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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:08 PM
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Bush defends World War Three comments on Iran
Source: reuters



Bush defends World War Three comments on Iran

8 minutes ago

BERLIN (Reuters) - President George W. Bush defended in a television interview on Wednesday his recent comments suggesting Iran's nuclear ambitions might trigger World War Three and insisted he wanted a diplomatic solution.


Bush told a news conference last month that preventing Iran from building nuclear weapons would be a means of avoiding a new global conflict.

"The reason I said that is because this is a country that has defied the IAEA -- in other words, didn't disclose all their program -- have said they want to destroy Israel," Bush said in the interview with German broadcaster RTL.

"If you want to see World War Three, you know, a way to do that is to attack Israel with a nuclear weapon," Bush added. "And so I said, now is the time to move. It wasn't a prediction, nor a desire."

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071107/pl_nm/nuclear_iran_bush_dc;_ylt=Ann6fWPPdPaZhdfm3.nu6XCs0NUE
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:10 PM
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1. IMPEACH GEORGE WALKER BUSH eom
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:12 PM
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2. The madness of King George
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:15 PM
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4. I believe the current term is...
..."Bat-shit crazy."
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:25 PM
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6.  his eloquence leaves me speechless.
</sarcasm>
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:13 PM
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3. Obviously, Israel would respond with massive nuclear retaliation
If they were nuked by Iran.

But a pre-emptive attack on Iran is a good way to start World War Three, without Iran attacking anyone. Is it any wonder that the U.S. dollar is going down the tubes? I think this is the world's way of showing that they think the current U.S. administration has to be reigned in, before they initiate any more reckless military adventures.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:17 PM
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5. Hey George! You got the number wrong! Podhoretz said World War FOUR.
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Cronopio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:28 PM
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7. "It wasn't a prediction, nor a desire."
No, it was a plan, wasn't it Georgie boy?
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:32 PM
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8. can we please get this whacked out man out!!
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 01:35 PM by alyce douglas
it is now his time to move out!!!!
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Magleetis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:34 PM
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9. It is no secret
That * loves killing and war. My money is on * to start WWIII
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:39 PM
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10. So we might START World War Three to AVERT World War Three.
We'll bomb them, and just hope the dominoes don't fall the wrong way. Excellent strategery, right there!
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Melynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:49 PM
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19. Sort a of like,
we have to destroy the village in order to save the village. We know how that worked out the last time it was tried.
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balantz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:46 PM
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11. You can go to Hell
All by yourself Mr. Bush, we won't let you take the world with you!
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 02:01 PM
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12. It took his handlers two weeks to come up with a 3-sentence
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 02:02 PM by TOJ
response that the idiot could remember? I wish the interviewer has asked him what IAEA stands for. That would have made for good TV.
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MotorCityMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:02 PM
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15. I can't believe over the last seven years
..how many articles there have been with headlines like;

<fill-in-the-blank-with-name-of-*-toady> clarifies/explains/elaborates on the President's remarks on <topic-which-jr-knows-nothing-and-it-shows>

:eyes:
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Caretha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:40 PM
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18. Now that is funny :)
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Mithreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 02:03 PM
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13. Confuse the "enemy"
This President is in way over his head. Does he think the world is his personal RISK board game?
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Megahurtz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 02:22 PM
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14. Shutting Your Mouth
would be a means of avoiding a new global conflict.
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tomg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 04:56 PM
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16. But George "insisted he wanted a diplomatic solution"
and he even had one ready to go: "unconditional surrender." At first, he wanted them also to get rid of their emperor, but then it was explained that they didn't have one.
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Megahurtz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 06:54 PM
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17. Yes,
a diplomatic solution only on his terms, or else!
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 08:55 AM
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20. pathetic -- the coward of crawford has not a clue
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Hydra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 12:44 PM
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21. Bush wants a diplomatic solution about as much as he wants Pelosi sitting in his chair
He just wants to use tac-nukes on Iran to set the precedent that limited nuclear attacks are fine to use for nation control.

Of course, Putin will be all over that idea, as will whoever is currently running China.

Truly insane times we live in.
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 08:06 AM
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22. any doubt that he's crazier than a loon has now been removed . . .
and he should be removed from office before he DOES start World War III . . .
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