Scoop Link: Cheney Pushes Bush to Act on Iran
By Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger
The Guardian UK
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Monday 16 July 2007
Military solution back in favour as Rice
loses out. President "not prepared to leave conflict
unresolved."
The balance in the internal White House
debate over Iran has shifted back in favour of military
action before President George Bush leaves office in 18
months, the Guardian has learned.
The shift follows an internal review involving the White House, the Pentagon and the state department over the last month. Although the Bush administration is in deep trouble over Iraq, it remains focused on Iran. A well-placed source in Washington said: "Bush is not going to leave office with Iran still in limbo."
The White House claims that Iran, whose influence in the Middle East has increased significantly over the last six years, is intent on building a nuclear weapon and is arming insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The vice-president, Dick Cheney, has long favoured upping the threat of military action against Iran. He is being resisted by the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and the defence secretary, Robert Gates.
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