Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: The traveling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad circus made for great political theater this week, but the comedy shouldn’t detract from its brazen underlying message: The Iranian President believes that the world lacks the will to stop Iran from pursuing its nuclear program, and that the U.S. also can’t stop his country from killing GIs in Iraq. The question is what President Bush intends to do about this in his remaining 16 months in office.
Bush and Iran
The crazies and Iran
New York Times – Editorial: Like Mohamed ElBaradei, we want to make sure what he calls the crazies dont start a war with Iran. We fear his do-it-yourself diplomacy is playing right into the crazies hands in Washington and Tehran.
US Senate brands Iran Guard ‘terrorist organization’
AFP: The US Senate has called for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to be officially designated a “foreign terrorist organization,” a day after the House of Representatives passed a similar measure.
Washington sees an opportunity on Iran
New York Times: A year and a half after President Bush told top aides that he feared he might be forced someday to choose between acquiescing to Irans nuclear ambitions and ordering military action, the struggle to find an effective alternative sanctions with real bite is entering a new phase.
US: Missile defense will avert Iran war
AP: The chief U.S. missile defense negotiator defended plans to place anti-missile sites in Eastern Europe, saying Wednesday that the system could prevent a war with Iran by building an effective deterrent.
Senate approves symbolic rebuke of Iran
FOX News: The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a measure sending another rebuke to Tehran, this one aimed at sending a message to the Islamic regime to end military tactics targeting U.S. forces in Iraq.
Laura’s snub for Ahmadman
New York Post: First Lady Laura Bush coolly brushed past the face of evil yesterday, giving Iran’s notoriously chauvinistic president the silent treatment en route to her husband’s speech at the United Nations.
Iran condemns US House over Guards blacklisting
AFP: Iran angrily condemned on Wednesday as “worthless and invalid” a vote by the US House of Representatives branding its elite Revolutionary Guards force as a terrorist organization.
US backs new sanctions on Iran
AP: The Bush administration moved Wednesday to cement international support for new U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programs and rebuked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for declaring the issue “closed.”
Six powers to pursue Iran sanction talks: US
AFP: Six key powers working to curb Iran’s nuclear activities will continue talks this week on imposing new sanctions against the Islamic state for its alleged pursuit of atomic weapons, a top US official said Monday.
