During this morning's press conference, president Bush mentined that he had declaired that he "does not believe that Iran wants to build a nuclear bomb" when he met with Vladimir Putin in Austrailia. Yet when NBC's David Gregory tried to ask Bush about the issue during the conference, specifically a radio broadcast in which Syria proclaimed that Iran was in the process of building a nuclear weapon, the president refused to comment on this. When the issue was brought up again later on in the conference, the president then proclaimed that he did not believe that Iran has the capacity to build a nuclear bomb, although he was well aware that they want to. Now I may be wrong, but the last time the president "did not believe that (a group) had the capacity to do something" and subsequently decided to act only in light of his own beliefs, it resulted in the largest terrorist attack in the history of the United States.
2007-10-17 04:33:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
With that knowledge in mind, why would the president ignore the "warning" by Syria that Iran is, as we speak, in the process of developing nuclear weapons, even in spite of what happened on 9/11? Does Bush not realize that this is a very real threat that the world is dealing with? Or as usual does he refuse to acknowledge the severity of the the issue even in light of 9/11 simply because it is not something that he believes?
2007-10-17 04:36:06 · update #1
The President is not denying that Iran has the desire to build and posess nuclear weapons. This is the entire reason that the U.S. is currently working through the UN to try and halt Irans development of centrifuges and nuclear facilities in which they would develop weapons grade uranium. What the President was saying is that (at this time) Iran does not currently pose an imminent nuclear threat in the region. It would still take them years to get enough fissible nuclear material to build a bomb... then they'd have to test it (which would get everybody's attention)... and THEN they would have to have a missile with which they could launch the warhead onto a target.
They fact is that if we detect a launch or suspect that a launch is imminent we can put a warhead anywhere in the world within 14 minutes. This is due to our ICBM submarines floating undetected all over the world.
2007-10-17 04:48:17 · answer #1 · answered by Jake B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
President Bush just doesn't want to admit that the war in Iraq has not made us safer. He was touting that our action in Iraq made Syria disarm; Israel just destroyed a nuclear reactor they were rebuilding. Iran has more capacity to build WMDs than Iraq did; anyone could see that when the Bush administration was making the case for the war. He knows that it would be difficult to attack Iran because we are bogged down in Iraq. I always thought Iran was more of a threat than Iraq and we are dragging out diplomacy while they are progressing towards a nuclear bomb.
2007-10-17 11:39:41 · answer #2 · answered by speaking_my_mind 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually I think your a little off in your facts.
The war is over and all major hostilities are over was in my opinion his worst miscalculation.
I am and have always been a Bush supporter but facts are facts.
As far as whom to pay more attention to on the world scene mentally trade places with the Pres. and see what you would do remembering that everything he does affect everything everybody does.
Then figure in that no matter what you do members of Congress are going to do their dead level best to undermine you even if it costs American lives.
2007-10-17 11:45:31 · answer #3 · answered by CFB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows what goes on in this mans mind.. very likely the problem was that Cheney was not within asking distance so Bush does not know what to think yet.. he has to be told.
Problem is, his utter stupidity is going to get us all killed one of these days..if he makes anymore enemies we will not have an allie left soon... it says something that he is rarely if ever invited to any other country anymore. People just don't want him.
2007-10-17 11:44:38 · answer #4 · answered by Debra H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a by product of the Dems. Everytime he says they may want to have nukes, they start worrying about the invasion and when it will take place. I guess I would consider restating my intel given the sitaution also. Especially given the political climate with Moscow.
2007-10-17 11:38:26 · answer #5 · answered by this_takes_awhile 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I suspect he has information sources at his disposal that you do not.
2007-10-17 11:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋