Double-Talk

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House said Sunday it is not planning military action against Iran, but refused to rule out the possibility, bucking pressure from several senators who said the administration is not authorized to do so.

Asked whether the United States is preparing for a potential military conflict with Iran, President Bush's national security adviser Stephen Hadley told NBC's "Meet the Press," "No, the president has said very clearly that the issues we have with Iran should be solved diplomatically."

But, on ABC's "This Week," Hadley would not rule out the possibility of such an attack and would not say whether he agrees with those senators who say that the Bush administration would need congressional backing for such a move.

Clearly the President did not mention anything about diplomacy in his speech last Wednesday when he referenced Iran. The Sunday talking head shows were filled with duplicitous double-talk from various Executive branch folks and others close to Bush - "we are not planning to attack", "we have not ruled out an attack", "we will deal with Iran", "crossing international borders is a difficult legal question" are but some of the statements that came out of the Sunday media blitz.

All in all it seems that the Bush administration attempted to put a different face on things, one of we are not pushing this conflict. However. through it all occasionally more bellicose words came through.

People's Daily Online (a CHICOM paper published in Kuwait- so take it for what it is worth) reports that the US will attack Iran before April 2007. I hate it when communist agree with me.