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Oh Jeebus, we've been waiting for this:

In a stern warning to Iran, President Bush said "all options are on the table" if the Iranians refuse to comply with international demands to halt their nuclear program, pointedly noting he has already used force to protect U.S. security.

Bush's statement during an interview on Israeli TV late Friday was unusually harsh. He previously said diplomacy should be used to persuade Iran to suspend its nuclear program and if that failed then the U.N. Security Council should impose sanctions.

The U.S. government and others fear Iran's nuclear work is secretly designed to produce nuclear weapons. Iran's leaders deny that, saying it is only for the generation of electricity.

In the interview, Bush said the United States and Israel "are united in our objective to make sure that Iran does not have a weapon."

But, he said, if diplomacy fails "all options are on the table."

"The use of force is the last option for any president. You know, we've used force in the recent past to secure our country," he said.

Does anyone care to rewind the tape from the last two and a half years?

Once again, we need to start asking whose security interests are at stake here? Does Iran pose a grave threat to the security of the United States? Will they in five years?

Hopefully that's all this is: rhetoric. Otherwise, good luck selling this one George...

posted by FuzzFinger @ 8/13/2005 10:33:00 PM