By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and MARC SANTORA
Published: February 15, 2007
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 —
President Bush said Wednesday that he was certain that factions within the Iranian government had supplied Shiite militants in Iraq with deadly roadside bombs that had killed American troops. But he said he did not know whether Iran’s highest officials had directed the attacks.Mr. Bush’s remarks amounted to his most specific accusation to date that Iran was undermining security in Iraq. They appeared to be part of a concerted effort by the White House to present a clearer, more direct case that Iran was supplying the potent weapons — and to push back against criticism that the intelligence used in reaching the conclusions was not credible.
This tells it all! Same story we had going into Iraq. Mr Bush appears to not have learned from his mistakes and now we are heading straight into a war with Iran. In My View of It, God help us all.
Speaking at a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Bush dismissed as “preposterous” the contention by some skeptics that the United States was drawing unwarranted conclusions about Iran’s role. He publicly endorsed assertions that had until now been presented only by anonymous military and intelligence officials, who have said that an elite branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps known as the Quds Force has provided Shiite militias in Iraq with the sophisticated weapons that have been responsible for killing at least
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4 comments:
The scariest part of that presser to me is when he said that he wanted to "do somethin' about it!" He sounded just like the worst playground bullies of my childhood. Even if it does not come to armageddon within the next couple years, the looming prospect of an Iran attack is going to have interesting implications for the 2008 presidential campaign.
I agree. The incoming President is going to have to deal with the mess that Bush is leaving behind. I am surprised that anyone even wants to run for President given this.
how can one man make the same mistakes over and over again? It is apalling.
I think that is one defenition of insanity-doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result.
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