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President George W. Bush has warned that "World War III" could be the consequence of Iran gaining the know-how to make nuclear weapons. Vice President Dick Cheney recently declared that Washington would "not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon," and that Iran would face "serious consequences" if it refuses to stop enriching uranium. But the U.S. military, at least in the short term, appears to be pushing in the other direction...
...readers of foreign-relations tea leaves, it's worth nothing that Bush - who tossed out his "Word War III" warning only three weeks ago - didn't mention military options when discussing Iran at a joint press conference with French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday. "The idea of Iran having a nuclear weapon is dangerous," he said. "Therefore, now is the time for us to work together to diplomatically solve this problem...
...French out. But when the French troops en route to occupying Louisiana died of yellow fever in Haiti, Napoléon decided to cut his losses and sold the territory to the U.S. for the bargain price of $15 million. By 1861, however, Napoléon's nephew Napoléon III was ready to try another New World power play, sending an army to Mexico to collect debts and later installing an Austrian archduke as emperor. The U.S., distracted by the Civil War, did nothing at first. But in 1866 it demanded that the French withdraw and offered moral and diplomatic support...
Rubin’s appointment came at an emergency meeting of the board of Citigroup, America’s largest financial services company. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Charles O. Prince III resigned yesterday after revelations that the firm had lost billions of dollars through bad investments...
Rubin’s appointment came at an emergency meeting of the board of Citigroup, America’s largest financial services company. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Charles O. Prince III resigned today after revelations that the firm had lost billions of dollars through bad investments...