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All options open, US warns 'rogue' countries
Financial Times ^ | December 2 2003

Posted on 12/03/2003 11:09:16 AM PST by Mossad1967

The Bush administration on Tuesday defended its strategy of pre-emptive action against Iraq - even while admitting that US intelligence had been imperfect - and warned that the US was ready to use all options against five other "rogue states".

John Bolton, under-secretary of state for arms control and international security, singled out Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya and Cuba as being "hostile to US interests" during a speech in Washington.

Mr Bolton, known as a hardliner, also cautioned negotiating partners in Asia and Europe that the US remained sceptical over efforts to induce North Korea and Iran to abide by nuclear safeguard commitments, amid reluctance to take firmer action.

Focusing on Iran and North Korea, the remaining members of what President George W. Bush has dubbed the "axis of evil", Mr Bolton questioned Tehran's commitment to the agreement it reached last month with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Hassan Rohani, an Iranian official who negotiated Iran's acceptance of comprehensive UN inspections, made clear on Saturday that Tehran intended to resume its uranium enrichment programme. He said Iran would provide its own fuel for at least one of the eight reactors it intended to build.

A resolution passed by the IAEA last week - a compromise between European carrots and the US stick - "requests" Iran to adhere to its voluntary suspension of all enrichment and reprocessing activities, two routes that can lead to building a nuclear weapon.

A senior Iranian official told the Financial Times that hardline clerics had warned they would pull out of its commitments to the IAEA if Iran was not allowed to pursue uranium enrichment, under supervision, as entitled to do so under international agreements.

Mr Bolton expressed doubt over Pyongyang's readiness to resume six-party talks in Beijing this month. He defended Japan's insistence that it raise the issue of its abducted citizens at the talks and said attempts by North Korea to delay the negotiations "should be rejected". In general, he said, the US would pursue diplomatic solutions when possible, while also deploying more robust methods such as the interdiction and seizure of illicit goods.

"If rogue states are not willing to follow the logic of non-proliferation norms, they must be prepared to face the logic of adverse consequences," Mr Bolton said. "It is why we repeatedly caution that no option is off the table."

He acknowledged that US intelligence over covert weapons of mass destruction programmes was "not perfect", and noted that no such weapons had yet been found in Iraq. Still, he insisted the US invasion was justified.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bushdoctrineunfold; dprk; iran; korea; pyongyang; tehran
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To: AdamSelene235
Sorry sir, you are dreaming if this bunch is ever going to have the balls, integrity and patriotism to take on the Saudis.
41 posted on 12/03/2003 1:59:59 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: swarthyguy
"The administration has the mentality of a whore."


If there is a "whore" in this discussion it would be you.
42 posted on 12/03/2003 2:01:05 PM PST by FlyLow ("Arguing with a liberal is like wrestling a pig in the mud; soon you realize they like it")
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To: AdamSelene235
Your premise is too broad and sloppy for serious discussion.
44 posted on 12/03/2003 2:02:12 PM PST by plain talk
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To: FlyLow
Takes one to know one, openmouthboy.
45 posted on 12/03/2003 2:02:59 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: FlyLow; swarthyguy
Flame War ALERT.
46 posted on 12/03/2003 2:05:14 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (NORTH KOREA is a DANGEROUS CANCER in late stages; we still only meditate and take herbal medicines)
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To: Mossad1967
John Bolton, under-secretary of state for arms control and international security, singled out Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya and Cuba as being "hostile to US interests" during a speech in Washington.

A misprint. What he meant to say was "little countries hostile to US interests." Communist China is also very much hostile to US interests but they're not mentioned.

That's because they're a big country and we've put them in the "Too Hard" basket, for now.

47 posted on 12/03/2003 2:06:25 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: swarthyguy
"Bush is a Saudi WHORE"


Where is the hate coming from? Are you living in the USA and addressing us this way? If so, you need to wake up and smell the coffee...we are winning. You are not fit to cary his shoes...or anything else.
48 posted on 12/03/2003 2:07:20 PM PST by FlyLow ("Arguing with a liberal is like wrestling a pig in the mud; soon you realize they like it")
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To: FlyLow
>>you must be a party to at least one side of this conflict.

WHo'd think I am a jihadi.

Allahu Akbar. Viva Bush.
49 posted on 12/03/2003 2:07:29 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: FlyLow
>>VWhere is the hate coming from

Or as Bush tells the Saudis, Can't we all just get along.

After all, why let a few dead Americans get in the way of all this money.
50 posted on 12/03/2003 2:09:24 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: appalachian_dweller
>>Oh yea, and our borders would be secure

Yeah, but who'd wash dishes, clean hotel rooms and landscape the yard. Certainly not "lazy" gringos.
51 posted on 12/03/2003 2:10:53 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: Always Right
What about France?

I think those other coutries were singled out (Lybia, syria, Cuba etc) due to their military power...France is NOT a threat....

52 posted on 12/03/2003 2:14:24 PM PST by Onelifetogive
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To: swarthyguy
"After all, why let a few dead Americans get in the way of all this money."


I think you have been to the DemocRat school too long...Bush is actually not the enemy...people like you and Hillary are making it look that way. Give it up, or you could find yourself without many of the friends you now think you have. This is not an argument you can win.
53 posted on 12/03/2003 2:15:30 PM PST by FlyLow ("Arguing with a liberal is like wrestling a pig in the mud; soon you realize they like it")
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To: FlyLow
Not an argument I care to win.

That's right, since I badmouth Bush on the Saudis, I must be a Dem or Dean supporter.

>>>Give it up, or you could find yourself without many of the friends you now think you have.

WTF is this silly threat?? You've scared me.
54 posted on 12/03/2003 2:18:35 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: AmericanInTokyo
May the price of gasoline in America be that in Tokyo.

Every time you fill gas in America, you are sending dollars to jihadis.
55 posted on 12/03/2003 2:27:34 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: swarthyguy
Hey Swarthguy, this "whore" administration will someday save your sorry pinko ass
56 posted on 12/03/2003 2:29:59 PM PST by Toespi
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To: Mossad1967
Take away all other issues because, in comparison, they are irrelevant. This why I love this president.
57 posted on 12/03/2003 2:30:26 PM PST by doug from upland (Hillary would get 100% of the Islamist Terrorist vote)
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To: AdamSelene235
Not according to the Wall Street Journal and former CIA agent Robert Baer.

Not according to the perps:

"In the West, Abedi presented one face, but in the Muslim world, he and his bankers have always promoted themselves as a Third World, Muslim bank that would eventually dominate global finances by using oil dollars and Abedi's network of influence. And he whispered in the ears of the sheiks and the generals that he would bring them the Muslim bomb."

TIME Magazine
September 02, 1991
Scandals: Not Just a Bank

58 posted on 12/03/2003 2:33:04 PM PST by angkor
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To: Mossad1967
Add Hollywood to that list....
59 posted on 12/03/2003 2:37:46 PM PST by unearthly
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To: swarthyguy
Swartyguy, I clicked on your name and read the paragraphs and paragraphs of rambling thoughts there and I'm still not sure I understand where you are coming from except you hate muslims. You come at all this from a different angle having been born as a hindu in Bombay etc. But your simplistic jabs at Bush are silly. What do you want him to do, tell the Saudi's to take their oil and shove it and send this country and the wold into a depression? Bush himself . andis extremely naive. The equation there is very complex. When you give up your car and your air conditioning down there in New Orleans maybe some of us will listen to your rant. Maybe.
60 posted on 12/03/2003 3:27:03 PM PST by plain talk
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