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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:02 pm    Post subject: Bush to say wants Iranians to have greater freedom Reply with quote

Bush to say wants Iranians to have greater freedom

By Steve Holland
Mon Jan 30, 4:28 PM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060130/pl_nm/bush_speech_dc_3

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will offer words of support on Tuesday in his State of the Union address to Iranians who want greater freedom as U.S. diplomats push for sanctions over the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

In his annual speech, Bush will include a discussion of global hot spots and his drive for democracy worldwide, along with domestic priorities like improving the U.S. health-care system and promoting ways to wean Americans from foreign oil.

Bush is walking a tightrope with his Iran policy, denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for refusing to halt a nuclear program the West suspects is aimed at developing an atomic weapon, while encouraging freedom in Iran and trying not to alienate the Iranian people.

"We want the people of Iran to be able to live in a free society," Bush said during a Cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss his annual State of the Union speech. "So tomorrow night I am going to talk about this issue and make clear the policy of the United States."

The speech, to be delivered to a joint session of the Congress and millions of Americans watching on television, was already drawing fire from Democrats, who said a new direction was needed after a year of controversy involving Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, a domestic spying program and other issues.

"Empty promises will no longer cut it," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat. "We need a credible road map for our future, and we need the president to tell us how together, we can move forward toward the better America that we all envision."

Washington sees Iran's government as a major international irritant. Besides the nuclear issue, U.S. officials describe Iran as the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism, by providing support to organizations like Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad and attempting to influence Iraq.

U.S. officials believe many young Iranians desire an improved relationship with the United States and are frustrated in their efforts toward reform by hard-line defenders of clerical rule in Tehran.

"We believe they are great people and they want greater freedoms and the president has said multiple times that we stand behind them in their quest for freedom. He's not saying, 'rise up and overthrow,' but that we stand behind them in their quest for greater freedom," said an administration official.

In a CBS News interview, Bush said it was important to speak both to the Iranian government and the people.

"We would like you to be able to express yourselves in the open ... without fear of reprisal. We want you to be able to vote and elect," he said was his message to Iranians.

Foreign ministers were meeting on Monday in London, where U.S. and European diplomats were pushing tough diplomatic action against Iran over its nuclear program.

ENERGY AND HEALTH CARE

Bush, who was working from the 23rd draft of the speech on Monday, goes into the big event burdened by a stubbornly low job approval rating slightly over 40 percent, reflecting disapproval of his handling of the Iraq war and soaring gasoline prices.

On the domestic side of his speech, Bush will offer a prescription to help wean America off foreign oil by promoting alternative sources of fuel such as hydrogen and ethanol, themes he has raised in the past.

To show his concern about soaring gasoline prices, Bush will talk up the possibility offered by new technologies as a way to reduce the consumption of foreign oil.

He told CBS there should be more research to develop ways to make ethanol, which currently is processed from corn.

Health care will also be featured prominently in the address.

Bush is also expected to focus on a package of initiatives to rein in the soaring cost of U.S. health care by expanding the use of tax-preferred savings accounts and giving tax breaks to Americans without employer-provided health insurance so they can purchase health plans on their own.

(Additional reporting by Patricia Wilson)


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:06 pm    Post subject: Our Expectation From President Bush Reply with quote

Our Expectation From President Bush speech is based on the following ActivistChat 2006 Guideline:

cyrus wrote:


ActivistChat 2006 Guideline Framework


1. The "War on Terror" is UNWINNABLE and the world peace can not be achieved as long as the Unelected Islamists Terror and Torture Masters are in power in Iran. The terror state and fear society can not create peace and stability.

2. Iranian people can decide about Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Research and Atomic Bomb after the regime change when they have established stable secular democracy and FREE society until then Iran should avoid any kind of Nuclear research program, resulting to acquire Atomic Bomb, under Islamist regime control.

3. Territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran.

4. Complete separation of religion from the State.

5. Acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

6. Free, open and democratic referendum to elect the type of the new Government of Iran in the post-IRI era.

7. Minimum standard of living for all citizens of Iran and equal opportunity for all citizens to benefit from country's national wealth.

8. To avoid nuclear war, our message to Iranian people inside Iran: General Strike Now, our message to Security Forces (Police, Pasdaran and Military) must act now for regime change and replacing it with Free society and Secular Democracy. The Iranian people have already spoken by boycotting Elections. The Armed forces must choose between defending and serving the people or serving Mullahs. This is up to armed and security forces to choose between SHAME and HONOR, serving Mullahs or their Sisters, Brothers, Fathers & Mothers who pay their salary.
To avoid war Iranian people of all ages do not have any choice other than be prepared to fight to free their homeland from Viruses of Iranian society whether the armed forces serve them or serve the enemy of freedom and free society. Iranian people should be prepared for final battle for freeing their homeland and must not forget that their FOREVER leader Cyrus the Great died in battlefield in 530 BC at the age of 60 and not in bed.

9. Work within high standard of code of ethics not to fight with other political groups or fellow FREE Iran Activists unless they are violating one of the key principles or moving against the concept of Free Society and secular democracy.

10. We are Free Iran Activists and Watch Group monitoring high government officials, Journalists , writers and scholars words and their actions based on the following direction from James Madison:
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men! over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. "
The Federalist No. 51 (James Madison).

11. Support and promote people, groups and leadership who are making positive contributions for Human Rights, Regime Change in Iran, Free
Iran, Free Society and Secular democracy from Center, Right and Left.




We thank all compatriots and organizations who contributed for defining part of above Guideline Framework for Human Rights, Regime Change in Iran, Free Iran, Free Society and Secular Democracy .
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 30, 2006

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/

11:06 A.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank the members of my Cabinet for being here. We just had a really good discussion about the year 2006. Tomorrow night I'm going to be speaking to the Congress, giving the country my State of the Union address. I can't tell you how upbeat I am about our future, so long as we're willing to lead.

We talked about how to make sure that America continues to spread the peace and to protect ourselves. I heard from the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of State about very positive initiatives -- not only in the Middle East, but in the Far East, as well. We talked about how to make sure this economy of ours stays the strongest economy in the world, and that we recognize we can't just sit back and hope for the best, that we've got to lead. And so we had a good discussion about matters such as health care and energy and education, all of which I'll address tomorrow night.

I'm looking forward to speaking to the country. We've got a lot to be proud of. We've got a lot of work to do. One of the things I will do is call for Congress and the executive branch to have a good, honest dialogue, but to speak candidly with each other, but to do so in a way that brings credit to the process. And I'll do my best to elevate the tone here in Washington, D.C. so we can work together to achieve big things for the American people.

I'll answer a couple of questions. Nedra Pickler.

Q Thank you, Mr. President. The talks between Iran and the EU3 appear to be making little progress. A senior British official there said that they detect nothing new in their approach. What can be done now?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, obviously, one option is for the Perm 5 to work together to bring Iran to the U.N. Security Council. That's an option. And we're going to continue to work with our friends and allies to present a united front to the Iranians. And the message is: Give up your nuclear weapons ambitions. And the good news is most of the world recognizes that Iran, being the non-transparent society that it is, a government that had violated IAEA rules, is one that cannot be trusted with technology that could enable it to develop a nuclear weapon. And so we're united in our goal to keep the Iranians from having a weapon, and we're working on the tactics necessary to continue putting a united front out.

The other thing is that we want the people of Iran to be able to live in a free society. And so tomorrow night, I am going to talk about this issue and make clear the policy of the United States.

Patsy.

Q Mr. President, Israeli officials are seeking an international boycott of a Palestinian government that includes Hamas. Do you support this? And, if so, isn't that punishing the Palestinian people for exercising the democratic rights that you've called for in the region?

THE PRESIDENT: The Hamas party has made it clear that they do not support the right of Israel to exist. And I have made it clear so long as that's their policy, that we will not support a Palestinian government made up of Hamas. We want to work with a government that is a partner in peace, not a government that is -- whose declared intentions might be the destruction of Israel.

Secondly, this new democracy that's emerging in the Palestinian Territories must understand that you can't have a political party that also has got an armed wing to it; that democracies yield peace. And so the second half of our message to Hamas is get rid of your arms, disavow terrorism, work to bring what you promised to the people of the Palestinian Territories. Listen, these folks ran on the campaign "we're going to get rid of corruption" and that "we're going to provide services to the people," and that's positive. But what isn't positive is that they've got parts of their platform that will make it impossible for them to be a peaceful partner.

Thank you all very much.
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