US President George W Bush says he wants to pursue diplomacy to deal with Iran's controversial nuclear programme, but "all options are on the table".
Mr Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said further sanctions against Iran were possible.
"The first choice is to solve it diplomatically and that's exactly what we're doing," Mr Bush said.
He was speaking after talks in Germany, on the latest leg of what is likely to be his last tour of Europe.
Uh huh...coming from a man whose idea of diplomacy involves holding the trigger of a gun to the other party's head, I don't think that he's really trying that hard. Similar noises were made about Iraq a few years ago too.
I'm guessing that the current focus on Iran has more to do with sagging Republican fortunes in the US than it does anything else. The Rove formula for electoral success tends to require that the population be scared of something - preferably a remote and easily demonized adversary - it distracts the masses from what's happening at home.
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Bravo to McCain. We need to continue the liberation of Iraq and ensure security against global terrorism.
If you believe that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are about anything noble, you've been drinking far, far too much Rethuglican Kool-Aid.
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