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| Perle: Bush will attack Iran, "if necessary" |
| 2007-01-23 |
| One of America's most influential neocons says President Bush is prepared to use military force against Iran if he believes it will acquire nuclear weapons. This past Sunday, Richard Perle, speaking in Israel at the Herzliya Conference, said he had no doubt of President Bush's intentions. "President George Bush will order an attack on Iran if it becomes clear to him that Iran is set to acquire nuclear weapons capabilities while he is still in office," Haaretz reported of Perle's remarks. Perle, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, served as chairman of the Bush administration's Defense Policy Board. Perle had been a strong advocate for the liberation of Iraq in the early days of the Bush administration. Recently, Perle has been critical of the administration's handling of the war after the successful removal of Saddam Hussein. Perle argued that sanctions against Iran, pushed by European nations, will do little to stop Iran's ambition to become a nuclear power. Perle was joined at the conference by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu called for a phased program to address the Iran menace, beginning with economic sanctions and divestment from companies doing business with Iran. "I call on the world that did not stop the Holocaust to stop investing in Iran to prevent genocide," Netanyahu said, referring to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments that the Jewish state should be wiped from the map. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #12 Allahly? I certainly didn't see that one coming! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-23 23:18 |
| #11 Fortunately, we have to speculate about the President's intentions. That means: secrecy is working. Perle doesn't know anything. |
| Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2007-01-23 21:29 |
| #10 IMO the ball is now in Moud-Mullah's court, vv " Imam/Mahdi + Jesus in Spring". Moud = Radical Islam, etc. will likely be humiliated iff there is no "appearance" of the Imam/Mahdi, andor in altern any "personage" allegedly appearing proves to be more MAGICIAN-ILLUSIONIST THAN MADONNA FAN MESSIAH <> SERVANT OF GOD. Wanna be GOD/Christ = gotta do Godly/Christly [Allahly] thingys. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-23 19:30 |
| #9 Perle, a member of the evil US Jewish cabal. Seriously, he also anticipated Iraq. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2007-01-23 18:37 |
| #8 Maybe I'm still cranky from reading "Guests of the Ayatollah", but I wouldn't mind if GW attacked Iran just for the sport of it all. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-01-23 18:03 |
| #7 Or do we think that Iran won't attack US forces in he area when Israel has attacked? If you're speaking of the IDF attacking Persian proxies then I think you're right. I think it unlikely anyone is going to attack Iran except maybe a few Kurds and arabs. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-23 16:23 |
| #6 Bush will be sucked into the conflict as soon as Israel will attack this March or April. Or do we think that Iran won't attack US forces in he area when Israel has attacked? |
| Posted by: Sniter Ebbick1815 2007-01-23 14:30 |
| #5 That statement has an out built in. Every word of of that was very deliberate. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-23 14:16 |
| #4 President George Bush will order an attack on Iran if it becomes clear to him that Iran is set to acquire nuclear weapons capabilities while he is still in office This is highly ambigous. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-23 12:56 |
| #3 Wishful thinking. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-23 12:50 |
| #2 I doubt there will be anything but the most oblique, State Department rhetoric regarding Iran either. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-23 12:41 |
| #1 Bush adresses the nation tonight; He may expand on Mr. Perle's statements. For those who watch Bush's state of the union, I bet he does not mention a border fence. I hope I'm wrong, but I believe he does not intend to build a fence. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-01-23 12:39 |