ARAB-US RELATIONS - Jan 28 - Republican Senator Signals Resistance To Using Force In Iran.The influential US senator John McCain For McCain's grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. and John S. McCain, Jr., respectively John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. , gives voice to resistance in the Republican party to the use of force in Iran, signalling that the US had no appetite to fight "two wars". Force should not be ruled out as a last resort against suspected Iranian nuclear facilities, he said, but cautioned: I do not think it would be successful. There is no guarantee we would get all these facilities. If you have a strike and leave them with nuclear capability, you have got a hell of a challenge on your hands". McCain, a Republican and a senior member of the Senate armed services committee The term Armed Services Committee could refer to:
Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world's largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering arms procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. . Iranian exiles have been seeking to push a bill in Congress that will explicitly commit the US to regime change in Iran, in much the same way that regime change in Iraq was enshrined in policy by Congress. And Vice-President Dick Cheney last week said that if Iran developed a nuclear weapons site, Israel might be incited to attack the facility. McCain's comments underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. the realism in Washington, echoed, in fact, by Bush himself this week. The president called a press conference where he sought to make clear that his commitment to liberty was a long-term goal and would not translate into a global crusade against totalitarian regimes. McCain said Bush's inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. pledge to promote democracy around the world should not be interpreted as a threat to remove authoritarian regimes Noun 1. authoritarian regime - a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people authoritarian state authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the such as that of Iran by force. He warned there was likely to be no let-up in violence in Iraq in the immediate aftermath of tomorrow's elections, adding that he would "not be surprised" if US troops were still present in the country in five years' time. The senator repeated his call for more US troops, the aim being not to get out as soon as possible but to bring down US casualties. "We made mistakes, and we are paying for them", he said. He said he was "very, very concerned" about the effect of extended tours of duty in Iraq on the National Guard and Reserves. But he warned against setting a timetable for withdrawal. |
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