Report: Bush rejected Israeli strike on Iran

[IDemo]

U.K. paper: Bush told Israel he was unlikely to change view while in office

Reuters
updated 3:01 a.m. MT, Fri., Sept. 26, 2008

JERUSALEM - Israel gave serious thought earlier this year to a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites but was told by President Bush he would not support it, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported Friday.

Quoting what it called senior diplomatic sources who work for a European head of government, the left-leaning Guardian said Bush told Israel he did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency.

Mark Regev, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said Israel preferred a diplomatic solution to the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.

But Regev added: "All options must remain on the table."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26899072/

Hard to conceive of Chimpya refusing a chance like this....

[dkf]

1. See Palin is crazier than Bush.

[IDemo]

2. She can't be too careful

with Ahmedinejad flying fighter planes over Alaska every chance he gets.

[dkf]

3. Oh Geez.

She is going to be the butt of jokes for ages.

[Flarney]

7. And this is after only THREE interviews. Amazing... n/t

(edit) Ok, the Hannity one was an infomercial, but still...

[bullimiami]

4. IF bush did this it was because it was in the interest of his powerful friends to do so.

Of course it may be just another steaming pile of propaganda.
It came from Reuters.

[IDemo]

5. from the Guardian

which I tend to trust more than most US sources.

[shadowknows69]

6. Or the military finally told him it wasn't happening.

[marmar]

8. Bingo!.....Supposedly their was a near-revolt over the handling of Iraq.....

.... Military commanders probably told him to go f**k himself over Iran.

[Strelnikov_]

10. Very well could be. Neocons dumb, but not completely stupid? n/t

[Strelnikov_]

9. Wow. The economic situation must be a lot worse than they are letting on.

Maybe our lenders (Mr. Mohammed, Mr. Wu, Mr. Okuda, Mr. Seung, etc.) told us they would pull our line of credit.