Thread: Don't bomb Iran, Bush warns Israel

Don't bomb Iran, Bush warns Israel
BY RICHARD SISK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 9:47 PM

WASHINGTON - President Bush and the top U.S. military commander warned Israel Wednesday against bombing Iran, suggesting the U.S. doesn't want to get involved in a third war.

"This is a very unstable part of the world and I don't need it to be more unstable," Adm. Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs chairman, said at a briefing.

Bush said, "I have made it clear to all parties [including Israel] that the first option is diplomacy," in getting Iran to stop enriching uranium that could be used for a nuclear weapon.

The warnings came after the disclosure that Israel had conducted air operations over the Mediterranean that could simulate a strike on Iran.

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Since when has 'diplomacy' ever been an option for Bush? Oh, I get it...he's out of time now, so he's going to leave the 'diplomacy' to Obama!

I seem to recall Bush saying, over and over again... "Israel has the right to defend itself (against Iran)'! I always thought he secretly hoped that Israel would bomb Iraq just so that he, Bush, would not have to bother doing it himself.