Cool. WTO on US Sanctions not seen by media, yet this is everywhere:

[Deja Q]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=284978

Bush: Iran Nuke Pact Must Be Verifiable
Bush Cautious on European Efforts to Rein in Iran's Nuclear Program, Charges of Ukraine Vote Fraud

President Bush talks with reporters before having lunch at a local coffee shop in Crawford, Texas Friday, Nov. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
The Associated PressThe Associated Press

CRAWFORD, Texas Nov 26, 2004 — President Bush declared Friday that charges of voter fraud have cast doubt on the Ukrainian election, and warned that any European-negotiated pact on Iran's nuclear program must ensure the world can verify Tehran's compliance.

"The only good deal is one that's verifiable," the president told reporters as he emerged from his Texas ranch for a brief visit to a coffee shop.

Bush issued a new appeal for the power to delete specific items that he deems excessive from budget plans. He spoke a week after Congress approved a $388 billion spending package that lawmakers loaded up with special items for their home-state industries and communities.

The president said he was not troubled by the total cost of the measure, which he said conformed to the outlines of spending requests he had made to lawmakers.


* really wants to attack them, doesn't he? Well, with 59 million people voting for him, he should have plenty of people to sign up.

[Droopy]

1. I think it's highly likely that

if we had a larger military force Bush wouldn't have stopped with Iraq. It's possible that he'll decide to push onward into Iran anyway.

[Telly Savalas]

3. Very likely

We'll probably see some Clinton-on-Iraq style bombing raids. Iran's population is substantially larger than Iraq's, so I don't think even George Walker Bush would be stupid enough to mount a full-scale invasion. (Although I have underestimated his idiocy quite a few times in the past.)

[AllyCat]

2. NPR reported the sanctions this morning on the 10:00 news hour

No one else I've talked to seems to have heard anything about it, but then they were all out being good little consumers today.