Rice insists Cheney doesn’t want to bomb Iran.
Rice insists Cheney doesn’t want to bomb Iran.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted today that Vice President Cheney “fully supports a diplomatic course over Iran’s nuclear program, denying impressions of divisions among President Bush’s foreign-policy advisers.”
Rice was responding to remarks made by Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. ElBaradei told BBC Radio that the world risked a war in Iran because of “new crazies who say ‘let’s go and bomb Iran.’ ”
Asked who the “new crazies” were, ElBaradei replied: “Those who have extreme views and say the only solution is to impose your will by force.”
Rice said she had “no idea” who the IAEA chief was talking about. “But when pressed by a reporter on whether ElBaradei’s reference could include Cheney,” she said the President’s policy is “supported by all of the members of his cabinet — and by the vice president of the United States.”
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Iran is a non-issue. If I were you, I’d be keeping an eye on those embassies in Iraq.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:23 pmRight. And I can levitate objects using only the power of my mind.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:25 pmAnd we’re supposed to believe her, because…..
June 1st, 2007 at 4:25 pmRight.
I was reminded of McCain’s recent attempt to be funny. To the tune of the Beach Boys “Barbara Anne” he was singing Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran. But of course there are more than just a few “crazies” in Washington.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:26 pmoh no, never, ever ever would these people even consider attacking another country. not iran, or syria, or north korea, or somalia or anywhere else.
The bush administration loves peace. don’t you people get it! peace I tells ya!
Seriously, though - we need to demand that no further wars are wages. When will enough be enough?
Some interesting reading:
“Speaking of Iran”
June 1st, 2007 at 4:32 pmhttp://www.populistamerica.com/speaking_of_iran
BottomBoy the Republiqueer is back!
He hates himself for being a bottom boy.
But he still votes Repuke.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:33 pmCondisleazie couldn’t lie straight in bed!
June 1st, 2007 at 4:35 pmWhen Cheney gets bombed, who does he bomb?
June 1st, 2007 at 4:35 pmI think that the capital should be moved out of Washngton. It has become a cesspool of lobbysists, greed, and think tank foundations that train the organ grinding monkies.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:36 pmWhen Cheney gets bombed, who does he bomb? Quails and beer
June 1st, 2007 at 4:38 pmWell, she never lies, so that is a huge relief!
June 1st, 2007 at 4:41 pmwe heard the same garbage about iraq and look where we are. they just got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. they have every intention of attacking iraq. they are right now laying the ground work in the same way they did for iraq. they have a certain pattern that we’re seeing played out right now.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:42 pmOh, okay. Condoleeza Rice insists that Cheney doesn’t want to bomb Iran. Everyone can rest easy.
After all, when has Condoleeza Rice been wrong? When has the administration ever misrepresented the facts about a military action?
June 1st, 2007 at 4:44 pmRight. And I can levitate objects using only the power of my mind.
Comment by Loonie
I can move thru time with my mind. =)
June 1st, 2007 at 4:44 pmAmerica only attacks weak countries , like iraq disarming for 9 years then chicken shits attack , Iran has air defences , chicken shits dont attack then
June 1st, 2007 at 4:45 pmAmerica only attacks countries that are pretty much defenceless
go pick on North korea they have been shooting missiles over Japan since 1998 -
I got a nice easy target - Darfur , sorry no oil there
June 1st, 2007 at 4:48 pmRemember when CuntiSleezy Lice said that nobody ever dreamed that terrorists would fly airliners into buildings?
Three months earlier, Chimpy was moved to a safer location at a G-8 meeting…because of a threat of terrorists flying an airplane into his hotel room window.
Lying Bitch.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:49 pmwell, now we KNOW - it’s a sure thing they want to bomb iran…
su-prise, su-prise…
June 1st, 2007 at 4:49 pmIraq had no WMDs and we rolled up Saddam’s army in a month.
Five years later, a bunch of Iraqi insurgents with small arms and improvised explosives have brought the US military to a standstill.
Now the entire world knows we are a paper tiger.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:50 pmCondoleeza Rice was Provost at Stamford when one of the Doctors here was there(at Stamford). He said he and his friends called her ‘Condyloma” Rice!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHQHHAHAAHAA!!!
damn, laughed so hard I spat a Q
June 1st, 2007 at 4:52 pmRice doesn’t know what Cheney wants to do. Why would she? He doesn’t answer to her or anyone else.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:55 pmDon’t mess with the mullahs.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:01 pmI’m pretty sure Condyloma (heh) is out of the communications loop.
She didn’t get the memo…..? Oh yeah….nevermind….
June 1st, 2007 at 5:01 pmI’m not worried. In 40 “wars” over the last 60 years, we have never “defended” overselves against anybody with a weapon than a small pea-shooter. Look it up.
Iran is the fierce-looking kid the schoolyard bully goes out of his way to avoid.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:02 pmI thought I was the only one who thought Condi was refering to Cheney
June 1st, 2007 at 5:02 pmOkay . . first let it be known that calling someone “The Vice President of the United States” doesn’t make Mr. Thirteen Percent Approval’s support any more credible .
In addition, having what is termed as “the President’s policies” being supported by all of the members of his cabinet is equally as signifigant as having the support of Mr. Thirteen Percent Approval.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:08 pmI mean really, as if “members of his cabinet” are going to do anything less than lick his boots as they always have.
There’s not a one of them with a spine.
They’re all pigs at the trough.
Is it his plan to reluctantly bomb Iran?
June 1st, 2007 at 5:10 pmI would accidently bomb their only oil refinery.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:23 pmCheney wanted to attack Iraq from the beginning, but he couldn’t DO anything about it until Sept. 11. Uh Oh.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:24 pmVice President was extremely forceful in his comments in the run up to the Iraq war as he is now in terms of a potential showdown with Iran. This administration has ignored strong diplomacy from the beginning. They should work with the international community to come to a peaceful resolution with Iran. In Iraq as well we need a stronger push toward diplomacy and political reconciliation. We can no longer win this war militarily. Their preemptive doctrine for national security is deeply flawed as many of us are now seeing its result in Iraq. When it comes to credibility the Vice President, the Secretary of State and the President have very little of it with the American people.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:28 pmMohamed ElBaradei is being confusing. The “new crazies” are the same as the “old crazies”, who are, in this case, shiteating islamofascists.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:34 pmMaybe McCain can hum a few bars of some Beach Boys to her to help jog her memory about about how the “Bomb Iran now” make up the core of the base still supporting Bush and the GOP.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:40 pm#30 WTF are you yammering about?
June 1st, 2007 at 5:41 pm#30 WTF are you yammering about?
Comment by lestatdelc — June 1, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
You know… Mahomet over there is forgot that it is shiteating islamofascists and the retard muslims who follow them that are both the “new” and the “old” crazies.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:45 pmErratum: post #33) line should read:
“You know… Mahomet over there forgot that it is shiteating”
June 1st, 2007 at 5:51 pm“— and by the vice president of the United States.â€
Which Rice (and Cheney) believe is the FOURTH BRANCH OF OUR GOV’T, the Office of the Vice President.
You get the Exec., and the OVP, and the 5-4 Court, and that’s already three branches of gov’t. Who cares what the rabble in the Congress think?
War Powers means you never have to inform the Congress until it’s too late.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:51 pmRice insists Cheney doesn’t want to bomb Iran
Then, that means Cheney wants to bomb Iran.
We all know this…. That complete administration can’t wait for more mayhem and carnage and there is n;t much time left to fulfill the PNAC blueprint.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:55 pmTruman didn’t “want” to bomb Hiroshima, but it was necessary.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pmMy mother says I’m the smartest man in the world.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:57 pmthe only reason she was even made secretary of state is because she swallowed.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:59 pmI would accidently bomb their only oil refinery.
Comment by Patrick1 — June 1, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
Yeah, if only you had an airplane… Oh, patty, you’re such a he-man.
June 1st, 2007 at 6:02 pm#37
Why?
Necessary- that cannot be done without
- indespensable, compulsory.
I challenge Truman not, just he intent of your word choice.
June 1st, 2007 at 6:03 pmIf Cheney’s not willing to bomb Iran, maybe we should get someone in there that’s willing to at least consider it.
June 1st, 2007 at 6:05 pmit’s a helluva rationalization to be desperate enough to compare hiroshima and iran in the first place!
June 1st, 2007 at 6:11 pmHe’s obviously not talking about Cheney. Cheney is one of the “old crazies”. Nothing new about him.
June 1st, 2007 at 6:13 pmJake
June 1st, 2007 at 6:13 pmI am going to feel sorry for you when you realize the neocons made a fool out of you.
This is all about Iraq signing a contract, accepting only 30% of their oil profits and giving corporate oil companies 70%. Some that secretly and shamefully think this is OK (who cares if blood was lost for this or that we wiped out a culture of people) because the price of gas will go down… That is not going to happen - the profits will remain with the oil Corps. The neocons have you and many like you, all buzzed about this so called war as they rob the treasury to pay for this. Do you enjoy paying for the civilian contractors - 100+ K a year, not to mention other expenses, watching our country rot from the inside out for this thievery named a war on terror?
Mr. President…before you toss around terms like Crazy and Retarded, consider this:
Iran got rid of its Arch Enemy, who attacked them and started an 8 year war with poison gas used for the first time since World War I. They accomplished this using our Military, costing thousands of American lives and half a trillion dollars. A shiite majority, friendly to Iran, is set to take control of the Iraqi Govt, by democratic means.
June 1st, 2007 at 6:18 pmCrazy??? Like a Fox if you ask me.
Asked who the “new crazies†were, ElBaradei replied: “Those who have extreme views and say the only solution is to impose your will by force.â€
he’s talking about the troolls who “visit” TP…
June 1st, 2007 at 6:19 pmComment by Badger — June 1, 2007 @ 6:18 pm
Yeah… like I said, Mahomet is confused. The crazies are the ones who think that they can stand in the way of progress… you know the islamofascists and the muslim shiteaters who follow them…
June 1st, 2007 at 6:23 pm(I do not say that ALL muslims are shiteaters, or all islamos are fascists)
Mr. President…the Shiites in Iraq want to impose Sharia Law. And what do you mean by ” the way of progress”???? Stem cell research? Global warming initiatives? The Death Penalty?
June 1st, 2007 at 6:31 pm…later researchers found that ‘Diplomatic course’ is the name of the new GAMMA RAY BOMB….kills all people,leaves the oil.
June 1st, 2007 at 6:33 pmWhy does it seem to me that we are the ones eating Muslim shit in Iraq, Mr. President? Or was eating Muslim shit part of your brilliant plan?
June 1st, 2007 at 6:34 pmCaptain Man-bonker: “If Cheney’s not willing to bomb Iran, maybe we should get someone in there that’s willing to at least consider it.”
Why don’t you lead the first raid, tough guy?
June 1st, 2007 at 6:52 pmLie afer Lie after Lie! that’s all these neo-cons can do and it’s all they ever have done. that’s why they’re all (or soon to be) being issued subpoenas.
June 1st, 2007 at 7:05 pmPatrick1 - Stupidest Troll Ever
June 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pmWell, if Condi says it, it must be true. After all, she has a track record. It’s not like she’s lied to us before, right?
June 1st, 2007 at 7:34 pmRice said she had “no idea†who the IAEA chief was talking about.—-Typical Psychopathic Personality behavior: aloof/pretend to be aloof(because the psychopath/narcisist thinks it is on higher ground) or unresponsive. Discusting. People call you crazy, but who cares right? WRONG, SICKO!
June 1st, 2007 at 7:55 pmMore on the chickenshit factor: Bush knew Ira
June 1st, 2007 at 8:41 pmMore on the chickenshit factor: Bush knew Iraq did not have wmd so he safely invaded to find them. Iran has an army, air force and navy. Go bomb em, Dick, but you better bunker hunker first. Rice: lying political claptrap waiting to write book about same.
June 1st, 2007 at 8:47 pmIsn’t it bizarre how the neocons rely on a socialist institution like the military to implement all their policies?
Wingers are self-deluded fools. They hate all government–till they have to get something done.
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:46 am