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Bush to Israel - I don't need no stinking Intelligence!
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| MisterOpus1 |
Just get the stupid dumbass out of office, please?!?!?!?
| quote: | In public, President Bush has been careful to reassure Israel and other allies that he still sees Iran as a threat, while not disavowing his administration's recent National Intelligence Estimate. That NIE, made public Dec. 3, embarrassed the administration by concluding that Tehran had halted its weapons program in 2003, which seemed to undermine years of bellicose rhetoric from Bush and other senior officials about Iran's nuclear ambitions. But in private conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week, the president all but disowned the document, said a senior administration official who accompanied Bush on his six-nation trip to the Mideast. "He told the Israelis that he can't control what the intelligence community says, but that [the NIE's] conclusions don't reflect his own views" about Iran's nuclear-weapons program, said the official, who would discuss intelligence matters only on the condition of anonymity.
Bush's behind-the-scenes assurances may help to quiet a rising chorus of voices inside Israel's defense community that are calling for unilateral military action against Iran. Olmert, asked by NEWSWEEK after Bush's departure on Friday whether he felt reassured, replied: "I am very happy." A source close to the Israeli leader said Bush first briefed Olmert about the intelligence estimate a week before it was published, during talks in Washington that preceded the Annapolis peace conference in November. According to the source, who also refused to be named discussing the issue, Bush told Olmert he was uncomfortable with the findings and seemed almost apologetic.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/91673 |
January, 2009 just can't come fast enough. Get this twit out of office before he blows up something else. The enthusiasm for him leaving is palpable around the globe:
| quote: | But much of the enthusiasm comes from anticipation of President Bush’s departure, according to several analysts. U.S. prestige and popularity in much of the world have sunk to historic lows since Bush took office, over such issues as the Iraq war and climate change. Many analysts said the election has created high expectations that the new president will be more in tune with the rest of the world.
“In many capitals people have been waiting for this change for some time,” said Rosa Balfour, a senior analyst at the European Policy Center, a Brussels-based research group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...8011103413.html |
Wipe this ass-stain off our record. |
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| Krypton |
The occupation will continue, of course with US help...
The media will continue to show pictures of raving, screaming, burning effigies of US/Israel people without ever telling us why they are angry.
My head's about to explode in anger at the piece of government ing up the world... |
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| Chryz707 |
| You watch and see what that might do before he leaves office. Its a scary world we live in. I dont see it getting better either... |
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| josh4 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MisterOpus1
Just get the stupid dumbass out of office, please?!?!?!?
January, 2009 just can't come fast enough. Get this twit out of office before he blows up something else. The enthusiasm for him leaving is palpable around the globe:
Wipe this ass-stain off our record. |
is this surprising anyone? who the hell cares about FACTS. they shouldn't be trusted. what matters is how you feel in your GUT. if you believe something to be true then it is because thats what you believe. all hail the lords of truthiness |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chryz707
You watch and see what that might do before he leaves office. |
I can see it in his eyes that he is not done with the world just yet.:( |
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| George Smiley |
| So if Bush is not forming his own views on Iran by using information provided to him by the intelligence community, what exactly IS he forming his views based on?! |
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| josh4 |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
So if Bush is not forming his own views on Iran by using information provided to him by the intelligence community, what exactly IS he forming his views based on?! |
way to sum up the last 8 years. that seems to be the million dollar question, and not being able to do anything about it, do you really want to know? |
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| Krypton |
I think this sums up Bush's philosophy...
The way to stop (terrorism/competition over energy commodities) is to change "terrorist"/(rivals over commodities) regimes into an, shall we say, "ally". Preemptive regime change...:nervous:
We've moved from defending democracy to imposing foreign democratic capitalism. |
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| Sykonee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
I think this sums up Bush's philosophy...
The way to stop (terrorism/competition over energy commodities) is to change "terrorist"/(rivals over commodities) regimes into an, shall we say, "ally". Preemptive regime change...:nervous:
We've moved from defending democracy to imposing foreign democratic capitalism. |
Seemed to work for Japan.:p |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
So if Bush is not forming his own views on Iran by using information provided to him by the intelligence community, what exactly IS he forming his views based on?! |
GOD :rolleyes: |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sykonee
Seemed to work for Japan.:p |
No. The Axis Powers clearly violated international law by violating countless sovereign countries. That was no preemptive war. |
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