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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 09:14 AM
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bu$h* hints at military strike against Iran

Associated Press
MESEBERG, Germany - President Bush on Wednesday raised the possibility of a military strike to thwart Tehran's presumed nuclear-weapons ambitions, speaking aggressively even as he admitted having been unwise to have done so previously about Iraq.

Bush's host in two days of meetings at a baroque castle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, made clear her views on the saber-rattling without directly countering her guest. "I very clearly pin my hopes on diplomatic efforts," Merkel said, reflecting the deeply held European opinion that military action against Iran is nearly unthinkable.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/06/12/20080612bush-europe0612.html
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 09:16 AM
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1. Would European leaders condemn a military strike against Iran by *?
Or would they render a deafening silence in their abject ambivalence?
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 09:31 AM
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2. the europeans should lock up this pre-emptive warmonger
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:57 PM
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3. Surely no American president would launch an aggressive war in the midst of a presidential
election campaign which might be seen by the world as for political gain. Surely not, not even junior. :D
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PermanentRevolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 12:58 PM
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4. Personally, I'm more worried about AFTER.
I can see Bush being the kind to launch us into a war with Iran in December just to spite the Democrats for winning the election.
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