U.S. to "deal with" more countries after Iraq

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/263923.html

 

U.S. to Israel: We'll deal with Syria, Iran after Iraq war

 

By Aluf Benn and Sharon Sadeh, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies

 

U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton said in meetings with Israeli officials on Monday that he has no doubt America will attack Iraq, and that it will be necessary to deal with threats from Syria, Iran and North Korea afterwards.

 

Bolton, who is undersecretary for arms control and international security, is in Israel for meetings about preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

 

In a meeting with Bolton on Monday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that Israel is concerned about the security threat posed by Iran. It's important to deal with Iran even while American attention is turned toward Iraq, Sharon said.

 

Bolton also met with Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Housing and Construction Minister Natan Sharansky.

 

No uniform position in EU European Union foreign ministers have not succeeded in arriving at a uniform position regarding Iraq, and the conflict between the two main camps continues.

 

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said at Monday's emergency summit in Brussels that he was optimistic a common position could be reached exerting pressure on Iraq.

 

Fischer said the deliberations are about Europe itself as well as Iraq, and rejected the need for military force.

 

Representatives from France and Belgium are also adamant in their opposition to war, and French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin praised Belgium for helping stall the NATO deliberations.

 

On the other side, Britain, Spain and Italy expressed support for the United States.

 

“Time is running out,” said British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. The United Nations "set out very clearly that this was the final opportunity for Iraq to comply," Straw said. "That involves hard decisions for everyone across Europe. It is only by fighting tyranny that we are able to enjoy the freedoms that we do."

 

The source is obviously biased, but still: Do you think Bush has squandered all the goodwill the rest of the world had towards the USA after 9/11 ?

[Guest Vern Gagne]

This Iraq attack is a huge swerve. Hussein is going quitly leave, and the U.S. will attack Iran.

 

I have to question the source. It however wouldn't suprise me if Isreal wants the US to deal with Syria and Iran. Iran supplies weapons to terrorists, and Syria safe haven for Hezbollah.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I just think it's funny that we want to talk things out with a concrete potential nuclear aggressor yet we want to invade another country that doesn't pose as much of a threat.

[Guest JMA]

The source is obviously biased, but still: Do you think Bush has squandered all the goodwill the rest of the world had towards the USA after 9/11 ?

Yes. The world has returned to its previous stance of hating us. I hope America doesn't start acting all imperialistic.

[Guest Tyler McClelland]

The source is obviously biased, but still: Do you think Bush has squandered all the goodwill the rest of the world had towards the USA after 9/11 ?

Yes. The world has returned to its previous stance of hating us. I hope America doesn't start acting all imperialistic.

What? Imperialistic?!?

 

::hides four colonies in his pockets::

 

Umm... I'm uh... we need to... uh... keep these guys safe. Their... president is uh... harboring... Osama. Yes. Osama.

 

OSAMA BAD!

 

::runs off with four countries::

[Guest DrTom]

IMO, Saudi Arabia is a bigger threat than Iran. The political leadership in Iran is actually a lot more moderate and progressive than in other countries around there, but the religious leaders are complicating things with their hard-line stances. Saudi Arabia, however, has long supported terrorism against Israel and the US, and why we continue to militarily and economically support them is a mystery to me. Of course, to cripple them, all we have to do is withdraw all our military and stop buying oil from them. Aggression wouldn't be necessary in their case.

 

North Korea is a different matter. I think that situation can be worked out diplomatically. The reality is that we can't expect other countries to embrace a no-one-is-allowed-to-have-nukes-except-us strategy. I'd much rather see us concentrate on missile defense and chemical/biological weapon defenses than raise a big stink because some country has a weapon.

[Guest The Hamburglar]

IMO, Saudi Arabia is a bigger threat than Iran.  The political leadership in Iran is actually a lot more moderate and progressive than in other countries around there, but the religious leaders are complicating things with their hard-line stances.  Saudi Arabia, however, has long supported terrorism against Israel and the US, and why we continue to militarily and economically support them is a mystery to me.  Of course, to cripple them, all we have to do is withdraw all our military and stop buying oil from them.  Aggression wouldn't be necessary in their case.

 

North Korea is a different matter.  I think that situation can be worked out diplomatically.  The reality is that we can't expect other countries to embrace a no-one-is-allowed-to-have-nukes-except-us strategy.  I'd much rather see us concentrate on missile defense and chemical/biological weapon defenses than raise a big stink because some country has a weapon.

100% agree with this post. Importantly, its not just the Iranian leadership, but the people too who have become much more moderate. If America plays its cards right, Iran could become a strong, independent and democratic trading partner in the Middle East. They buy American consumer items by the ton on the black market. Saudi, on the other hand, I consider to be currently the most repellent regime on the planet, and the West should be ashamed to call them allies. I am against war with Iraq, but I would unequivocably support a war against Saudi Arabia. As for North Korea, quite frankly it seems that they have far too much ability to heavily damage Asia for there ever to be any military strike against them. Far better to use diplomacy and hope that China takes it out somewhere down the road.