Helen Thomas: "Bush Full Of 'Red-Hot Baloney' On Iran"

[kpete]

Published on Friday, February 23, 2007 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington)

There are touches of irony in the White House charges that Iran is "meddling" in Iraq. Look who is talking.

Bush Full of 'Red-Hot Baloney' on Iran
by Helen Thomas

Is President Bush going to attack Iran? That question looms large around the world, as if he doesn't have enough on his plate with Iraq.

The administration's drumbeat about Iran has an all-too familiar ring. The rhetorical assault against Iran -- with which the U.S. has had no diplomatic relations since 1979 -- began with a background news briefing Feb. 11 in Baghdad when U.S. military officials accused Iranians at the "highest levels" of providing sophisticated explosive devices to Shiite militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

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He was asked bluntly if he was trying to find a pretext for war. "No," he said. "It means, I'm trying to protect our troops."

Now the president should realize he has a vast credibility gap stemming from the administration falsehoods that set the groundwork for the 2003 attack on Iraq.

more at:
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0223-21.htm

[ourbluenation]

1. omg - how did this thread sink into the du darkness...here's your 5th.

I


Love



Helen

[Nimrod2005]

2. K

[LibinMo]

3. K&R

[Edweird]

4. Helen is one classy lady. With claws.

She even took the theft of her chair with class. She is awesome.

[renate]

6. she sure is

Just thinking about her makes me feel cheerful.

[judaspriestess]

5. You tell em Helen

but bush is more like full of red hot shit

[Kurovski]

7. Thanks for keeping the message true and accessible, Ms. Thomas!

:-) we do love you. K&R.

[AzDar]

8. Kick for Helen! n/t