The Jerusalem Post reports that the Bush Administration plans to attack Iran before leaving office:
US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term, Army Radio quoted a senior official in Jerusalem as saying Tuesda
The official claimed that a senior member of the president’s entourage, which concluded a trip to Israel last week, said during a closed meeting that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were of the opinion that military action was called for.
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The report stated that according to assessments in Israel, recent turmoil in Lebanon, where Hizbullah de facto established control of the country, was advancing an American attack.
Bush, the officials said, opined that Hizbullah’s show of strength was evidence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s growing influence. They said that according to Bush, “the disease must be treated - not its symptoms.”
Now, there are many things that get published in the Israeli media that are, to say the least, not entirely accurate and it’s entirely possible that this is one of those stories.
Moreover, I just don’t believe it because I don’t think it’s possible. The Bush Administration doesn’t have the political capital right now to pull something like this off. Yes, he could do it, but I think it would irreparably damage Republican chances in the fall elections.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I really don’t think that Bush has a moment of concern with what happens with the 2008 elections. I have felt for a long time that Bush will in fact go after Iran before leaving office, and I have read many articles guessing the same. I just heard last night that the Ronal Reagan has set sail, but they have not released where it is headed. Today we read that 40,000 more troops were told to prepare for Iraq and Afghanistan for this fall. Bush has done whayever he has wanted to do all along, with and without support. Why would he stop now?