State Dept. Presses Case Against Iran

[southernleftylady]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040817/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iran_nuclear_1
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration will keep using diplomacy to try to end Iran's drive for nuclear weapons, but there is no sign yet that Iran — or North Korea (news - web sites) — has decided to follow Libya's lead and abandon its dangerous goal, a senior Bush administration official said Tuesday.


"The path we are pursuing is the path of diplomacy," Undersecretary of State John Bolton said. He said the administration is working with European and other nations to seek a peaceful end to more than 18 years of a large-scale nuclear program by the Tehran government that poses a "grave threat" in the Middle East and beyond.

The diplomatic drive is focused on the United Nations (news - web sites), where the Security Council has the power to impose economic and other sanctions on Iran, he said.. "Never has the Security Council been so feared," Bolton said.

And by trying to rally other nations to call for Council sanctions, the administration is contradicting accusations of it having a go-it-alone foreign policy, Bolton said in apparent reference to attacks by Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) and other critics of the administration's overseas actions, especially the war against Iraq (news - web sites).

[MisterP]

1. so is this a success or a failure of the Bush Doctrine?

they claim Libya but insist Iran, N. Korea, etc. are flukes.

[southernleftylady]

2. its just like when the economy is bad " its not the prez fault" but once

there is an upswing "see what bush has done for us! yippee"
drives you crazy doesnt it???

[Bluebear]

3. Is this why troops are being pulled from South Korea & Germany?

Getting ready for Part Two of Liberate-'n-free-'em?

[mzmolly]

7. You got it! IRAN HERE WE COME!!!

:(

Unless we FIRE BUSH!

[displacedtexan]

4. The path of diplomacy??????????????

First, you completely ignore every part of the planet that's not currently in your sights, then when you need another really big distraction, you trot out Colin Powell to pretend that the Number 2 Axis of Evil country is behaving baaaaaaaaaaaaadly?

NO!

[mzmolly]

5. Let's see, PNAC ~ redeploying troops ~ Iran has WMD's meme...VOTE NADER!

:crazy:

How much more do we need to UNITE AGAINST THIS CRAZY MF IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOLKS?! :grr:

[southernleftylady]

6. so who says which countries get to have nukes and which dont? nt

[K-W]

9. You forget, the US is god.

:p

[mzmolly]

8. To important to ignore.

:kick: