Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Persia on his mind

George Bush today at the Pentagon, in the course of explaining his preposterously long-drawn out "review" of Iraq policy --

I'm pleased when Iraqi leaders go to Saudi Arabia and talk to my friend, the King of Saudi Arabia, and talk about how they can work together to achieve stability. It's in Saudi's interest, it's in Jordan's interest, it's in the Gulf Coast countries' interest that there be a stable Iran [sic], an Iran [sic] that is capable of rejecting Iranian influence -- I mean, Iraq that is capable of rejecting Iranian influence.

Note also the confusion of the Persian and Mexican gulfs.

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