AP: Iran: Shit About to Hit Fan?

U.S. warns Iran to back down

By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday.

Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was "not possible" until Iran halts uranium enrichment.

"The Middle East isn't a region to be dominated by Iran. The Gulf isn't a body of water to be controlled by Iran. That's why we've seen the United States station two carrier battle groups in the region," Burns said in an address to the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, an influential think-tank.

"Iran is going to have to understand that the United States will protect its interests if Iran seeks to confront us," Burns continued.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_us

more honest if you are attributing it to the AP.

What are you, the headline police?

then it wouldn't attribute it to the AP.

I don't care what you do. It's very misleading.

that was an actual AP headline? C'mon--it's a joke.

Just sayin'.

:hi:

there would be a huge challenge if the cabal tried to attack Iran. Hagel isn't going to stand for it either.

:grr:

even if we don't have any right to, we can so we should.

:sarcasm: