Posted on 03/20/2006 12:43:57 PM PST by veronica
US President George W. Bush said he hoped to resolve the nuclear dispute with Iran with diplomacy, but warned Tehran he would "use military might" if necessary to defend Israel.
"The threat from Iran is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel. That's a threat, a serious threat. It's a threat to world peace," the US president said after a speech defending the war in Iraq.
"I made it clear, and I'll make it clear again, that we will use military might to protect our ally Israel," said Bush, who was apparently referring to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call for the destruction of Israel.
On the atomic dispute, Bush said he hoped "to solve this issue diplomatically" with a "united message" to Tehran from Washington, London, Paris, Berlin as well as Russia "hopefully" and China.
The message would be that "your desire to having a nuclear weapon is unacceptable," he said.
Bush also touched on Iran's agreement to discuss Iraq with the United States, saying that "it's very important, however, for the Iranians to understand that the discussion is limited to Iraq.
"We're using this as an opportunity to make it clear about our concerns of interference within a democratic process that is evolving," he said, saying that the talks will not decide Iran's relations with a sovereign Iraq.
"Ultimately, Iraq-Iranian relations will be negotiated between the Iraqi government and the Iranian government," he said.
What are those ambitions?
More later but the short version involves putting you and the rest of us on our knees FIVE times a day.
He should go on tour with David Duke.
Tommy Daschle is saddened and concerned.
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The German rockets hitting England were crude first generation, the new ones would have been devastating, and their jets would have cleared the skies both east and west had development continued without American intervention.
I understand the area of the Soviet Union and the fact that the Tiger I and the earlier Panzers had treads that weren't as wide as the Soviet T-34 were a major reason for their bogging down during two unusually harsh winters (41-42). Also, the guns of the early panzers couldn't penetrate the armor of the Russian version. The Panther was the German answer to this problem. The Germans did a horrible job of supplying their troops with the appropriate winter clothing, food and fuel. The Russian army was supplied by food from the collective farms, worked by the peasants who were surviving on the Lend-Lease supplies. Also, the movement of Russian supplies was accomplished by US trucks and jeeps. The Russians were benefactors of the US-UK supplies. Heinz Guderian admitted that not taking Moscow would be their undoing. The technology of the rockets and jets that Germany was working on was still very young and the guidance was a big problem. They couldn't flatten the British spirit but they did a decent job of flattening large areas of British cities. The Kreigsmarine was incapable of supporting a large scale sea-borne invasion, mainly because Hitler didn't believe that a large navy was necessary. Hitler launched the war early in terms of war production and preparedness. I know the history of those famous warriors conquered by Russia but had the German army bagged Moscow, things could have gotten really hairy. But they didn't. I am quite intrigued by the Soviet military during the war and believe that man for man the Soviet soldier was a much tougher, hardened fighter.
The reason the Russians were able to build their tanks and supply their troops was the massive influx of American trucks and train locomotives and airplane fuel. Our moon rocket engines were copies of German designs, early Russian Migs were copies of German jets. The Red Army beat the Germans back with our help...We needed each other to defeat Hitler.
So the 400,000 heavy trucks didn't help Russian Army movement, the 2,000 train engines didn't transport Russian war material and troops? The discussion is not about the "fighting spirit" of the Russian people..
And if my memory serves me, you were talking about melted Sherman tanks and the "peanuts" of Lend-Lease?
Read the other posts... I think you are wrong... me too... I think Iran is behind all of this...
I think you are right, thank God... IT's best to ignore public polls and democrats... when you know what is at stake....and the president...
Bush is not running for anything.. therefore.. in his last year he can do whatever he damn well pleases with regard to US defense....
In some respects you are historically correct but you also sound like you follow the Lindbergh kool aid trail. Stay out of the other countries disputes.
The world is round, not flat so you cannot get to the other end without coming to the beginning or the starting point. Since this is the only place now to live and there are no other habitable planets, yet, doesn't it make sense to stop the situation before it gets totally out of hand?
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