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| Turkish paper: Iran next no matter who wins US elections |
| 2006-11-06 |
| ÃœMİT ENGİNSOY WASHINGTON - Turkish Daily News European nations and many centrists and liberals at home would view a Republican defeat in Tuesday's congressional elections as a means for a shift in U.S. foreign policy toward a less adventurist and more multilateral direction. So are we prepared to see a more "benign" U.S. foreign policy in the runup to the more important presidential elections in November 2008? Some suggest otherwise. Iran is unlikely to be deterred in its nuclear program even in the event of tough sanctions. And eventually, diplomacy, most likely, will not work. President George W. Bush has repeatedly said that he is working for a diplomatic solution but is also keeping all options on the table. More importantly, he says, "We will not allow a nuclear-armed Iran." Well, if Bush says this, you will have to take him at his word, as recent history has shown. And the Democrats, wouldn't they prevent Bush from resorting to a military option on Iran? Probably not. In a post 9/11 world, most Democrats are equally hawkish when it comes to issues like a nuclear-armed Iran, which they also view as an existential threat. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #1 To "suggest otherwise" is IMO to directly imply that the Dems don't truly believe in their own, oft harsh/obscene etal., criticisms of Dubya + GOP-Right. And iff the former is indeed truly or mostly correct, then why should any pro-Dem from mainstream America = Main Street, Anytown, AnyState, Anywhere USA vote for any Dem pol whom does not believe in his = hers own alleged Dem ideology/cause??? Wouldn't it make sense that the Dem base would instead suppor GOP-Rightist/Conservative "true believers" whom at worse make HONEST MISTAKES as matters of policies, than to routinely proclaim to "I'M FOR EVERYONE = ANY ONE = NO ONE", LEFT-BELOVED DIALECTICAL "SMART POLITICS"??? EVEN GOD = ALLAH MUST PREFER MORTAL MAN LEARN FROM NATURAL = NON-HUMAN CAUSED/ NON PRE-PLANNED DIALECTICISM, NOT ARTIFICIAL OR NON/UN-NATURAL!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-06 01:55 |