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Bush says Iran policy won't change - danger persists (1st Lead)
Dec 4, 2007, 16:08 GMT
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. USA on 03 December 2007. Bush spoke about what he sees as the legislative priorities for Congress between now and the end of the year. EPA/STEFAN ZAKLIN
Washington - President George W Bush held firm to his Iran policy Tuesday, saying Tehran remains 'a threat to peace' despite new US intelligence that it halted a nuclear arms programme in 2003.
Seeking to put his stamp on the shift in intelligence, Bush said it was a signal for other countries to rally behind US efforts to isolate Iran economically and diplomatically.
'Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous and Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon,' he told a White House news conference.
'Who's to say they couldn't start another covert nuclear weapons programme?' he said. 'Now is the time for the international community to work together.'
In his first comments on the intelligence report released Monday, Bush said expertise that Iran gains from its acknowledged uranium enrichment activities could be channelled at any time into a weapons programme.
'It is very important for the international community to recognize the fact that if Iran were to develop the knowledge that they could transfer to a clandestine programme, it would be a danger to the world,' he said.
Iran says its nuclear programme is designed for civilian power generation, not building weapons.
Much of Bush's 40-minute news conference, a day after the new National Intelligence Estimate became public, appeared aimed at countering speculation that the report would undermine the US case against Iran.
'I'm going to continue to rally the international community for the sake of peace,' he said.
Mindful of the disproved evidence his administration used to justify the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Bush said the new Iran assessment reflected improvements in US intelligence gathering.
'It's important for the American people to see that there's been a re-evaluation' of Iran's nuclear ambitions, he said.
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What country isn't a threat to the U.S.? At least in Bush's eyes. If it is so bad, maybe they had better speed up the race to develop another place in space!
In simple language, because Bush is a simple man, maybe even a simpleton, what Bush is saying is: 'I've had my mind made up for me, so don't confuse me with the facts.'
I almost sreamed when I read this: 'Who's to say they couldn't start another covert nuclear weapons programme?' What about the covert Israeli programme that has produced 200 nukes, with the covert guidance and covert assistance of the US? US money, knowledge and material has made Israel one of the major nuclear powers in the world. The Uited Kingdom has only 150 deployable weapons and mabe 25 in maintenance. This make Israel the number 5 player in the nuclear weapons game. Just whom is the real danger in the muddled east?
What a bunch of complete arsewipes our leaders are. Simpleton Bush and blind, genetically defective lumbering Brown are spoilt brats who have had the best of everything in their priveledged lives. Neither has ever come anywhere near combat yet they seek to inflict the misery, death and destruction of war upon the innocent hard working people of other nations. Aren't they happy enough with having destroyed Iraq? Money speaks unfortunately and this matter is all about money.
Yes the facts do not get in this rednecks way. My god only a little over 12 months and we will be rid of this joker. Him and his Dick need to be railroaded out of Washington. Lies, lies, lies and it continues.
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talismanDec 4th, 2007 - 16:34:25
President Bush will continue to impose 'Texas justice' on Iran, i.e., guilty until proven innocent. This pronouncement comes from the pro-life ex-Texas governor who holds a record for the most executions in the state, ('They were all guilty') even while the Innocence Project was finding dozens of the wrongfully sentenced elsewhere. Another champion of human rights, PM Olmert, was quick to ditto his mentor's remarks.
So who are the real rogue nations?
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