We'll nuke Iran - Bush promises Israel

[Agent Smith]

We'll nuke Iran - Bush promises Israel
Thu, 01/10/2008 - 16:08 - Wire Services

US President George W. Bush promised Israel's opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu that the United States will join the Jewish state in a nuclear strike against Iran, Israel Radio reported today.

Former Prime Minister Netanyahu, opposition Likud party's hardline chairman who opposes the US-backed Annapolis peace process, reiterated to President Bush his stance, that a pre-emptive nuclear strike against Iran's nuclear installations was the only way to stop the Islamic nation's nuclear weapons ambitions.

"I told him my position and Bush agreed," Netanyahu told Israel Radio.

During their 45-minute meeting at King David hotel in Jerusalem Netanyahu also told Bush that "Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people and will remain under Israeli sovereignty for eternity."

President Bush issued a stark warning to Iran over Strait of Hormuz incident, saying that "all options are on the table to protect our assets."

“There will be serious consequences if they attack our ships, pure and simple,” Bush said during the joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem. “And my advice to them is, don't do it.”

Bush criticized those who interpret the National Intelligence Estimate, which found that Iran gave up its nuclear weapons program in 2003, as a sign that Iran was no longer a threat.

"Let me remind you what the NIE actually said," Bush stold reporters. "It said that as far as the intelligence community could tell, at one time the Iranians had a military -- covert military program that was suspended in 2003 because of international pressure. My attitude is that a non-transparent country, a country which has yet to disclose what it was up to, can easily restart a program."

http://presscue.com/node/38692

[fultonCoShooter]

i sure hope this is fake

[LorDiego01]

Yikes.

Lets hope for the sake of us all, that this article is a fabrication.

[D-FENS]

While there's no doubt in my mind that Bush is a complete tool. I don't think I'd give much faith to Israeli media. We all know there is no free or independent media there. It's no better than Chinese State television except better funded.

[Slim Pickens]

Nowhere in the entire article does Bush say that he would join Israel in nuking Iran. It only says that Netanyahu said on Israeli radio that Bush agreed with Netanyahu about the seriousness of a nuclear Iran.

The article is sensationalist horsesh!t.

Slim

[RocketFoot]

Maybe Bush spent the day with the girls of the IDF...I'd probably say that too!

[Eugene V. Debs]

Originally Posted by D-FENS

While there's no doubt in my mind that Bush is a complete tool. I don't think I'd give much faith to Israeli media. We all know there is no free or independent media there. It's no better than Chinese State television except better funded.

Um, actually some of the major media outlets within Israel are more critical of Israeli policy than the major American media outlets are. If you don't believe me, try reading Haaretz's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for a few weeks and compare it to the Washington Post.

[Eugene V. Debs]

Originally Posted by Slim Pickens

Nowhere in the entire article does Bush say that he would join Israel in nuking Iran. It only says that Netanyahu said on Israeli radio that Bush agreed with Netanyahu about the seriousness of a nuclear Iran.

The article is sensationalist horsesh!t.

Slim

I agree. I'm no fan of U.S. support for Israel by any means, but I see no shift in policy here. Israel has had a U.S. "nuclear guarantee" since Carter, but it's not pre-emptive, it's just that if Israel gets nuked, we'll respond in kind. And I don't see anything in the article that says Bush now supports a pre-emptive nuclear strike (even though he's made the ominous statement "all options are on the table" which hints at it, but doesn't confirm it either).