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Bush's Terror-Fighting Strategy Focuses on Iran
The Wall Street Journal ^ | September 6, 2006 | JOHN D. MCKINNON

Posted on 09/05/2006 9:56:10 PM PDT by John Carey

As the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks approaches, the Bush administration is spotlighting an explicit terror threat: the danger that Iran could someday supply terrorists with nuclear weapons.

The possibility of weapons of mass destruction falling into terrorist hands was central to both a new terror-fighting strategy the White House issued yesterday, and to a speech Mr. Bush delivered. In both cases, the White House is arguing that the reason to worry about terrorists wielding such weapons is the prospect that Iran, with its oil wealth and potential nuclear capability, might cooperate with them.

Terrorists armed with nuclear weapons "would blackmail the free world and spread their ideologies of hate and raise a moral threat to the American people," Mr. Bush warned. "I'm not going to allow this to happen, and no future American president can allow it either."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: bush43; fifthanniversary; gwot; iran

1 posted on 09/05/2006 9:56:10 PM PDT by John Carey
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To: John Carey

George, just keep pouring it on cause, like they said in the movie, They can`t handle the truth!


2 posted on 09/05/2006 10:05:03 PM PDT by bybybill (`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
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"They can`t handle the truth!"

That's why you will never see his speeches broadcast by MSM in their entirety. They only play snippets that they twist and add to their commentary while they mock the president.

3 posted on 09/05/2006 10:17:43 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: bybybill
George, just keep pouring it on cause, like they said in the movie, They can`t handle the truth!

I think we're in what's known as the "rush to war" with Iran.

It would be a powerful plan to be organizing a demonstration to coincide with moving US Troops toward the Iranian border. The Iranian leadership can choose between moving forces to the border to prepare to repel an invasion or keeping them in Tehran to defend against a coup. It would be a lose-lose situation for the current leadership. In fact, I think we could tell them what we're doing and still leave them with no options.

Shalom.

4 posted on 09/06/2006 5:17:10 AM PDT by ArGee (The Ring must not be allowed to fall into Hillary's hands!)
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To: ArGee

The War on Terrorism started in Terhan and that`s where it will end. Thank you, Mr. Peanut


5 posted on 09/06/2006 7:03:22 AM PDT by bybybill (`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
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