Bush: I'd understand if Israel decided to attack Iran

[oberliner]

The United States lacks sufficient intelligence on Iran's nuclear facilities at this time, which prevents it from initiating a military strike against them, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told European politicians and diplomats with whom she has recently met.

Rice mentioned three reasons why the United States is currently unable to carry out a military operation against Iran: the wish to solve the crisis through peaceful means; concern that a military strike will be ineffective - that it would fail to completely destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities; and the lack of precise intelligence on the targets' locations.


U.S. President George W. Bush and President Jacques Chirac of France met several weeks ago. Bush told his French counterpart that the possibility that Israel would carry out a strike against Iran's nuclear installations should not be ruled out.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789907.html

[Selatius]

1. If Israel does it, the US will automatically be dragged into the war

Why? Because to get to Iranian airspace, you need permission to fly through Iraqi airspace. Do you honestly think the Iraqi government runs Iraqi airspace? Fat chance. It's the US that dominates that piece of sky, and Iran knows this. Any attack on Iran will automatically come with tacit cooperation of the US. They will know we let them cross over.

[Syncronaut Seven]

5. The way I read it, * just gave his blessing.

The minor details of who allowed who to invade who are best left for history to sort out.


:sarcasm:


Just precisely how are we going to stop this?

[datadiva]

2. Rice says US has lack of Intelligence

as to locations? Um, maybe because there aren't any? Nuclear weapons I mean. Doesn't all this sound familiar?

[Roland99]

3. Wouldn't the opposite hold true, too? And then some?

If Iran fears it will be attacked by the US, doesn't Bushco's and the PNAC fuck's precedent of pre-emptive war also play for Iran? We wouldn't want to be hypocritical, eh?



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[Poll_Blind]

4. Total crap. Bush and Olmert are both nuts. n/t

PB