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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (602655)	8/11/2004 3:44:57 PM
From: Gus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Not just to attack Reagan, Kerry was using his war medals AGAIN to actually subvert the official US policy against the communists in Latin America. The particularly disturbing pattern of behavior that emerges from this Christmas in Cambodia fiasco -- and the one that is likely driving his media allies nuts -- is one that shows how far Kerry is willing to go to use the 5 medals he earned in 4 months in Vietnam to support his causes which invariably prove to be the wrong causes. He was willing to accept the Vietcongs' peace proposal (with the guaranteed release of POWs after the unilateral surrender by the US and South Vietnam) AT FRIGGIN' FACE VALUE in the 70s. He was willing to accept the Sandinistas sham peace proposal AT FRIGGIN' FACE VALUE in the 80s. And he's now willing to accept Iran's and North Korea's disarmament proposals AT FRIGGIN' FACE VALUE if elected. newsmax.com ....Recent claims by a U.S. official that Iran is helping to test North Korean missiles that are capable of striking the U.S., along with a new intelligence report indicating significant progress in the North's nuclear programs, have intensified calls for Washington to pay urgent attention to the issue....... minjok.com Iran defies ban, opens centrifuges Unlike N. Korea, country not legally bound to pact. Published Tuesday, July 27, 2004 VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran has broken the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s seals on centrifuge equipment and resumed building the devices, which are key to making nuclear weapons, in a show of defiance against international efforts to monitor its program, diplomats said today. The United States and its allies accuse Iran of working on a weapons program, something Tehran denies. It says its centrifuges are part of a program aimed only at producing energy. Last year, under international pressure, the Islamic republic agreed to stop enriching uranium and making centrifuges used for enrichment. But after the International Atomic Energy Agency rebuked it in June for not being open enough about its nuclear program, Tehran responded by saying it would end the suspension on building centrifuges. The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that several weeks ago, Iranian officials broke IAEA seals on the equipment and restarted the process of assembling and installing centrifuges. The diplomats cautioned against equating Iran’s move with the removal of IAEA seals on nuclear equipment two years ago by North Korea as it expelled agency inspectors and declared itself no longer bound by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. The agency was informed of Iran’s decision to break the seals, which - unlike in North Korea - "were not a legal requirement" on the part of Tehran, one of the diplomats told The Associated Press. Iran still was respecting its pledge not to resume nuclear enrichment, which can be used to generate power or make warheads, said the diplomat. Still, the move reflected Iranian defiance of international constraints on its nuclear program that have included more than a year of stringent IAEA inspections. Those inspections have come up with evidence strengthening suspicions about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Iran suspended the centrifuge activity under a deal with Britain, France and Germany, which have been trying to find a negotiated resolution on Iran’s nuclear program. The removal of the seals could push the Europeans closer to the United States’ position, which is to haul Iran before the U.N. Security Council for allegedly violating the Nonproliferation Treaty. That could lead to U.N. sanctions. showmenews.com