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Bush and German Chancellor Merkel stress diplomacy with Iran

Posted by Charlie Kilo on June 11th, 2008

Bush: Should we or shouldn’t we…ask me again tomorrow:

President Bush on Wednesday raised unprompted the possibility of a military strike against Tehran’s presumed nuclear weapons ambitions, speaking bullishly on Iran even as he admitted having been unwise to do so previously about Iraq.

Bush’s host in two days of meetings at a baroque castle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, made clear her views on the saber-rattling - however subtle - without directly countering her guest. “I very clearly pin my hopes on diplomatic efforts,” Merkel said, reflecting the deeply held European opinion that military action against Iran is nearly unthinkable.

Iran’s leader weighed in, too. Speaking before thousands in the central Iranian city of Shahr-e-Kord, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Bush “won’t be able to harm even one centimeter of the sacred land of Iran” and promised continued defiance over Iran’s nuclear activities. Iran says it is enriching uranium to generate electricity, not build a bomb - a claim the West doubts is true.

“In the past two-three years, they employed all their might, resorted to propaganda … and sanctions,” Ahmadinejad said. “If the enemy thinks they can break the Iranian nation with pressure, they are wrong.”

Bush has alternated lately between slightly more conciliatory and slightly more forceful language on Iran.

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