US President George W. Bush warned against Iranian "stalling" in the heat of a nuclear showdown, and warned he could not protect America without tough interrogations of top terror suspects. Mr Bush used a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, to set the stage for high-stakes talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week on imposing sanctions on Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.And he hit back forcefully at a Republican rebellion in Congress over his administration's rejigged plans on the trial and interrogation of top Al-Qaeda terror suspects.
He also expressed frustration with the UN over delays in the deployment of a UN force to stop what he has called genocide in the Sudanese region of Darfur.
Mr Bush warned Iran should not be able to stretch out the diplomatic clock and "stall" to repel the international effort to stop it enriching uranium. He also ruled out a meeting with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN next week. "My concern is that they'll stall, they'll try to wait us out," Bush said.
| Which is obvious to everyone except the EU and the Dhimmicrats. And Kofi. And the IAEA ... |