President Alludes To World War III
Here's a chilling excerpt from Bush's 17/Oct/2007 press conference.
Pay special attention to the third paragraph of his reply. It's the first time I've ever heard a sitting President (or any President for that matter), refer directly to the prospect of World War III.
Q: "But you definitively believe Iran wants to build a nuclear weapon."
BUSH: "I think so long until they suspend and/or, you know, make it clear that that their statements are real yes, I believe they want to have the capacity, the knowledge in order to make a nuclear weapon.
And I know it's in the world's interests to prevent them from doing so. I believe that the Iranian if Iran had a nuclear weapon, it would be a dangerous threat to world peace.
We've got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that, if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.
And I take the threat of Iran with a nuclear weapon very seriously. And we'll continue to work with all nations about the seriousness of this threat; plus, we'll continue working the financial measures that we're in the process of doing.
In other words, I think the whole strategy is, is that, you know, at some point in time, leaders, or responsible folks, inside of Iran, may get tired of isolation and say, this isn't worth it.
And to me, it's worth the effort to keep the pressure on this government.
And secondly, it's important for the Iranian people to know we harbor no resentment to them. We're disappointed in the Iranian government's actions, as should they be.
Inflation's way too high. Isolation is causing economic pain. This is a country that has got a much better future people have got a much better should have better hope inside Iran than this current government is providing them.
So, look, it's a complete issue, no question about it, but my intent is to continue to rally the world to send a focused signal to the Iranian government that we will continue to work to isolate you in the hopes that at some point in time somebody else shows up and says it's not worth the isolation."
Text of Bush's Wednesday news conference
-- Yahoo News - Wed Oct 17, 2007, 2:54 PM ET
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