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| President George W. Bush's Press Conference - 10/17/07 |
| 2007-10-17 |
| Excerpt: Q But you definitively believe Iran wants to build a nuclear weapon? THE PRESIDENT: I think so long -- until they suspend and/or make it clear that they -- that their statements aren't real, yeah, I believe they want to have the capacity, the knowledge, in order to make a nuclear weapon. And I know it's in the world's interest to prevent them from doing so. I believe that the Iranian -- if Iran had a nuclear weapon, it would be a dangerous threat to world peace. But this -- we got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon. I take the threat of Iran with a nuclear weapon very seriously. And we'll continue to work with all nations about the seriousness of this threat. Plus we'll continue working the financial measures that we're in the process of doing. In other words, I think -- the whole strategy is, is that at some point in time, leaders or responsible folks inside of Iran may get tired of isolation and say, this isn't worth it. And to me, it's worth the effort to keep the pressure on this government. And secondly, it's important for the Iranian people to know we harbor no resentment to them. We're disappointed in the Iranian government's actions, as should they be. Inflation is way too high; isolation is causing economic pain. This is a country that has got a much better future, people have got a much better -- should have better hope inside Iran than this current government is providing them. So it's -- look, it's a complex issue, no question about it. But my intent is to continue to rally the world to send a focused signal to the Iranian government that we will continue to work to isolate you, in the hopes that at some point in time, somebody else shows up and says it's not worth the isolation. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #7 Iran = North Korea > key watchword is DISABLEMENT, NOT DESTRUCTION, OF LOCAL REACTORS/NUCPROGS. Iran has made it clear it will NOT give up or modify the goals-agenda of it Revolution, ditto NK and Communism. CHINA > HAS JUST REDEDICATED ITSELF TO COMMUNISM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-17 19:54 |
| #6 It appears that President Bush did today, ed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-17 18:49 |
| #5 Yep. The Iranians have said many times they want to destroy both Israel and America. It is beyond my comprehension why the Bush administration does not publicize fact far and wide. While Bush may have no hostility to Iranians, I do. The sooner Iran is destroyed and occupied by America and the survivors scattered to the winds, the sooner my family can sleep without the threat of vaporization. Death to Iran. "With the help of the Almighty, we shall soon experience a world without America and Zionism, notwithstanding those who doubt. To those who doubt, to those who ask is it possible, or those who do not believe, I say accomplishment of a world without America and Israel is both possible and feasible.” -- Ahmadinejad "I say let this land (Iran) burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world." -- Khomeini |
| Posted by: ed 2007-10-17 18:33 |
| #4 Pooty got his answer. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-10-17 17:46 |
| #3 Wants to destroy Israel? The animal wants to destroy the US. Load, lock and launch. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Flique2473 2007-10-17 15:31 |
| #2 When a president of the United States tells foreign leaders that they'd better sign on to a serious Iranian sanctions regime or find themselves (and their countries) in the middle of World War III, yes, that's overt. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-10-17 14:17 |
| #1 we got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon. Is that the threat overt? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-17 14:12 |