Bush Warns of “WW III” If Iran Gets Nukes
Let's review these key ingredients from a White House news conference on Wednesday and see if they remind us of anything, shall we? We had: President G. W. Bush -- check! Fear-mongering about weapons that a Middle Eastern nation is allegedly developing -- check! Accusations from the Bush administration about said Middle Eastern nation lying about said weapons to the U.N. -- check!
Let’s review these key ingredients from a White House news conference on Wednesday and see if they remind us of anything, shall we? We had: President G. W. Bush — check! Fear-mongering about weapons that a Middle Eastern nation is allegedly developing — check! Accusations from the Bush administration about said Middle Eastern nation lying about said weapons to the U.N. — check!
Wait, before you go…The New York Times:
“If Iran had a nuclear weapon, it’d be a dangerous threat to world peace,” Mr. Bush said. “So I told people that if you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.”
“I take the threat of Iran with a nuclear weapon very seriously,” he said.
The United States has said it is pursuing a diplomatic approach to Iran, including the threat of a new round of United Nations sanctions, but it has refused to rule out military action to halt Iran’s nuclear program.
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