Beim Bush-esuch lief es nicht wie vom Partnerland gewünscht

Andree , Mittwoch, 16.01.2008, 11:41 (vor 6582 Tagen)

Gulf allies turn their backs on Bush
(Auszüge:)
So, it was Filipino Monkey, after all. The Pentagon has admitted that the footage of the famous incident of January 6 when five speedboats of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)"buzzed" three US Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz could have been compromised.

the Iranian footage of the "incident" makes a laughing stock of the US administration. The funny thing is, it was an incident that didn't happen. Commander Lydia Robertson, spokeswoman for the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, put a brave face, while admitting, "We don't know for sure where they [threats] came from. It could have been a shore station."

ElBaradei counters Bush
ElBaradei being in Tehran has major implications. In Iranian politics itself, it becomes a boost for Ahmadinejad's standing and is bound to cast its shadow on the parliamentary elections of March 14. The continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA makes it virtually impossible for the Bush administration to rake up the matter in the Security Council

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JA16Ak02.html

Er fühlt sich trotz der Strapazen einer langen Dienstfahrt wohl und "angriffslustig". Bushs Fröhlichkeit in der saudischen Hauptstadt Riad und dann im ägyptischen Badeort Scharm el Scheich kann aber kaum etwas zu tun haben mit den Ergebnissen seiner achttägigen Nahost-Tour - denn die sind ernüchternd.
Bush suggeriert ein völlig reines Gewissen: "Die Leute sehen in mir einen Kriegstreiber, ich sehe mich aber als Friedensstifter", sagte er in einem NBC-Interview.
http://www.n-tv.de/904995.html