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"TruthIsStrongerThanTheLie" |
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17 Oct 2004 01:59:50 AM |
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The world has become a more dangerous place with Bush as president. |
N. Korea and Iran continue their nuclear programs while Bush bogs the U.S.
down in Iraq who contrary to Republican propaganda was never a threat and
had no ties to 911. The Bush administration is the poorest excuse for a
presidency in U.S. history.
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Iran Says It Won't Stop Enriching Uranium
10.17.2004
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Saturday it would reject any proposal to stop
uranium enrichment for nuclear fuel, the central part of a package
Washington's European allies are proposing to avoid a showdown over Iran's
nuclear program.
The European countries notified the United States on Friday that they intend
to offer Iran a package of economic incentives next week in hopes of
persuading the country to permanently give up uranium enrichment, a
technology that can be used to make nuclear weapons.
While the U.S. administration did not endorse the offer to Tehran, they also
did not try to stop the Europeans, said a U.S. official, who spoke Friday on
condition of anonymity. The U.S. is pushing for U.N. sanctions against Iran.
"Iran will not accept any proposal which deprives it of the legitimate right
to the cycle of (nuclear) fuel," state-run television quoted Hossein
Mousavian, a top nuclear official, as saying.
However, Mousavian, Iran's chief delegate to the International Atomic Energy
Agency, said his government would study any proposal that would allay
concerns over its nuclear program as long as it respected Iran's right to
enrich uranium.
The key European powers agreed with the U.S. administration at a three-hour
State Department meeting Friday that the package would be Iran's final
chance to avert a showdown at the U.N. nuclear watchdog International Atomic
Energy Agency, a U.S. official said.
Diplomats close to the talks said the European package of incentives
included fuel for Iran's civilian programs and a trade arrangement with the
European Union.
The U.S. government has lacked the necessary votes on the Security Council
to impose sanctions because Britain, France and Germany were negotiating
with Tehran in search of a compromise.
Last month, the IAEA's board of governors unanimously passed a resolution
demanding Iran freeze all work on uranium enrichment, including uranium
reprocessing and building centrifuges used to enrich uranium. The IAEA will
meet Nov. 25 to judge Iran's compliance.
Iran has said the agency has no authority to ban it from enriching uranium,
a right granted under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. But the country
is under intense international pressure to suspend such activities as a
good-faith gesture.
Defying the IAEA call, Mousavian told the AP earlier this month that Iran
has converted a few tons of raw uranium into a hexafluoride gas, a stage
prior to actual uranium enrichment.
Uranium hexafluoride gas is the material that, in the next stage, is fed
into centrifuges used to enrich uranium. Uranium enriched to a low level is
used to produce nuclear fuel to generate electricity, and enriched further
can be used to manufacture atomic bombs.
http://tinyurl.com/4euyy
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They Knew...
Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned
before the war that its Iraq claims were weak
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
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| User: "jasmine" |
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| Title: Re: The world has become a more dangerous place with Bush as president. |
17 Oct 2004 02:12:23 AM |
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"TruthIsStrongerThanTheLie" <NotBush@WhiteHouse.Gov> wrote in message
news:1097996324.ftLmOCAMFKUzBbOm60a4yA@teranews...
N. Korea and Iran continue their nuclear programs while Bush bogs the U.S.
down in Iraq who contrary to Republican propaganda was never a threat and
had no ties to 911. The Bush administration is the poorest excuse for a
presidency in U.S. history.
As predicted, the war increased the threat of terror. Middle East expert
Fawaz Gerges found it "simply unbelievable how the war has revived the
appeal of a global jihadi Islam that was in real decline after 9-11."
Recruitment for the Al Qaeda networks increased, while Iraq itself became a
"terrorist haven" for the first time. Suicide attacks for the year 2003
reached the highest level in modern times; Iraq suffered its first since the
thirteenth century. Substantial specialist opinion concluded that the war
also led to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
As the anniversary of the invasion approached, New York's Grand Central
Station was patrolled by police with submachine guns, a reaction to the
March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 200 people in Europe's worst
terrorist crime. A few days later, the Spanish electorate voted out the
government that had gone to war despite overwhelming popular opposition.
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing
troops from Iraq in the absence of UN authorization -- that is, for taking a
stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the UN to
take the leading role in Iraq.
Bush assured Americans that "The world is safer today because, in Iraq, our
coalition ended a regime that cultivated ties to terror while it built
weapons of mass destruction." The president's handlers know that every word
is false, but they also know that lies can become Truth, if repeated
insistently enough. Chomsky
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Iran Says It Won't Stop Enriching Uranium
10.17.2004
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Saturday it would reject any proposal to stop
uranium enrichment for nuclear fuel, the central part of a package
Washington's European allies are proposing to avoid a showdown over Iran's
nuclear program.
The European countries notified the United States on Friday that they
intend
to offer Iran a package of economic incentives next week in hopes of
persuading the country to permanently give up uranium enrichment, a
technology that can be used to make nuclear weapons.
While the U.S. administration did not endorse the offer to Tehran, they
also
did not try to stop the Europeans, said a U.S. official, who spoke Friday
on
condition of anonymity. The U.S. is pushing for U.N. sanctions against
Iran.
"Iran will not accept any proposal which deprives it of the legitimate
right
to the cycle of (nuclear) fuel," state-run television quoted Hossein
Mousavian, a top nuclear official, as saying.
However, Mousavian, Iran's chief delegate to the International Atomic
Energy
Agency, said his government would study any proposal that would allay
concerns over its nuclear program as long as it respected Iran's right to
enrich uranium.
The key European powers agreed with the U.S. administration at a
three-hour
State Department meeting Friday that the package would be Iran's final
chance to avert a showdown at the U.N. nuclear watchdog International
Atomic
Energy Agency, a U.S. official said.
Diplomats close to the talks said the European package of incentives
included fuel for Iran's civilian programs and a trade arrangement with
the
European Union.
The U.S. government has lacked the necessary votes on the Security Council
to impose sanctions because Britain, France and Germany were negotiating
with Tehran in search of a compromise.
Last month, the IAEA's board of governors unanimously passed a resolution
demanding Iran freeze all work on uranium enrichment, including uranium
reprocessing and building centrifuges used to enrich uranium. The IAEA
will
meet Nov. 25 to judge Iran's compliance.
Iran has said the agency has no authority to ban it from enriching
uranium,
a right granted under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. But the
country
is under intense international pressure to suspend such activities as a
good-faith gesture.
Defying the IAEA call, Mousavian told the AP earlier this month that Iran
has converted a few tons of raw uranium into a hexafluoride gas, a stage
prior to actual uranium enrichment.
Uranium hexafluoride gas is the material that, in the next stage, is fed
into centrifuges used to enrich uranium. Uranium enriched to a low level
is
used to produce nuclear fuel to generate electricity, and enriched further
can be used to manufacture atomic bombs.
http://tinyurl.com/4euyy
--
They Knew...
Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned
before the war that its Iraq claims were weak
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
.
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| User: "Johnny Bravo" |
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| Title: Re: The world has become a more dangerous place with Bush as president. |
17 Oct 2004 11:49:31 AM |
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Bad news for Demoslaps:
Bush is surging in the polls!!!
The tightness of this year's race for president speaks volumes about the
unsatisfying choice facing voters: George W. Bush vs. the anti-Bush.
Sen. John Kerry is in hot pursuit of the presidency not because of his
Senate record (it's undistinguished), or because of the clarity of his
positions (from Iraq to energy policy, the senator has presented opposition
without an underlying and consistent vision).
Rather, Kerry is running close with the president mostly because he is not
the president.
George Bush holds the office because he convinced a goodly number of voters
four years ago that he would unify an increasingly divided country. He made
a convincing case that he would be a decisive leader. He sold himself as the
candidate best able to articulate the traditional moral values of Middle
America.
His initial response to the horrific terrorist attack that took place in the
eighth month of his presidency was resolute, calming and reassuring. He
quickly mounted a successful effort to drive the cruel, al-Qaida-harboring
Taliban out of power in Afghanistan. Here was a no-nonsense leader at a time
that required nothing less.
Most Americans, along with editorials in this space, supported the
president's decision to go to war against Iraq.
That's when the president's vulnerabilities began to surface. He accepted
flawed intelligence about Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, and when the
truth became known, stubbornly refused to acknowledge it. A little more than
two months after the war started, he flew to an aircraft carrier in the
Pacific and gave Americans the impression the war was all but over. More
than 940 of the nearly 1,100 American casualties in the war have occurred
since the "Mission Accomplished" sign was displayed on the flight deck of
that aircraft carrier.
The task of rebuilding Iraq was poorly planned, and the lack of a coherent
approach has been sharply criticized by thoughtful stalwarts of the
president's own party, including Indiana's senior U.S. senator, Richard
Lugar.
The president adamantly refuses to listen to those who question him. He has
insulated himself from voices he doesn't want to hear and suggests that
those who question his Iraq policies are playing into the hands of the
enemy.
Meanwhile, the president, who now labels John Kerry the master of
flip-flops, played politics with steel tariffs, presided over an economic
policy that is producing huge budget deficits, and expanded Medicare into
one of the more expensive social programs ever known. He has mocked his
critics, and in the process has proved to be a divider rather than a
unifier, feeding the growing national tendency for Americans to work
against, rather than with, each other in developing solutions to common
problems.
Yet for all of that, John Kerry has failed to mobilize any significant
passion in support of his approach to leading the country. He has not
offered a convincing case that he can do better.
Walk down the street and ask the first person you see what Kerry stands for,
and chances are the person won't know. Look at Kerry's lengthy Senate record
and try to find strong consistent leadership. It doesn't exist. Look for a
record of creative lawmaking and you'll come up empty.
Kerry has not demonstrated a consistent and resolute philosophy. Rather, he
has done what has been necessary to get elected and re-elected to the
Senate, and to position himself as the anti-Bush.
The president has faced enormous challenges since he took office in January
2001.
The country was headed into a serious recession, which by itself would have
shaken the confidence of Americans.
Then came the Sept. 11 attacks, the most serious attack against Americans in
the country's history.
Despite that, new jobs are now being created; the unemployment rate and the
rate of inflation remain under control. Our schools are more accountable
because of the president's No Child Left Behind initiative, and education
performance is improving. The huge federal government apparatus is
functioning well, led by a competent and experienced team of Cabinet
officers intent on keeping the reach of the bureaucracy under control.
Most important, America and Americans are more vigilant against the
terrorist threat. The terrorist community and the world political community
know full well that America is prepared to do what is necessary to remain
secure.
That's because of the leadership of George Bush, who despite his many flaws
has remained steadfast and determined at a time when the country has had a
critical need for just those qualities.
This is not a time to take a risk on untested and poorly defined leadership.
It is not the time to change course on the economy. It is not the time for
new, expansive and expensive government programs and regulations.
It is time for experience and resolve, which is why George Bush should be
re-elected for a second term. Without a re-election facing him, the
president can move to do those things he said he would do in his first
presidential campaign:
He can work to unify the country. He can listen to and respect people who
disagree with him. He can acknowledge errors, and what he will do to remedy
those mistakes. Accomplishing those things are what true leaders do. They
are things this president must do during his second term.
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| User: "Werner Hetzner" |
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| Title: Re: The world has become a more dangerous place with Bush as president. |
17 Oct 2004 11:11:30 AM |
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TruthIsStrongerThanTheLie wrote:
N. Korea and Iran continue their nuclear programs while Bush bogs the U.S.
down in Iraq who contrary to Republican propaganda was never a threat and
had no ties to 911. The Bush administration is the poorest excuse for a
presidency in U.S. history...
What did Clinton accomplish in this regard? What would Kerry do besides
ask for directions form Israel?
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