Bush: "sometimes commercial interests don't take the threats nearly as seriously as you do or I do"

[sabra]

http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/interview-of-the-president-by-nadia/n20080512190909990010

Interview of the President by Nadia Bilbassy-Charters, Al Arabiya TV

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Q What measures would you take to pressurize Syria or Iran regarding the action of Hezbollah in Lebanon?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, we're taking pressures, as you know, through sanctions, which sometimes are effective, sometimes aren't. And what's very important during this period, Nadia, is to remind people of the truth and the realities on the ground, to encourage them to be more tough on implementing these U.N. Security Council resolutions.

And obviously we're trying to solve problems diplomatically. I mean, it's important that we work with friends and allies to see if we can't convince the Iranians to stop funneling monies to these violent groups, or to stop their enrichment -- suspend their enrichment activities; on Syria's case, to put financial pressure on them to adhere to the U.N. Security Council resolutions regarding Lebanon.

And we've been successful sometimes, as I mentioned, and sometimes we haven't, because sometimes commercial interests don't take the threats nearly as seriously as you do or I do. And so it's just a lot of work to keep the pressure, but to me that's the best way to try to solve these problems, is through diplomacy.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Our brilliant MBA thinks sovereign nations are 'commercial interests'?

[Supersedeas]

3. commercialize everything - from war to disaster relief (everything is a political ad to these kooks)

[Johonny]

2. Yeah it's like

when my VP was head of Halliburton he tried to get around sanctions and do business with Iraq and then...