Strategy on Iran Stirs New Debate at White House

[Hissyspit]

Source: New York Times

Strategy on Iran Stirs New Debate at White House

By HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER
Published: June 16, 2007
WASHINGTON, June 15 — A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new strategy toward Iran, a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within the administration over whether the approach has any hope of reining in Iran’s nuclear program, according to senior administration officials.

The debate has pitted Ms. Rice and her deputies, who appear to be winning so far, against the few remaining hawks inside the administration, especially those in Vice President Dick Cheney’s office who, according to some people familiar with the discussions, are pressing for greater consideration of military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

In the year since Ms. Rice announced the new strategy for the United States to join forces with Europe, Russia and China to press Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, Iran has installed more than a thousand centrifuges to enrich uranium. The International Atomic Energy Agency predicts that 8,000 or so could be spinning by the end of the year, if Iran surmounts its technical problems.

Those hard numbers are at the core of the debate within the administration over whether Mr. Bush should warn Iran’s leaders that he will not allow them to get beyond some yet-undefined milestones, leaving the implication that a military strike on the country’s facilities is still an option.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/16/washington/16diplo.html

[illinoisprogressive]

1. Cheney wants to be at war with the whole world.

[HuffleClaw]

2. "he will not allow them to get beyond some yet-undefined milestones" WTF?

what fucking lunacy is that?

[rodeodance]

7. odd---the cheney just does not declare that they have the bomb! -oh, but they

did that with wmd and SH!!

[ninkasi]

3. Bush and Cheney

are both clearly sociopaths. They are the last people in the world who should be given the enormous power they have. I can't think of two more unfit individuals gaining control of the U.S. government, and our military power. They have destroyed Iraq, and are in the process of destroying America.

For the love of God, can't we get them impeached, and unable to cause a 3rd World War? Both of them, and their neocon cronies, are delusional, and completely amoral. We can't appeal to them using reason, because they are insane. "The crazies", they are called.

Are we going to let them lead us into hell? Unless the Democrats we elected in 2006 listen to us, they will be enablers of the horrors that will follow from allowing the neocons to have their way, and attack Iran.

[Peace Patriot]

4. And we are to take these people seriously?

Strategy on Iran Stirs Bloodlust at White House

By HILLAIRE POOPER and DREK E. MURKE
Published: June 16, 2007

WASHINGTON, June 15 — A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice congratulated each other, with the bared teeth and bug-eyed salute of the Vampire Club, for the six hundred thousand people they had slaughtered in Iraq, they announced that they are going to do the same thing to Iran, but a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within this bloodsucking administration over whether the approach has any hope of advancing Iran’s nuclear program, so that the carnage can be spread over a wider area and irradiated, according to senior administration officials. Several corporations, with close ties to the administration (belong to the Vampire Club) have expressed interest in the no-bid contracts for the cleanup.

The debate has pitted Ms. Rice and her deputies, who are championing Bechtel and a quick strike that would halve the casualties and leave some people to exploit, against the more hard-core carnivores inside the administration, especially those in Vice President Dick Cheney’s office who, according to some people familiar with the discussions, are pressing for far more casualties. Both plans provide for the irradiated Iranian babies to be culled from incinerated population centers, and flown immediately to the White House, for special state dinners that are planned in celebration of the opening of this second front in the most lucrative war in the history of mankind.

In the year since Ms. Rice announced the new strategy for the United States to join forces with Europe, Russia and China to massacre Iranians, Iran has understandably installed more than a thousand centrifuges to enrich uranium. The International Atomic Energy Agency predicts that ten million people could be blown to smithereens, in the initial exchange alone, if Iran surmounts its technical problems and the U.S. strikes hard.

Those hardcore images of roasted baby limbs and pickled baby faces are at the core of the debate within the administration over whether Mr. Bush should strike before the Iranians are fully ready to defend themselves, to reduce the body count, and increase the chances that more luscious baby flesh will be available for the celebrations, or wait until the Iranians can retaliate and thus escalate the conflict to the full ten million and well beyond, a strategy favored by the Vice President, who has a piggish appetite, whereas Ms. Rice is a more delicate eater.

On the Rice side, Bechtel and several pharmaceutical corporations advocate for the lesser slaughter, to facilitate Bechtel's takeover of water and electrical systems that service the remaining population. Their plan is to withhold water and electricity as a caution against Iranian "insurgents" blowing up the oil wells. And the pharmaceuticals can bilk U.S. taxpayers in guilt money to provide medical aid to survivors only if some people are still alive. Dead Iranians don't need expensive drugs, bandages and IVs.

The Cheney plan, pushed by Halliburton, Blackwater, Titan and Cacci, is to exterminate the Iranians, grab as many babies as possible for the festivities, and take over the oil fields and occupy them with no resistance at all, because everybody will be dead. They expect that waiting for Iran to be capable of a nuclear exchange will not only provide some satisfying meals, but also a very satisfying and total victory in answer to Democratic critics who have taken to calling Republicans "losers."

The American people breathlessly await the results of this "debate." Rumors are that betting sites on the internet are already hot with odds favoring total annihilation for the Iranians, and at least one game company is hiring artists and programmers to rush "The White House Dinner," the rumored game title, into production.

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[mallard]

5. Re: "And we are to take these people seriously?"

Kind of have to seeing as how it's these type of 'leaky insider' forms of Bush Administration public announcement that have an eerie connection to radically violent undertakings and while the rift sounds great for the opposition - on the surface - Condi and Bush can later say they weren't the main backers of our decision to take out Iranian site.

[annabanana]

6. Thank you, Mr. Swift.. . . . . . . eom

[MrPrax]

8. You nailed the real debate...n/t

[conspirator]

9. What strategy? nt