Bush - 'no beef' with Iranian people

reuters: Bush says sees risk of Iranian nuclear blackmail

U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday he was concerned a future nuclear-armed Iran could blackmail the world.

But in a setback for U.S.-European Union efforts to crack down on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief ruled out advancing a wide-ranging report on the issue in time for a February 2 crisis meeting of his agency.

In remarks at Kansas State University, Bush cited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's expressed wish for Israel to be wiped off the map as a sign that Iran sought a nuclear arsenal.

"The world cannot be put in a position where we can be blackmailed by a nuclear weapon," he said.

He also had a message for the Iranian people, saying "we have no beef with you," and expressing hope that Iraq's fledgling democracy could serve as an example for nearby Iran. Read more

db: The world's greatest blackmailer - Mr with-us-or-against-us - 'has no beef' with the people of Iran? Sounds familiar ...

"... it's important to remember we are not going to be running roughshod over this country; we're liberating it. We have no beef with the Iraqi people, just their regime." Rear Admiral Charles R. Kubic - March '03

Having 'no beef' with a people definetely presents no barrier to killing them en masse, as history shows.