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From: LindyBill10/16/2013 2:46:56 PM
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George W. Bush: U.S. ‘must be clear-eyed’ on Iran





'It is unlikely that their intentions toward Israel will change,' said Bush. | AP Photo





By JOSE DELREAL | 10/16/13 12:23 PM EDT

Former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he believes Iranian hostility toward Israel remains despite renewed diplomatic communication between President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

“The United States’ foreign policy must be clear eyed; and understand that until the form of government changes in Iran, it is unlikely that their intentions toward Israel will change,” Bush told an audience of more than 1,000 at event sponsored by The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Fund in New York City, according to The Algemeiner.


In September, Obama and Rouhani broke decades of diplomatic silence between American and Iranian heads of state when the two spoke on the phone, a grand gesture that reopened diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Bush’s remarks came on the same day nuclear talks between Iran and other major world powers began in Geneva.

“I will not believe in Iran’s peaceful intentions until they can irrevocably prove that it’s true,” Bush said.



Read more: politico.com
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