Bush: Iran must stop support for armed groups

[Barrett808]

Bush: Iran must stop support for armed groups
By Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran must stop supporting armed groups trying to derail democracies in Iraq and Lebanon, President George W. Bush said on Monday, casting the war between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas as part of a wider struggle against terrorism.

As a fragile truce took hold in southern Lebanon, Bush again squarely blamed Hizbollah for provoking the month-long conflict and said the group had suffered defeat.

His comments after meeting foreign policy advisers came after Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah claimed his guerrillas had achieved a "strategic and historic victory" over Israel.

Bush has repeatedly blamed Iran and Syria for supporting Hizbollah in Lebanon, and on Monday called on Tehran to back off from supporting armed groups in both Iraq and Lebanon.

"In both these countries, Iran is backing armed groups in the hope of stopping democracy from taking hold," Bush said, drawing the region with a broad brush to support his stance that militant groups are intent on blocking U.S. efforts to encourage fledgling democracies.

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[saigon68]

1. Bush MUST stop arming Terrorist, Puppet NeoCon Governments

LOL

[ShockediSay]

8. Bush must stop arming and aiding Terrorist Israel nt

[leveymg]

2. This won't do as a Cassus Belli. Are we going to shoot down Iranian

passenger aircraft landing in Syria to make that point?

That seems to be where this is going.

[focusfan]

3. Bush needs an Excuse

to :nuke: Iran i wish he could be impeached

[ninkasi]

4. Bush is sounding more and more

like he's delusional, psychotic, and off of his meds. He's talking the way some unfortunate homeless schizophrenics talk. I mean, the man is supposed to be the most powerful leader in the world, and he's constantly blathering about "bad guys", "evil forces", and casting himself as the world's savior. His obsession that envy of our freedoms is the driving force behind terrorist's attacks is absurd. Has he ever considered that it could be because some people are tired of having us dictate to them how to live, meddling in their affairs, and claiming their natural resources for ourselves?

I can't help believing that some of his speeches only show that he doesn't have the slightest clue about what people in Muslim countries think. He never considers that democracy is something that citizens of a country will choose when they decide that it's the way they want to be governed. Our arrogance has earned us a lot of bad will, but Bush is incapable of considering that sometimes, our own policies are what upset some people in the Middle East. It's strange, too, that he is much more likely to stubbornly insist that his way is the only way, rather than trying to seek diplomatic solutions to complex problems.

[Roland99]

5. But it's ok for the US to do so (Afghanistan, Somalia, Central America)

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[MrPrax]

6. Go To Hell, Ya Drunk...n/t

[Jacobin]

7. My irony meter needle just bounced off the ceiling

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