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Bush Presses European Allies on Iran
Jun 11th 2008 8:45AM
Filed Under:ePresident Bush, Breaking News, Iran, Foreign Policy
On his last scheduled swing through Europe, President Bush has Iran and its nuclear weapons program high on his agenda. Following the president's first stop on his trip, the U.S.-European Union Summit in Slovenia, the two sides issued a joint declaration that the allies are, "ready to supplement sanctions with additional measures," if the Islamic Republic does not halt its uranium enrichment programs. Yesterday, in Germany, the president sought to shore up support for a new round of sanctions on Iran. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reduced her country's trade with Iran, but is viewed as being lukewarm to additional sanctions.The president is rushing to find a resolution to the Iranian nuclear standoff before his term expires in January. But the pace of negotiations with Iran and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has been painstakingly slow. Solana is preparing to offer another incentives package to Iran in exchange for its abandonment of its nuclear activities. Incentives packages have not thus far convinced Iran to change its ways, and the Bush Administration is looking to get the Europeans to agree to "turn up the pressure," in the words of National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, in the likely event that the Iranians reject the offer.
Iran, North Korea, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remain sticky foreign policy problems for the Bush Administration as it heads into its final six months in office. Those countries and disputes represent international problem spots that have vexed many previous U.S. Administrations. However, the president and his national security team would very much like to leave the nation with some sense of direction on all three. But it is reliant on partners in Europe and elsewhere that have a much different view of the situations in each, and much longer time frames for getting a resolution. The Bush Administration may have to be satisfied to have given its best effort and hope that the next Administration chooses to pick up the ball and advance it further.
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(Page 1 of 1)Serena Ely7:59PMJun 11th 2008
George W. Bush should be impeached. For one reason, it's been proven several times over that he lied about the reasons we invaded Iraq. Needlessly, more than four thousand U.S. soldiers have been killed. Another reason is the lack of real action he's taken to remedy the uneven, sometimes terrible, health care received by our returning valiant servicemen and servicewomen. Another is how he's managing relations with Iran. Making military threats ("all options are on the table") is irresponsible. A lame duck who has always been a real schmuck has no business posturing about war.
I'm sorry he gets to still travel out of the West Wing, much less get to go to Europe on our dime.
If the voting citizens of the U.S. elect McCain, something is terribly, terribly wrong with this country. For one reason, he agrees with a lot of what Bush does or has done. For another, he is anti-choice: Think of the dangers to women's right to choose by his being able to nominate/appoint (possibly) three Supreme Court justices.
Hal12:13PMJun 12th 2008
Have you ever seen Angela Merkel in a low cut dress?!? Man, is she hot! I wonder if she's single!
ed.slough11:05AMJun 16th 2008
IMPEACH GEORGE BUSH FOR ILLEGITIMATE WAR!!!
McCain's promise to continue waging war in Iraq until we "win" is
called into question by these revelations by former White
House Press Sec'y Scott McClellan. The Bush admin.
actively deceived the American people, Congress, the U.N., and
individuals within Bush's admin.such as Colin Powell. To
continue squandering the scarce financial resources of the U.S. in
order to "save face" is utter stupidity.
The Iraq War has driven the U.S. into a recession which Warren
Buffet says will be very long and deep. Our grandchildren
will be taxed to pay-off the huge federal deficit created by Bush with
his war. And the people of Iraq received better treatment than
Americans caught in Hurricane Katrina. The U.S. was dropping "meals
ready to eat" and bottled water to the people of Iraq at the same
time Katrina victims were left starving, and dying from dehydration, in New Orleans.
Bush should be impeached for his wreckless disregard for the American people.
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JOHN11:12AMJun 11th 2008
Someone ask the president wannabe if he will take his presidential oath on the bible. I think we all know the answer to that - there will be no answer.
Someone ask the junior senator what 57 states he is referring to in his campaign. The only 57 state group is the 57 Islamic states - you know - the "peaceful religion"
Someone ask the inexperienced new boy what he thinks of an institution that would overlook the more experienced female candidate for the new fellow with the charisma, the new suit, the new jokes and the good ole boy democrat mentality of screwing the more qualified female candidate for the job so the new guy can take his step up the ladder.
Now for the enlightened liberals to take their turn to call me racist for pointing out the " inconvenient truth" The junior senator has lost his bearings