Behind Bush's hard line on Iran

[farquar]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060414/ts_csm/abigdeal

By Mark Sappenfield, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON - Five years with
President Bush show that his administration's boldest assertions are often, in fact, statements of serious intent - whether they're about "regime change" in
Iraq or educational standards for children.

Mr. Bush has laid down another such marker with his insistence that he will not allow
Iran to have nuclear-weapons capability. Even if they are partly a flourish of verbal brinksmanship, his words help explain why the United States - more than other nations - perceives Tehran to be so dangerous that it is keeping the military option on the table.

[tinkerbell]

hi all

on iran's nuclear intentions, I have always believed that you give
them enough rope and they will hang themselves.
let them launch, kill the launch, which we have the capability to do,
and step on them with both feet. I also believe that the Israilies will
step on them long before us since they know that they will be the
first target of any launch.

for what its worth


tinkerbell

[Lonestar]

I beleive the Israelis will deal with it directly and we will support. It does not make sense with that threat so close to a large deployment to scale down in Iraq and get to a point where we can not support Israel. If the threat diminishes I see a larger scale down more in lines with what the general public might accept but feel we will not eliminate our presence over there for strategic reasons. The enduring bases in Iraq will always have a US military presence even after the scaledown.