Bush: No plans to attack Iran
October 8, 2007
In an interivew on Arab Television on Saturday, George Bush claimed that the US is not headed for war with Iran. “The president, in an hour-long interview with Al-Arabiya TV, also reiterated his pledge to negotiate with Iran if it gives up its nuclear program.”
Bush describes talk of an attack as “empty propaganda”, realising that it would enrage not only the Arab street, who are already against him, but also the leaders the Arab States, who fear popular uprisings in the event of an attack.
The interview provides more evidence that there is a rift in the White House between George Bush and Condoleeza Rice, and the war-mongering Neocons headed by Dick Cheney. With both Bush and Rice against war and President Putin visiting Iran later this month, the likelihood of an attack during this administration remains low.
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