Here's the bizarre closing statement by Bush at the Tuesday morning press conference.
Press Conference TranscriptDespite the findings by the NIE, President Bush said it did not change his mind about Iran, and that they still pose a threat. His reasoning was similar to this………Germany invaded Poland and bombed England during WWII, they can do it again. Once Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, what’s to say they won’t do it again? So the theory goes that since Iran at one time pursued nuclear weapons, they too can do it again.
Bush: It makes it -- the NIE makes it clear that the strategy we have used in the past is effective. And the reason why we need to make sure that strategy goes forward for the future is because if Iran shows up with a nuclear weapon at some point in time, the world is going to say, what happened to them in 2007? How come they couldn't see the impending danger? What caused them not to understand that a country that once had a weapons program could reconstitute the weapons program? How come they couldn't see that the important first step in developing a weapon is the capacity to be able to enrich uranium? How come they didn't know that with that capacity, that knowledge could be passed on to a covert program? What blinded them to the realities of the world? And it's not going to happen on my watch, Mark. And so, kind of Psychology 101 ain't working. It's just not working. I understand the issues, I clearly see the problems, and I'm going to use the NIE to continue to rally the international community for the sake of peace. Thank you very much.
The rhetoric of fear promoted by the president leaves the door open for another attack based on flawed logic as he verbally demonstrates that once we invaded a country on false pretenses – we can do it again.
The flip-side: Was Bush Behind Report? Bombing Iran, it seems, is now off the table. At least that’s what the Bush Administration wants Iran to think. Did Bush just reconstitute the element of surprise for an imminent attack against Iran?
This one press conference was riddled with enough Bushisms and corporate/war/country disinformation and partisanship and to keep a guy like me busy for months.
Watch Iran question video: Bush: Nukeless Iran Remains Dangerous
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