One of Bush's most famous and all-time scary phrases seems to be
"All options are on the table.". Indeed, it has actually become so frightening each time he uses it a new time that I wonder why the news media bleep out foul language but leave that uncensorerd. Under "normal circumstances", it
could be argued that such a phrase is void of any meaningful content in the same sense that saying "All water is wet" is (in case you might have forgotten). That's because an option is, more or less by definition, "something that's on the table.". Of course, what matters here is what is implicitely implied - and that is: "Whatever your worst thoughts on the subject might be... well, it is within my power to allow that to happen."
It has a negative connotaion in the same sense that
Q: Would you be my wife?
A: All options are on the table.
Wouldn't have anyone jumping for joy (single exception: it happened to be Scarlett Johansson's answer to my fan letter.).
The story
German media: U.S. prepares Iran strike is currently on the recommended list.
It links to this article which states that "all options are open" in the 2nd paragraph.
I, therefore, ask the question: "G.W. Bush, if all options are really open, then surely you have considered resigning to give someone more qualified than you a chance to tackle all these proplems.
And if it's your fantasies about being God's chosen one (something like "Jesus sits to the right of God and I sit to the right of Jesus in just that order") which serves to keep you under illusions, surely you will recall the simple lesson from Sunday School that
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but instead one of the world's greatest all-time peace activists (I believe this holds pretty much regardless of whatever beliefs you might have).