Bush Adviser Says Iran Bluffing On Iraq.

Source: AP via Yahoo News

Like a kid crying for a sucker at the grocery store check-out, Stephen J. Hadley, National Security Adviser, steps to the podium and declares that we are calling out Iran, and we want another war.

Get with the program. There is no money to be made in peacetime military opps.

WASHINGTON--President Bush's top foreign policy adviser said Friday that Iran's new willingness to talk about Iraq with the United States is probably a ploy designed to "divert pressure and divert attention" from international concern that Tehran wants a nuclear bomb.

The United States has accused Iran of using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to build atomic weapons, an allegation Tehran denies. The U.N. Security Council is expected to discuss Iran's nuclear program this month, with Washington pressing for penalties.

"What is interesting is that the Iranians would choose now, at this moment, in such a very public way, to embrace this idea and try to expand it to a negotiation about a broader set of issues," Hadley said.

"The concern, therefore, is that it is simply a device by the Iranians to try and divert pressure that they're feeling in New York, to try and drive a wedge between the United States and the other countries with which we are working on the nuclear issue and, if you will, divert pressure and divert attention."

Or just like before invading Iraq, Saddam was sending feelers to broker a peaceful ending, and the Warhawks just decided to ignore the olive branch.

Hadley added: "Obviously, this is something that we and those who are working with us on these issues will not let happen."

There was concern Friday in the Bush administration that the Iranian offer could increase the stature of Iran's government in its citizens' eyes, raise Tehran's status in the region and curry broader international sympathy that could undermine the U.N. Security Council efforts.

For that reason, there was also skepticism that talks would even take place.

"They've made such statements in the past that they would be open to talking about the matters in Iraq," said White House press secretary Scott McClellan. "We'll have to see."

It seems like the administration is hell-bent on another unjustified war, and there isn't much anyone can do to stop them.

Besides, we have a Republican-controlled Congress that rubber-stamps everything (including the illegal stuff) the Bush White House does.

We also have a Supreme Court that bows down to the White House: "Yes, King George...we will stand behind all of your crimes to the end. Anything for your 'war on terror'. Suspend years of freedoms and rights? Check--got it, sir. Instead of holding you accountable, we have your flank, brave leader. Protect our homeland, Führer!"

And the people...voters who smile and say how wonderful life is while all of this is going on.

As they say, "Ignorance is bliss," and the people listed above are extremely happy right now for some reason.

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