my first diary inspired by
florida democrats comment in
welshmans diary - i thought i'd look into the noises coming out of the machine re Iran compared to what they said re Iraq.
this is meant as a start, it's late and my eyes are glazing over.......but you get the idea, this is starting to look serious....if someone wants to continue, be my guest.
peace
Sept 12 2002 -
Bush to UN Gen Assembly - "The United States has no quarrel with the Iraqi people; they've suffered too long in silent captivity. Liberty for the Iraqi people is a great moral cause, and a great strategic goal."
Feb 4 2005 - Bush SOTU - "And to the Iranian people, I say tonight: as you stand for your own liberty, America stands with you."
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Oct 20 2002 - Condeleeza Rice on Face the Nation - "We're going to seek a peaceful solution to this. We think that one is possible"
Feb 4 2005 - Condeleeza Rice in London - "The question [of a military strike] is simply not on the agenda at this point in time. We have many diplomatic tools still at our disposal and we intend to pursue them fully"
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July 20 2003 - U.S. Attacked Iraqi Defenses Starting in 2002 - The first step was to use spy satellites, U-2 planes and reconnaissance drones to identify potential targets.
13 Feb 2005 - Washington Post - US using drones over Iran for a year
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11 June 2002 - German (and other) politicians worried by US stance over Iraq
19 Jan 2005 - Deutsche Welle German politicians worried by American stance over Iran
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17 March 2003 - "Iraq has trained tens of thousands of "martyrs" to fight American invaders in the streets and in the desert" - Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri
27 January 2005 - "Iran has 10 million martyrs ready to fight US to the death" - General Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, deputy commander of Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards
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25 Sept 2002 - "The first thing you would do is try to attack whatever infrastructure associated with WMD you could," Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers told a Senate committee
17 Jan 2005 - "The civilians in the Pentagon want to go into Iran and destroy as much of the military infrastructure as possible" - Seymour Hersh quoting a government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon
and so on.......