Bush’s backup plan: blame Iran
Guardian [UK]
by Simon Tisdale
01/12/07
If George Bush’s remodelled strategy for halting the Iraq disaster fails to work, it is becoming clear where the US administration will point the finger of blame: Tehran. For some months Washington has been moving aggressively on a range of fronts to ‘pin back’ Iran, in Tony Blair’s words. But Mr Bush’s Iraq policy speech on Wednesday night marked the opening of a new, far more aggressive phase which could extend the conflict into Iranian territory for the first time since the 2003 invasion...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1988731,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Simon Tisdale
01/12/07
If George Bush’s remodelled strategy for halting the Iraq disaster fails to work, it is becoming clear where the US administration will point the finger of blame: Tehran. For some months Washington has been moving aggressively on a range of fronts to ‘pin back’ Iran, in Tony Blair’s words. But Mr Bush’s Iraq policy speech on Wednesday night marked the opening of a new, far more aggressive phase which could extend the conflict into Iranian territory for the first time since the 2003 invasion...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1988731,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 16. Jan, 16:07
