Bush says sees risk of Iranian nuclear blackmail

[m0nkeyneck]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-01-23T195413Z_01_L23429838_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN.xml

He also had a message for the Iranian people, saying "we have no beef with you," and expressing hope that Iraq's fledgling democracy could serve as an example for nearby Iran.

would an Iranian know what a "beef" is?

[jimshoes]

1. What a statesman

sigh :eyes:

[Tight_rope]

9. I was thinking the same thing. The chimperior sounds like a gang member!

"We have no beef with you"! Sounds like a gang member talking to another gangs member. Well then again Bushco is made up of a bunch of thugs. They lie, steal & kill and are part of a group. Yep they makes them a gang.

[robbedvoter]

2. Risk for whom? I suppose his bunker is all stocked up

[pinniped]

3. My head is spinning.

--"we have no beef with you,"--

...as the not so precision guided bombs fall from the skies above.

Watch out, I hear al-Zarqawi's equally evil twin brother is setting up operations in Iran.

"Al-Qaeda in Iran," you heard it from me first.

[leveymg]

4. Sounds like he's threatening to starve them.

Or make them eat pork, or something. How well would this translate into Farsi?

[Roland99]

5. Didn't he tell Iraqis his fight was not with them but with Saddam?

(cue Twilight Zone theme)

[Barrett808]

6. By which me means "Iranian oil blackmail"

The oil bourse in still set to open in March...

[54anickel]

20. Someone forgot to let ElBaradei in on the time table for that one.

One month can make all the difference in the world. :eyes: This just seems soooo transparent.

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Western powers have urged IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei to make a broad accounting of Tehran's nuclear project to the special IAEA meeting they called for February, rather than wait for a regularly scheduled March 6 session.

U.S. and EU officials believe a full report would help them persuade skeptical Russia, China and developing states on the IAEA board to vote at the February gathering for referral.

But ElBaradei, replying to U.S., EU and Australian letters, said he had given Iran until the March meeting to answer questions in IAEA inquiries into its nuclear project, which it concealed from U.N. inspectors for almost two decades.

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Diplomats close to the IAEA say ElBaradei disagrees with the Western thrust for referral now, believing further direct talks with Iran and IAEA investigations could still rein in Tehran before a volatile showdown in the Security Council.

[formercia]

7. The mouse that roared.n/t

[daleo]

8. Bush - "We have no beef with you"

But we will kill hundreds of thousands of you anyway. Hey, don't take it personally.

[Tempest]

10. What "fledgling democracy" in Iraq?

Iran is tickled pink the Shia Islamic party controls Iraq.

[ugarte]

11. He meant "fledgling civil war." He always gets those two confused...nt

[billbuckhead]

16. Best way to attack the civil war in Iraq is by having a civil war in Iran?

Might work out in our favor, but what happens if it backfires and spreads to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and around the world?

[htuttle]

12. Chimperor is projecting again!

As always, anything they accuse their enemies of, they are probably doing themselves.

[oneighty]

13. I thought

Karen was going to take care this.

180

[jsamuel]

14. sounds like the night before the Iraq war invasion

[jpak]

15. Look to I-raq's "fledgling democracy" as a beacon of hope????

WTF????

Foreign Military Occupation

Foreign Economic Occupation

No Electricity

No Water

No Gasoline

Raw sewage and refuse in the streets

Chaos and car bombs every day

Iraq's "fledgling democracy" is nothing to aspire to Chimpo...

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Bush fears Iranian oil remaining in Iranian hands.

Dem basssids could defend themselves from ill-conceived oil-grabbing invasions iffn' they had newks. Wouldn't be prudent.

[54anickel]

18. Uhmm, dumb question here, but why would they need a nuke for

"blackmail" if they've got the oil? :shrug:

[lovuian]

19. War drums beating and beating... get the people's minds off

Fitz Abrahamhoff and it says hey we are at war we need those wiretaps...

It worked in 2001 and it can work again...

[brainshrub]

21. According to Con logic, it's okay to kill people as long as you don't

target them.

What Bush is saying is: "We are going to kill a whole lot of Iranians soon, but our bombs are really-really good at only targeting the bad guys. If you die, than it's okay because you weren't the one targeted."