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The Foreign Office reacted swiftly. “Our position is clear and has been made very, very clear by the foreign secretary,” a spokesman said. “We do not think there are any circumstances where military action would be justified against Iran. It does not form part of British foreign policy.”

Bad decision, and very bad presentation of a bad decision.

Swift public rejection of President Bush's statement now by two NATO allies doesn't help the west at all.

Can truly Britain and Germany be so eager to see Iran armed with nuclear weapons?

Showing a divided face on Iran is madness. Especially with the forbearance that President Bush showed throughout this whole very foolish idea of trying to negotiate with madmen who simply laughed and in bad faith used the time to further their nuclear weapons program.

Now the game has become: the U.S. patiently (all too patiently, in my opinion) waited for Europe to try its game of "appease the Iranians." The Iranians are now laughing at the Europeans for being so foolish, and the Europeans are now publicly moving away from President Bush.

What good has this wait done us? None -- instead of our allies now saying "Well, we gave it the old college try, now it's time to do something about the situation," we are getting "We will not take military action in any case."