Bush is "rallying friends around the world to confront this danger (Iran) before it is too late"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bush Warns Gulf States of Iran Threat
By Paula Wolfson
United Arab Emirates
13 January 2008



President Bush concludes his speech at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, 13 Jan 2008

President Bush says Iran is the world's largest sponsor of terrorism, and a source of instability in the Middle East. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports in the only speech of his Mideast trip, the president urged the people of the region to reject extremism and embrace freedom.

Standing on a stage in Abu Dhabi, less than 300 kilometers across the Persian Gulf from Iran, President Bush called for unity against Tehran.

"Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere. So the United States is strengthening our long-standing security commitments with our friends in the Gulf, and rallying friends around the world to confront this danger before it is too late," said Mr. Bush.

He said Iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, listing Tehran's support for extremists in Iraq, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories. "It sends hundreds of millions of dollars to extremists around the world, while its own people face repression and hardship at home," added President Bush.President Bush says Iran is the world's largest sponsor of terrorism, and a source of instability in the Middle East. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports in the only speech of his Mideast trip, the president urged the people of the region to reject extremism and embrace freedom.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-13-voa11.cfm

[Mythsaje]

1. And we're supposed to believe that Bush HAS friends

around the world?


:rofl:

[Wednesdays]

4. Well, I wouldn't be surprised if he has a half-dozen or so

individuals who'll back him up wholeheartedly. I think the best plan would be to parachute them all into Tehran and let 'em slug it out by themselves there.

[Avalux]

2. What friends?? Poland????

:rofl:

[lumpy]

3. The jackass assumes that his 'friends' in the mideast are

ignorant about what is going on in their own area of the world.

[Gman]

5. We have friends?

Where? Saudi Arabia?