool me once... uh... shame on me.. uh, you.. uh.. fool me... uh.. won't get fooled again.

[Cabcere]

25. Meet the new lies, same as the old lies (n/t)

[Rex]

26. He?

Okay, Bush has lost it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. ah yes, no plans for Iraq invasion on my desk either

we believe you, really...