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2006-01-29 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Straw rules out threat of military action against Iran
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Posted by lotp 2006-01-29 15:51|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

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Posted by Raj 2006-01-29 16:15||   2006-01-29 16:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Blair really needs to toss this loser. Making statements like that in public is "most unhelpful."

It's what one can expect from the unified EU position however.

The UK is on an inevitable parting of ways with North America and alingment with Germany and France. Enjoy the hole that they have pre-dug for you Mr Straw.
Posted by Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-29 16:29||   2006-01-29 16:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Something that Straw might not quite grasp is that it doesn't matter what he thinks, the Iranians may insist on inviting Britain to the party.

Sort of like Hitler did.
Posted by  Anonymoose 2006-01-29 16:35||   2006-01-29 16:35|| Front Page Top

#4 
Jelly Fish have nothing on Jack Straw, British Foreign Suckutary.
Posted by RD 2006-01-29 16:50||   2006-01-29 16:50|| Front Page Top

#5 At first read, I was ready to thump him for that opin; however since Britain is quietly increasing troop strength in Afghanistan to relieve the US, I'll give him a pass!
Posted by smn 2006-01-29 17:00||   2006-01-29 17:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Yesterday, Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary struck a conciliatory note by insisting that military action against Iran was "genuinely" not on the table,..

In the UK it might not be...
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-01-29 17:06||   2006-01-29 17:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Depends on what the meaning of on the table is. Good Cop, Bad Cop. Internal consumption.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-29 17:10||   2006-01-29 17:10|| Front Page Top

#8 No Spemble reading his past statement and loooking his political policy positions, this is truly what he believes.
Posted by Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-29 17:13||   2006-01-29 17:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Straw just reminds me of "Peace in our time mind"
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-01-29 17:15||   2006-01-29 17:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Not to fret, Staw pulled the same shit over Iraq. It's just more of the same.

Plus, he was fawning at the loony bin in Devos. A man for all seasons.
Posted by Captain America 2006-01-29 18:01||   2006-01-29 18:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Sometimes you go to war, Jack. Sometimes war comes to you.
Posted by Grunter 2006-01-29 18:13||   2006-01-29 18:13|| Front Page Top

#12 "insanity - repeating the same things over and expecting different results." A Einstein




Posted by doc 2006-01-29 18:24||   2006-01-29 18:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Blair has to contain sections of surrenderist leftist within his own Labour Party. But he is more aware than most both of the "Death to..." sloganering that goes on in Iran, and the fact that a nuclearized Iran could carry out those threats. I forsee the US alone, conducting massive crippling attacks on Iran, aimed both at de-proliferation and regime change. Persian blogs and news posts, reveal daily protests and riots against the tyranny. Yesterday, striking bus drivers smashed windows of vehicles that were driven by Basiji Gestapo members, revealing public contempt for the tyrants.

The Bush regime is well aware that the Euros are leveraged by the Teheran tyranny, on the oil supply issue. The US is somewhat independent of that influence. At the moment, most Euros are fed up with Muslims and would welcome a take-down of one of their more depraved elements.

Disregard public statements; the Iranian tyranny has to go. As the Officers' Club bloggers say repeatedly: Iran poses a "mortal threat" to the US Homeland. "Mortal threats" are dealt with, mortally. It is now or never. And never cannot be an option.
Posted by FarkoGorillastan 2006-01-29 19:18||   2006-01-29 19:18|| Front Page Top

#14 Good thing that Condi has enough testosterone for the entire Anglosphere. Hope she relents and runs for President in 08.
Posted by Glomort Omeath8881 2006-01-29 21:29||   2006-01-29 21:29|| Front Page Top

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