NYTimes (01.10.07):
“In some of his sharpest words of warning to Iran, Mr. Bush accused the Iranian government of ‘providing material support for attacks on American troops’ and vowed to ‘seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies.’
He left deliberately vague the question of whether those operations would be limited to Iraq or conducted elsewhere, and said he had ordered the deployment of a new aircraft carrier strike group to the region, where it is in easy reach of Iranian territory.”
“While Mr. Bush has previously vowed to work diplomatically, largely inside the United Nations to stop Iran’s nuclear program, in this speech he said nothing about diplomacy.”
Arkin (01.10.07):
“President Bush implicitly accused the two of providing sanctuary and material support for violent elements in Iraq. There is an ominous element here: When the President pledged to ‘seek out and destroy the networks supporting our enemies in Iraq,’ to me, that means the threat of strikes on targets in those two countries.”
