Bush doesn't rule out military strike in Iran
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

By JENNIFER LOVEN
MESEBERG, Germany (AP) -- President Bush on Wednesday raised unprompted the possibility of a military strike against Tehran's presumed nuclear weapons ambitions, speaking bullishly on Iran even as he admitted having been unwise to do 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 _ however subtle _ 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.

Iran's leader weighed in, too. Speaking before thousands in the central Iranian city of Shahr-e-Kord, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Bush "won't be able to harm even one centimeter of the sacred land of Iran" and promised continued defiance over Iran's nuclear activities. Iran says it is enriching uranium to generate electricity, not build a bomb _ a claim the West doubts is true.

"In the past two-three years, they employed all their might, resorted to propaganda ... and sanctions," Ahmadinejad said. "If the enemy thinks they can break the Iranian nation with pressure, they are wrong."

Bush has alternated lately between slightly more conciliatory and slightly more forceful language on Iran.

Within the coded language of the U.S. attitude toward Iran, several small changes in Bush's rhetoric Wednesday added up to a difference. Three times, he called a diplomatic solution "my first choice," implying there are others. He said "we'll give diplomacy a chance to work," meaning it might not. He also offered without even being asked a question about Iran that "all options are on the table" _ a longtime standard refrain, not heard as much lately, that neither confirms nor denies an intention to use military force.

Last week, Bush talked tough on Iran with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel, where fears of Iran's growing might run high and discussion is becoming increasingly common of military action to keep Tehran in check. But in Slovenia on Tuesday at a summit with the European Union, Bush's approach was milder. He emphasized the need for tough new sanctions but made no mention of "all options" being on the table.

There is no indication the U.S. actually plans any sort of military action, and experts believe it would be an extremely difficult feat tactically for many reasons. Bush's back-and-forth talk appears designed more to both remind Iran that the U.S. is serious about keeping it from developing a nuclear bomb and to try to finally corral sometimes reluctant allies behind a common firm stand.

Judy Ansley, Bush's chief aide on Europe, said Bush and Merkel did not discuss a military option in their meetings, only the diplomatic route.

But the German leader was strong on the need for new sanctions _ through the United Nations but also possibly unilaterally by the EU _ if a package of incentives and penalties does not persuade Iran to halt its enrichment program. The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, is visiting Tehran soon to present the offer, an updated version of one developed five years ago by the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Russia and China and ignored by Iran.



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Hey Researcher do we even have any soldiers left????

Hi, researcher

The US is trying to stay directly out of this foray. Israel will make the first move.

The Israelis got a research cell with their mathematicians crunching Bible codes for predicting dates for this sort of thing. I wouldn't be suprised if they have a date set for their first move.

Let us teach the America bashers a serious lesson, and not send our precious soldiers into Iran until it has become an open tar pit.

Can someone convey my encrypted message to GW Bush please? He needs it right now.

They can redeploy soldiers from other areas. But who knows what they would do. Probably a nuclear bunker buster strike on their nuke sites.


Here's deployment around the world, from wiki. Could take them from Germany, Japan, UK, Italy, but I don't think they would invade them.

As of December 2007, U.S. Forces were stationed at more than 820 installations in at least 39 countries.[8] Some of the largest contingents are:

Iraq 196,600
Germany 57,155
Japan (United States Forces Japan) 33,164
South Korea (United States Forces Korea) 26,076
Afghanistan 25,700
Italy 9,701
United Kingdom 9,655


Plus in the U.S.

A total of 1,079,059 personnel are on active duty within the United States and its territories (including those afloat):[10]

Continental U.S. 879,523
Hawaii 37,021
Alaska 19,531
Guam 2,890
Puerto Rico 168
Afloat 92,337

But I imagine they will send fire from the heavens with the Peacekeeper multiple nuclear warhead missile below.






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I should add, our strength is in Him, not necessarily modern weaponry. Although, it has saved the country a few times. Was God involved. Dunno, He seems to be involved in a lot of things though.

Justice, you are welcomed to go to the web link www.whitehouse.gov

You are free to give feed back to Mr. Bush. Just be sure not to make any threatening remarks as the Secret Service takes those things rather seriously.