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2006-06-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by ryuge 2006-06-01 07:46|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "But yesterday's proposal demands nothing so comprehensive, and the potential sanctions supposedly on the table are still opposed by Russia and China"

Bush and Rice contacted Russia and China before making this offer public. IF you trust Bush, one must presume he got a very well defined quid pro quo. If you DONT trust Bush, then Id think youd have a lot of other problems with the admin.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-01 13:29|| 2006-06-01 13:29|| Front Page Top

#2 LH, i don't think this one is a matter of if you trust Bush or not, it's if you trust Pooti and Jintau.

If the sanctions go through with a military backing it would be a real win for Bush. If not,
it's exactly what everyone expected so it's not much of a loss.

They way I see it, Bush really can't lose much by getting shot down at the U.N. That combined with the thought that he has probably gotten all he can get out of Irans business partners makes me think he might as well go to the U.N. now instead of waiting on nothing.

Posted by Mike N. 2006-06-01 15:21|| 2006-06-01 15:21|| Front Page Top

#3 I must hand it to you though LH, I am starting to think that you have been right all along about getting at least one of the Communist countries on board a resolution.

Posted by Mike N. 2006-06-01 15:24|| 2006-06-01 15:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Bolton in a FOX interview days ago was quite insistent that the Bush admin. was prepared to go in alone, to engage in various unilateral actions, including but not limited to military force, againt Iran should Amer's allies, etal. not go along in international/UN ventures to prevent Iran from having nukes. Condi herself was on FNC stating that America is giving Radical Iran "a last chance". or words to that effect, to work with the UNO, and that a nuclear-armed Radical Iran was NOT ACCEPTABLE, i.e. IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE on America's table as long as Dubya is in the WH.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-06-01 20:22|| 2006-06-01 20:22|| Front Page Top

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