Condi: "Mr. President, this Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fellow, let's throw him down that well of his."
Posted on 04/20/2006 12:46:48 AM PDT by beyond the sea
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday the United States would use political, economic and other measures to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
Speaking to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Rice said the international community agreed Iran could not have a nuclear weapon and was mobilized to respond.
On Tuesday, President George W. Bush refused to rule out nuclear strikes against Iran if diplomacy failed to curb the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions.
"In order to turn the Iranians back from what has been behavior that is contrary to all the wishes of the international community, we are prepared to use measures at our disposal -- political, economic, others, to dissuade Iran," Rice said in reply to a question on Iran.
When asked what the threshold would be for military action against Iran, Rice reiterated that political and economic pressure should run its course. However she stressed the president's view that all options remained on the table.
Officials from Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China have been meeting in Moscow, so far without agreement, trying to find a united approach on Iran, which announced last week it had begun to enrich uranium.
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Condi: "Mr. President, this Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fellow, let's throw him down that well of his."
"mobilized to respond" = Let America deal with it.
ping ........
"Varied Means"?
How about some D-5 Trident missiles, combined with B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombardment, and a batch of Tomahawk cruise missiles to mop up anything that escapes the D-5s and the bombers?
I like that kind of "varied means".
You forgot the cherry on top...
I think that's what she means.
How do you like that picture of Ms. Rice?
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I vote for option three: other measures.
I'm not sure they are smart enough to be "scared witless". You must have wits with which to begin.
Very nice.
LOL
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38a19187322e.htm
Rice is an idiot.
Talk is cheap, and she's full of nothing else.
Instead of touring the world with Brit Jack Stray, she ought ot be supporting Rumsfeld and the brave warriors who are doing the job that neither she nor her predecessor could do.
If it was hard to fire Powell, it's gonna be real hard to get rid of this bozo.
Have another drink ............. then go to the kitchen and clean some dishes for payment.
You write on your profile page: "If my neighbors ever knew what I think of 'em, I'd never get a drink in any bar in town." --- At the bar early today, SdlV?
How about a special team from about a mile away - the upside Ahmadinejad's head option?
She has supported Rumy. But. She has a specific job to do at State - diplomatic stuff - and she is doing it well. I also think she is doing a good job at cleaning up the State Dept. as well.
Stunning picture of Ms. Rice.
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