Saturday, March 01, 2008

Bush Meets Fogh Rasmussen

...and that's just one of the interesting little nuggets in this article. Rasmussen, by the way, is Denmark's Prime Minister. They were discussing NATOs mission to Afghanistan. I'll bet they had a lot of related topics to talk about. Oh, to be a fly on the wall.

The article goes on to report a whole range of interesting tidbits, such as:
"Bush said decisions about troop cuts [in Iraq]- beyond those now planned through July - would be based on recommendations from his generals. But he said there needs to be strong military support in place to ensure the viability of Iraqi provincial elections. It was an indication that more troop reductions might have to wait until after the voting in Iraq on Oct. 1.

“I think our generals ought to be concerned about making sure there’s enough of a presence so that the provincial elections can be carried off in such a way that democracy advances,” Bush said."
And this:
"Also on Iraq, Bush declined to criticize the Iraqi government for inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to Baghdad on Sunday. Bush said it was normal for neighbors to visit. But he was quick to mention the U.N. Security Council’s vote next week on new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programs. And he offered a pointed message of his own to Tehran: “Stop exporting terror.”"
So, we have provincial elections scheduled in Iraq this October. Just when I thought I could turn my attention to other things, Iraq keeps calling me back.

Then we have news that Iran is facing tougher sanctions over it's nuclear program. It appears that the report issued a couple of months back that pooh-poohs the notion that Iran is developing nuclear weapons capability hasn't met with much fanfare. Most people who know about these sorts of things seem to have written it off as pure fantasy.

In any case, the war to beat back Islamofascism continues.

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