Please read the unclassified State Department document at thinkprogress.org on the Bush Administration's new Office of Iranian Affairs scheduled to be in place this summer. When I read this document all I could think is that here is the underlying reason that Bush will veto any attempt by Congress to stop or delay the Dubai ports deal. Dubai is a key factor in the Bush Administration's move to oust the government of Iran. Here are just a couple of excerpts. If you read the entire memo, you may experience the same chill I did. It sounds just like the precursor to Iraq. The purpose of this new department is to “respond to the full spectrum of threats Iran poses, to reach out to the Iranian people to support their desire for freedom and democracy…” "Based on its proximity to Iran…Dubai makes a natural location for a Regional Presence Office aimed at enhancing our political reporting and public diplomacy outreach to Iranians.” “Responsible for providing Washington with information and analysis on significant economic commercial developments in Iran (and Dubai, as relevant to Iran) for advancing U.S. economic and commercial policies… Particular focus on Iran’s petroleum sector”. The government is filling positions in Istanbul, Frankfurt, London and Azerbaijan. These people will be “responsible for developing contacts with the Iranian expatriate community”.

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"We may face no greater challenge from a single country than from Iran," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said

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As the dispute over its nuclear program arrives at the U.N. Security Council today, Iran has vaulted to the front of the U.S. national security agenda amid Bush administration plans for a sustained campaign against the ayatollahs of Tehran.

President Bush and his team have been huddling in closed-door meetings on Iran, summoning scholars for advice, investing in opposition activities, creating an Iran office in Washington and opening listening posts abroad dedicated to the efforts against Tehran.

The internal administration debate that raged in the first term between those who advocated more engagement with Iran and those who preferred more confrontation appears in the second term to be largely settled in favor of the latter. Although administration officials do not use the term "regime change" in public, that in effect is the goal they outline as they aim to build resistance to the theocracy.

"We may face no greater challenge from a single country than from Iran," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in Senate testimony last week. "We do not have a problem with the Iranian people. We want the Iranian people to be free. Our problem is with the Iranian regime."

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"We may face no greater challenge from a single country than from Iran," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in Senate testimony last week. "We do not have a problem with the Iranian people. We want the Iranian people to be free. Our problem is with the Iranian regime."

Didn't she just substitute an 'n' for an 'q' from a four year old speach?

Think the sheeple are going to just stand by and watch this time? My 56 year old National Guard cousin is on his way back from Ramadi finally. He and my whole family back there in Michigan aren't exactly happy about this whole situation, and I assure you they won't be too excited to see him head back for Iran soon. These are life long Republicans.