>Bush krijgt vrije hand om Iran aan te vallen

>Het Amerikaanse Huis van Afgevaardigden geeft president Bush de vrije hand om Iran aan te vallen.

In aanvulling op de logs over de Amerikaans/Saudische terreurcampagne in Iran, en het vervolg van gisteren:

House nixes proposal to bar Iran attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House rejected two measures Wednesday that would have required President Bush to seek congressional approval before attacking Iran.

The proposals were offered as amendments to a $646 billion defense policy bill for the 2008 budget year, which starts Oct. 1.

The first proposal, by Rep. Robert Andrews, D-N.J., would have prohibited money in the bill from being used to strike Iran without Congress’ blessing; it fell by a 216-202 vote. A similar, but more sweeping measure offered by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., was rejected by a 288-136 vote.

The votes were primarily symbolic; Bush has not said he is planning to invade Iran. But because of missteps made in assessing pre-war intelligence on Iraq, many Democrats said the legislation was necessary. Lees verder

Wie overigens, met het oog op de presidentsverkiezingen, denkt dat de charmante en Oprah-fähige Democraat Barack Obama een “peace-candidate” voor het presidentsschap is:

Kijk nog even HIER. En dit artikel. En DIT is wat er gebeurd met échte peace-candidates.