So is this Bush just trying to get european support before blowing the shit out of Iran?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story...423628,00.html
The US president, George Bush, said today that world leaders should speak with one voice on Iran as the second leg of his European tour took him to Germany and a meeting with Gerhard Schröder.
Alongside Syria, Iran has been the focus of Mr Bush's foreign policy pronouncements during his meetings with European leaders on what has been billed as a fence-mending trip to heal the divisions caused by the Iraq war.
He said the international community needed to present a united front if it was to prevent Iran manufacturing nuclear weapons, which Washington suspects is the purpose of its civilian nuclear programme.
"It's vital that the Iranians hear the world speak with one voice that they should not have a nuclear weapon," Mr Bush said at a press conference with Mr Schröder. "Iran must not have a nuclear weapon, for the sake of security and peace."
Germany, Britain and France are involved in negotiations to persuade Iran to switch to a form of reactor technology that cannot be used to make warheads in return for other incentives, but Washington does not support proposals such as offering Tehran membership of the World Trade Organisation.
Mr Bush said the Iranians had been caught enriching uranium in violation of their international agreements.
"They have breached a contract with the international community. They're the party that needs to be held to account, not any of us."
Mr Schröder sought to downplay differences with the US.
"We absolutely agree that Iran must say no to any kind of nuclear weapons," he told reporters. "Iran must not have any nuclear weapons. They must waive any right to the production thereof."
Iran, global warming and the EU's plan to lift its arms embargo on China are the principal points of disagreement between Washington and Europe.
On Syria, over which the US has cooperated with France on a UN resolution calling on it to pull its troops out of Lebanon, Mr Bush reiterated the demand and added that Damascus must also withdraw its "secret services" from its southern neighbour.
Since the assasination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hiriri last week, which opposition politicians in Beirut blame on Syria, international pressure has mounted for it to end its involvement in Lebanon.
The Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, today dispatched his intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, a veteran of negotiations between Israel and Palestinian factions, to defuse the tension in Damascus.
Syria opposed the US-led invasion of Iraq and is accused of harbouring senior former Iraqi regime officials and allowing Islamic militants to slip into Iraq to fight US forces.
Mr Bush thanked Germany for its "vital" contribution in Iraq. Germany refused to deploy troops but is training Iraqi security officers in the United Arab Emirates and has forgiven billions of Iraqi debt.
"I fully understand the limit of German contributions," Mr Bush told the press conference.
The next and final stage of Mr Bush's visit takes him to the Slovakian capital of Bratislava for talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.