White House says Bush made 'rhetorical point' in warning of Third World War

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Friday, October 19, 2007

White House says Bush made 'rhetorical point' in warning of Third World War

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - The White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush was simply making "a rhetorical point" when he suggested that if Iran obtained nuclear weapons, it could lead to the Third World War.

"The president was not making any war plans, and he wasn't making any declarations," said White House press secretary Dana Perino. "He was making a point, and the point is that we do not believe - and neither does the international community believe - that Iran should be allowed to pursue nuclear weapons."


If Iran acquired nuclear weapons, she said, "that would lead to a very dangerous - a potentially dangerous situation, and potentially lead to a scenario where you have World War III. But he was using that as a rhetorical point, not, you know, making a declaration."


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[Hieronymus]

1. My God, how lame.

[Diclotican]

2. Judi Lynn

Judi Lynn

Ms, madam

You dosent speak about nuclear weapon, and 3 world war.. That is just plain stupid for him to even get a statement like that out.. If the White House want us, (both domistic and overseas) to be ensured, they have not doing their job, when they let mr Bush get out this type of "rhetorcal points".. Sorry I just dosent bye that type of words anymore..

Sorry, I just dosent belive the statment that The White House is coming out with. We have to take his word at face walue, and it is not good at all to see where we are heading.. He want a standoff with Iran, He want Iran to do something stupid, so he get a exuse to go to war.. Even a minor one, is enough to get him to go to war

Adolf Hitler, treathen the world once.. If he was not given blanck checks in Poland, and in the east of Europe he was treating to get the whole world into a war.. Guess what happend when Hitler innvaded Poland in 1939?..

Mr Bush are barking up the same tree.. He are treating the whole word with war, if he are not given free reing in the middle east.. He are catable to lie, cheat and juse brute force to get to the point where he want to be, as a "war president" who are going into war with another country.. Are it just a "accsident" that it is Iran we are taling about?. NO
If mr Bush is that fearfull of a Nuclear Iran, whay is this man not into a deal who allmoust 100% have given US all the insurence they needed, already in 2003 just before the Iraqi Invation.. Whey the need to treathen the world now. When Irani officials in many year have been willing to give US want it want.. In ecange for peace.. Irani officals are not stupid. Even that they for the moment have a really stupid president, who dosent have the power to do excactly what he want, that is the domain of the Mullas who are really afraid of the whole thing.. If it was up to them, the whole cherenade was closed down, and the money used to get the irani peopole some better life.. Nuclear power is not ecactly inexpencive..
And nuclear Weapon even more expensive.. The late Khomeheini is famoust to have closed down the nuclear program the Old regime of the Shan, on the pretects that nuclear weapon (who the late chan infact was building under the nose of IAEA and US in the 1970s..) was Un-Islamic.. Wel today they have nuclear reactors, but a LONG way ago to get enough enriched uranium, to even start the nuclear reactors.. So nr 1 enemy of US in the 1980s, maybee the only bet they do have to secure that Iran was not going nuclear after all...

Diclotican

Sorry my bad engelish, not my native language

[ashling]

3. Your English is better than my Norwegian

welcome to DU

[truthisfreedom]

4. bush: The presidunce who needed ENDLESS explanation.

They guy who simply couldn't be understood WITHOUT AN INTERPRETER OR 3.

[zbdent]

15. He has to use an interpreter for people who understand English ..

[deacon]

5. A reckless keep him 'relevent' comment. n/t

[flordehinojos]

6. the question is, that, if

"The president was not making any war plans, and he wasn't making any declarations," ... "He was making a point, and the point is that we do not believe - and neither does the international community believe - that Iran should be allowed to pursue nuclear weapons." As Dana Perrino said,
what would be Bush's answer to Iran's obtaining nuclear weapons? ... well, Perrino herself goes on to answer with a World War III scenario by stating that,


that, "potentially lead to a scenario where you have World War III. But he was using that as a rhetorical point, not, you know, making a declaration."

to which i say, hogwash! the texas cowboy was making a damn declaration of war and his secretary of the press was admitting it flat out!

[wake.up.america]

7. Det er så hyggelig å tref. English is not my native language, nor is it the language of Dubya.

Det er helt i orden. Jeg forstår hva du sier.

[radfringe]

8. at many events there is an interpretor for the deaf

who stand on the stage near the speaker, at international events there are language interpretors

perhaps there should also be an interpretor for the rhetorical standing by whenever DUH-bya opens his piehole...

or at least someone holding up a flashcard or text crawler saying:

WARNING!
WARNING!
WARNING!
The prior statement was rhetorical!
Do not Panic - continue shopping!

[Tyler Durden]

11. Bush may (rhetorically, or course):

Drop trou and have a seat on something long, wide, and more than 200°F.

Rhetorically, of course.

[rooboy]

9. For God's sake, will someone please put Cheney's hand back up his ass? n/t

[annabanana]

20. DUZY ALERT!. . . . n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Rectal Rick for rhetoric?

[Vinca]

10. I'll give any journalist a hundred bucks if they ask Shrub

the meaning of the word "rhetorical" in a press conference.

[rodeodance]

12. He would not even know what a rhetorical point was!

[moondust]

13. Wrong Dana.

He's trying to start World War III and you know it.

[zbdent]

14. Wait a minute ... all the Repuke talking heads said we're already in

WWIII - wouldn't this then be WW4 or WW5???

[yellowcanine]

16. Unfortunately, with Bush "rhetorical points" have a way of becoming unyielding policy.

No one can trust the bastard, that is the problem.

[yellowcanine]

17. Must be a bitch cleaning up after this traveling train wreck all of the time.

[fenriswolf]

18. just like a child throwing dishes during a tantrum

no socialist health care
*crash
world war three
*crash

seems 'ol george needs a time out.

[0rganism]

19. I highly doubt GWB would know a "rhetorical point" if it bit him in the ass

Useless dimwit that he is, he'd probably assume it was another colonoscopy.

[Canuckistanian]

21. Brain farts are about as far as he goes

He has the mental agility of a small soap dish.

[Elspeth]

22. Come on. Bush can't even spell rhetorical

And speechwriters are very careful about what they throw into a speech and how.

[tom_paine]

23. Bullshit meter: PEGGED! This was one of our Caligula moments.

They are becoming more frequent, naturally, as the busheis realize they have almost succeeded in permantently stealing America and turning into their Private Slave Pen.

Please. It was one Mafia Don publicy warning another, like-minded Mafia Don.

[Lisa]

24. Bush making a "rhetorical point" is like me singing an aria or baking a souffle ...

I have never been trained to do either of those things, and would be a total disaster.

[frogcycle]

26. your souffle

would trump his rhetorical point. If all you did was break eggs into a bowl, you'd be way more sophisticated than smirk

[sutz12]

25. Bush wouldn't know a rhetorical point from a cowpie...

He has about as much chance of being 'rhetorical' as he has of stepping in cow shit on his 'ranch.'

[tom_paine]

28. Yes, the rhetoric of mad tyrants.

That was quite clear. Caligula has spoken.