"Cheney is still The Man. Condi is no dove. If it becomes necessary she will be on board."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bush setting America up for war with Iran

By Philip Sherwell in New York and Tim Shipman in Washington
Last Updated: 2:29am BST 17/09/2007



Dick Cheney ('The Man') with George W Bush

A State Department source familiar with White House discussions said that Miss Rice, under pressure from senior counter-proliferation officials to acknowledge that military action may be necessary, is now working with Mr Cheney to find a way to reconcile their positions and present a united front to the President.

The source said: "When you go down there and see the body language, you can see that Cheney is still The Man. Condi pushed for diplomacy but she is no dove. If it becomes necessary she will be on board. "Both of them are very close to the president, and where they differ they are working together to find a way to present a position they can both live with."

The official contrasted the efforts of the secretary of state to work with the vice-president with the "open warfare between Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld before the Iraq war".

Miss Rice's bottom line is that if the administration is to go to war again it must build the case over a period of months and win sufficient support on Capitol Hill.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/16/wiran116.xml

[southerncrone]

1. Why must we always get this type news from overseas, instead of our MSM reporting it!

Although I have little use for Condi, at least she is trying to promote diplomacy as an option to War w/Iran. Will she be another of the Bushites to jump this sinking ship?
Darth Vader is a crazy, evil, war-mongering lunatic!!

If we do not IMPEACH Darth & Shrub, we will be embroiled in WWIII soon!
Pelosi, please, please, put impeachment BACK ON THE TABLE!
Our world may depend on it!

[defendandprotect]

2. "The Iranians are coming! The Iranians are coming!" . . .

Bush looks weird -- and Cheney looks like he's monitoring him --

Condi is along for the ride -- they think they need a female to look balanced --

probably recommended by Ann Coulter -- !!!

Condi is a snake that bites -- like all of them.

[illinoisprogressive]

3. what can be done to stop the idiot and his puppetmaster from this.