Contrary to the belief of many, I believe Bush knew exactly what he was saying today regarding WWIII

Bush is conditioning and preparing the public for military action against Iran.

Bush is inept for sure, but you can bet his words were written by and came from the Office of the Vice President.

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I don't have the exact quote.

Not just Putin but China as well. China and Russia have invested untold billions into Iranian oil fields. Imagine those oil fields being taken off-line in the advent of war between the US and Iran.

we'd be on a cycle of escalation, which is never good.

...Woolsey and other neo-con mouthpieces were spouting about WWIV (yes, World War FOUR!)

I find it amazing, their brazenness.

... and the poster is right that both have contractual interests tied up in Iranian oil.

Bush knows this, or his advisors know this.

The comments today play up the obvious consequences of attacking Iran. Of course the Office of the Vice President would blame China and Russia for causing the attack in the first place.

his "handlers" are pointing him and like the fool he is...he can't help but blab it out...but the Press that sucks up to him is so happy licking up to him...or afraid...or bought that they never can get out the REAL info to the people that he says EXACTLY what's going on from what he processes in his brain and bleats it out as a joke. The compliant Press pick up the joke but fail to get the message.

NPR had clips of his Presser today and I know DU'ers who saw him live were really worked up that he was totally deranged after today's performance. I wasn't able to view it live...but the NPR clips were enough I almost drove off the road.

Something must be done about him...15 Months and there will be nothing left to pick up the pieces!

like his comments about "catapulting the propaganda".

As Jon Stewart pointed out - Bush doesn't understand subtext, he just blurts out the obvious.

and if anyone does not realize it I say SADDAM HAD WMD!!!!

What is fucking crazy is the way GE's Timmy and others are playing this. Or not, apparently they WANT WWIII for profits.

Bush is not going to limp out of Washington DC as the most hated and least popular President of all time. Not Bush.

He will 'go for it' by trying something 'big' which he hopes will establish his place in history as something other than a monumental disaster.

It would be just like Bush to attack Iran at or before the presidential primaries kick off. Then strut around claiming only Republicans can protect the public.

Is he willing to wreck his party's fortunes for Iran? He can bomb Iran, piss off China, play brinksmanship with Putin, and the public would be nervous, but not especially outraged. But when gas rockets past $5 for parts unknown, every Republican officeholder is going to endure relentless hell from their constituents, right up to the moment they're dumped for anyone-but-a-republican.

"...every Republican officeholder is going to endure relentless hell from their constituents, right up to the moment they're dumped for anyone-but-a-republican."

I think we have lost the ME.

But he's still crazy.

The Pentagon is about out of fresh soldiers and Marines.
The brass and men see that there is no end in sight to the madness in Iraq.
And now the monkey has a hard-on for war with Iran.

Best of all, most of the men and women in uniform will support the Constitution of the United States -- not the insane orders from a NAZI.

He mainstreams the idea that there are only two choices; WWIII or attack Iran now.

It seems eerily familiar to the "mushroom cloud"/ take out Saddam now choice of a few years ago and it is a false choice.

Both world wars involved countries with militaries that could conquer and occupy entire nations. A nuclear Iran could fend off challenges from other nations relatively easy but would really not be in much of a position to threaten other nations with forcible takeover(except hapless Kuwait).

No, Bush's statement is classic fear-mongering.

On a lighter note perhaps WWWIII would be the better choice, each world war was concluded in less than 10 years, a damn site better than this intergenerational conflict that Bush seems to have his heart(snicker) set on. :sarcasm: