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Tom Friedman's latest declaration of war

The nation's leading foreign policy pundit finds the new Soviet Union.

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  • Wednesday, May 14, 2008 06:13 AM

    No security for Iran

    The Bush Administration of course agrees with Friedman that we must attack Iran. Here's the latest from negotiations on Iran's nuclear capabilities:

    The White House on Wednesday said security guarantees for Iran were not being considered at the moment in nuclear talks.


    The comment came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the six nations pressing Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program could guarantee Tehran's security.

    "Security guarantees are not something we are looking at the moment," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said in Israel, where President George W. Bush is meeting with leaders during a trip to the Middle East.

    Yep, the rest of the world be happy to give Iran some sort of safety guarantee if they will stop enriching uranium. No way the US will go along with that, because then Cheney and Bush couldn't get their jollies from one last attack for old times' sake.

    Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/pl_nm/iran_us_dc_1

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