Top Cheney Aide: 2007 Is ‘The Year Of Iran,’ U.S. Attack ‘A Real Possibility’
Top Cheney Aide: 2007 Is ‘The Year Of Iran,’ U.S. Attack ‘A Real Possibility’
As the Bush administration ratchets up pressure on Iran, Vice President Cheney’s top national security aide has been sourced by the Washington Post — in the 10th paragraph on page A18 — saying that war with Iran is “a real possibility” this year:
Some senior administration officials still relish the notion of a direct confrontation. One ambassador in Washington said he was taken aback when John Hannah, Vice President Cheney’s national security adviser, said during a recent meeting that the administration considers 2007 “the year of Iran” and indicated that a U.S. attack was a real possibility. Hannah declined to be interviewed for this article.
Those with knowledge of the build-up to war in Iraq will recognize John Hannah’s name. In Bush’s second term, he replaced Scooter Libby as the head of Cheney’s national security staff. During Bush’s first term, he personally wrote the first draft of the infamous speech that Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered to the United Nations, according to Powell’s former aide Lawrence Wilkerson.
Moreover, Hannah was a top source for false pre-war intelligence from Iraqi exiles that was “stovepiped” past the intelligence agencies and sent directly to the White House:
For months, Cheney’s office has denied that the veep bypassed U.S. intelligence agencies to get intel reports from [Ahmad Chalabi’s Iraqi National Congress]. But a June 2002 memo written by INC lobbyist Entifadh Qunbar to a U.S. Senate committee lists John Hannah, a senior national-security aide on Cheney’s staff, as one of two “U.S. governmental recipients” for reports generated by an intelligence program being run by the INC and which was then being funded by the State Department. Under the program, “defectors, reports and raw intelligence are cultivated and analyzed”; the info was then reported to, among others, “appropriate governmental, non-governmental and international agencies.” The memo not only describes Cheney aide Hannah as a “principal point of contact” for the program, it even provides his direct White House telephone number.
John Hannah’s comments about Iran should be taken seriously. He knows how to mislead a nation into war.
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Of course it’s coming, if you watch the corporate owned media you can already see the manipulation machine working to steer opinions.
This government is pathetic.
February 12th, 2007 at 11:59 amThe Bush-Cheney war machine, and criminal mass murdering, war profiteering cabal…
…has to be stopped…
…Putin was right…
…the rule of international law is now inoperable, and the Bushites have made the globe unsafe…
…on C-Span this morning a S/Sgt in the U.S. Army in Baghdad called in to say that…
…Russian made weapons/ordinance are being found with much more frequency (than Iranian)…
…will Bushiva and L’il Dick attack Russia?
…I don’t think so…
…unless their masters in the House of Saud want them to…
…kill it before it grows…
February 12th, 2007 at 12:03 pmOk, who says a general strike?
February 12th, 2007 at 12:03 pmIran on Monday rejected U.S. accusations that the highest levels of Iranian leadership have armed Shiite militants in Iraq with armor-piercing roadside bombs, a day after U.S. military officials in Baghdad said they had traced the weapons to Tehran. “Such accusations cannot be relied upon or be presented as evidence. The United States has a long history in fabricating evidence. Such charges are unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told reporters.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:06 pmUS claims against Iran: why now?
…kill it before it grows…
Comment by big papa
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:09 pmWhy am I not surprised?
February 12th, 2007 at 12:11 pmChimpy is going to nuke Iran whether Congress likes it or not.
He’s under direct orders from AIPAC. Congress is too.
We are screwed.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:14 pmFool me once. Shame on…shame on you. Fool me, uh, um…Can’t get fooled again!
February 12th, 2007 at 12:14 pmInstead of our government spending more money on another invasion/war, we should look towards more important issues such as global poverty in order to combat the real problems at the source. According to the Borgen Project, it costs $19 billion a year to combat real poverty. We should let our representatives know that we would like to see a change in the direction of our foreign affairs.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:15 pmHas anyone in the admin. stopped to think how the Shia in Iraq (who don’t really like us,either) will react if the U.S. attacks Iran?
February 12th, 2007 at 12:15 pm.
ok - serious question:
what can WE THE PEOPLE do to stop this MADNESS,
to stop these MAD MEN ???
anything realistic?
February 12th, 2007 at 12:16 pm.
Again, this is no surprise. One only needs to study the PNAC to determine the course of this administration.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:18 pmbecaues they know that their names will come up during the war crimes trials.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
Uh huh? Wasnt aware of that. Thanks…
February 12th, 2007 at 12:19 pmSpudge,
So what you’re telling me is that we’re supposed to take the word of an anonymous ambassador relating what he supposedly heard John Hannah say, with an out of context quote.
Again, you guys are complete suckers for the media. They string you along so easily it’s like watching someone steal candy from a baby. No shit 2007 is “the year of Iran”. Does that mean the US plans on attacking them? Any one could have said this is “the year of Iran”.
Get back to me when (1) it isn’t some Nancy anonymous source claiming shit and (2) when you have an actual full quote demonstrating what is being claimed without being taken out of context.
Yeah, the “conservative” media in action again, I see. LOL.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:19 pmI have to agree with the poster who says AIPAC calls the shots. There will be a war and our Congress will go along with it. If we really want to take our country back, cutting the ties with AIPAC has to be a part of the solution.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:20 pmWhere’s that friggin’ Seixon?
Comment by Spudge_Boy
Who cares?
February 12th, 2007 at 12:20 pmDon’t ask;that mouth breather might just show up.
I’m sure they’re terrified in Tehran that we’re going to ship them tons of cash on pallets.
Hey, can I get Bush to declare war on my town, too?? We need the money, since the Feds cut funding for schools and roads so they could ship all that cash to Baghdad.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:21 pmThey string you along so easily it’s like watching someone steal candy from a baby.
pro…..jec…..tion……
February 12th, 2007 at 12:23 pmSince Cheney wants war on Iran, then he must be the first soldier dropped into Tehran. Bush’s 2 daughters must join the military too.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:28 pmthe i.s.g. report said that saudis are funding the sunni insurgents [cbsnews.com reported “In one recent case, an Iraqi official said $25 million (euro18.8 million) in Saudi money went to a top Iraqi Sunni cleric and was used to buy weapons, including Strela, a Russian shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile.”] to shoot at down u.s. helicopters among other activities; then the saudi govt later said they’d back the sunnis if the u.s. left iraq. but iran-made bombs are responsible for 6% of u.s. casualties, so let’s invade iran.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:28 pmwhat can WE THE PEOPLE do to stop this MADNESS,
to stop these MAD MEN ???
anything realistic?
.
Comment by katy #12
keep the pressure up on our elected officials…
…call, write, email them at least twice a week to let them know we are watching…
…the other day I emailed my Representative and two Senators to tell them that…
…the media pundits have been putting the word out that Democrats will pay a hefty political price if they cut off funding for Iraq…
…I told my elected reps that the Dems would certainly pay a hefty price if they DON’T cut off the funding for Iraq…
…I also call or email Repulsivescum senate or House members who are in the forefront of the delusional, TREASONOUS attempts to whip up support for Bushiva and L’il Dick…
…I tell them what TRAITORS they are…
February 12th, 2007 at 12:29 pmFebruary 12th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Excellent. The Bush doctrine lives on.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:38 pmSeixon is paid to troll…
Comment by Spudge_Boy
Yep. He has to be.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:38 pmWhy else would anyone be so contrary to the obvious?
http://www.gravel08.com
February 12th, 2007 at 12:38 pmMen this evil never go out with a whimper…
February 12th, 2007 at 12:40 pmThis is the year of “Going to go live at Seixon’s place”
February 12th, 2007 at 12:40 pm# 25. Comment by terry
Thanx,I did not know that.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:41 pmOkay, here is a liberal view:
1: Is Iran sponsoring anti-American terrorism?
Yes. It has been since before the Iranian hostage crisis.
2: Is Iran going after nuclear weapons?
Yes. Come on, they are on a whole sea of oil there, they want nuclear power, you do the math.
3: Is Iran supplying insurgents with weapons?
Obviously. Whether it is doing it officially or not is another matter.
4: Does this justify war?
No. Taken from the top:
1: It has been doing this for years, suddenly taking offense now is a bit late.
2: It is going after nuclear weapons because GW Bush, just prior to invading and overthrowing the government of Iraq, named it on his top three places he would like to invade. Further, Dubya, rejected an Iranian treaty whereby Iran recognised the state or Israel in 2003. Further, Bush wasn’t exactly taking yes for an answer from Iraq. Right now, going after nuclear weapons is not only morally justified from Iran’s point of view, it would have to be stupid not to.
3: If it is officially, the fact is that it is no different to what America did to Iran and Iraq under Reagan. If it is doing it unofficially, the fact is that it is no different to what countless Americans did to ENGLAND with the IRA.
Now for the other reasons:
America is already engaged in two wars, neither of which look like winning propositions. Afghanistan, has never been an easy country to conquor, and Iraq is just getting started. Further, America is short on troops. (Long on technology but that comes later.)
A simple bombing campaign with conventional bombs will mean Iran declaring war on America, a war which will see the whole of the Middle East joining the side most likely to win, and in a conventional war that side is Iran.
A nuclear bombing campaign will mean WWIII, with China and America on opposing sides. Here is a little secret: China is your major fiscal backer. You piss China off, it calls your loans. With the rest of the world boycotting America, due to atomic war being the last great horror, your economy is going to go to shit.
Thus a conventional bombing campaign coupled with a land invasion is the only likely possibility - but you don’t have the troops to pull it off.
In other words, there is no win scenerio in Iran.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:43 pmwhy aren’t these people under arrest for treason. instead, doug feith happily goes to georgetown school of foreign service and instructs the next generation of diplomats how to lie and manipulate the public; john yoo gets prime space in the op ed pages of the new york times and hannah gets to plot more war for his israeli masters.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:45 pmI won’t waste anymore kestrokes on your dumb ass.
Comment by Spudge_Boy — February 12, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
can i hold you to that? …can you keep your word on that? …please?
February 12th, 2007 at 12:47 pmif you do, others will also…
I thought it’s been the “year of the Monkey” every year since 2000.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:50 pmI keep seeing people say this and wonder… Who are you going to vote for in place of the Dems? Repubs???? Until we get something like “instant run-off voting” those are, generally, your only two choices… Because if you vote for an indy that takes votes away from a Dem, you are, in fact, voting for the Repub if the Indy doesn’t win.
Now, don’t take what I’m saying as just that we shouldn’t do anything. What I am saying is THINK before knee-jerking to any opponent just because you have an axe to grind.
And write letters. Lots of letters. And make phone calls. Lots of them too.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:50 pmre#32 Bruce Gorton
Are you old enough to remember what happened when Japan started calling in their loans?
Those loans are a pittance compared to China’s, Saudia Arabia’s, and the biggest one of them all, our Social Security.
Maybe we should call in our Scocial Security loans to stop it?
February 12th, 2007 at 12:53 pmClearly there was a conspiracy between Libby and Cheney. Conspiracy is a legal term. Can we all be adults and discuss this and other related conspiracies without being accused of being “Conspiracy Theorists?”
Having a theory about a conspiracy was a prerequisite for Fitzgerald’s investigators. It’s time to praise those who are able to think outside the box and comprehend the means, motive and opportunity that leads to these types of Conspiracies.
It’s time to raise the level of discourse where the term “Conspiracy” is concerned:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/ intell/ library/ reports/ 2005/ franklin_indictment_04aug2005.htm
We’ve all been conditioned to snicker and ridicule when non-professionals offer theories about conspiracies. It’s time to talk about all of these theories and unravel the whole thing.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:53 pmGo watch this slide show of images from Tehran to grasp the full scale of the madness we are about to engage in: http://www.lucasgray.com/video/peacetrain.html
February 12th, 2007 at 1:02 pm35 For Truth#
I thought it’s been the “year of the Monkey†every year since 2000.
Comment by ForTruth — February 12, 2007 @ 12:50 pm
it’s an insult to the monkey to be compared to bush
February 12th, 2007 at 1:05 pmThat i’m all for. Just hopefully Less “Leibermanisms” will happen if that is the case.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:09 pmLike my Air America friends say, if winning in the middle east is priority number one, then let’s ask the American people to sacrifice more than their “peace of mind” and bring back the draft, put our military in overdrive and get the job done. I mean if it’s a question of national survival, what other option do we have?
But since they refuse this strategy, it’s obvious that “winning” isn’t their objective, but stealing oil is. Our leaders would never admit to attacking a nation just for their natural resources. So the instead piddle around without any clear objectives, squandering any credibility we had in the World regarding our Military, and they wait, for a reason to further destabilize the region and create a “cause” for attacking another nation.
The Free World v. Radical Islam is a cover to their REAL objective: OIL.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:09 pm#48 — troll out to lunch warning
February 12th, 2007 at 1:11 pm48 - what’s with all the “why don’t you’s???
why don’t you GFY??
February 12th, 2007 at 1:13 pmWhat is an enemy?
Who is the enemy?
The Bible.
Comment by Pastor X
One planet, one people. That’s not in your Bible, but should be. But then the rest of the book would be moot.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:14 pmI keep seeing people say this and wonder… Who are you going to vote for in place of the Dems? Repubs???? Until we get something like “instant run-off voting†those are, generally, your only two choices… Because if you vote for an indy that takes votes away from a Dem, you are, in fact, voting for the Repub if the Indy doesn’t win.
Comment by Parrotlover77 #36
Parrot,
There isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between a Repulsivescum who does everything you DON’T want him/her to do…
…and Democrat who DOESN’T DO ANYTHING…
…right now…
…there’s not much difference between the Repulsivescum…
…and the DLC Democrats…
…this is why I believe that people like Howard Dean, Russ Feingold, Dennis Kucinich, and Barrack Obama…
…should try to create a “grassroots” Party…
…I realize that won’t happen overnight…
…but it’s thinking outside the box at least…
February 12th, 2007 at 1:14 pmcriticalthinker
Lets put it this way:
When Japan called its loans, America had other backers who were in a position to help America out.
When China calls in its loans, well, there was a reason why America was going to a state whose political system is idealogically opposed to its own, whose allies have a long history of hating America, whose civil rights record makes Saddam look lik a puppy, for money.
It is not so much that China, with the largest potential Army in the world, nuclear weapons of its own, and a fair stock of old alliances, is a military threat. It is that America, while engaged in two wars has already doubled its debt. China wouldn’t have to be overly heavy, all it would need to do is stop lending America money.
America could cope with social security, the bulk of that figure is in fact pure BS bred by IFRS being silly, what is can’t cope with is the expense of facing another war. Its already groaning under the strain of the current one.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:14 pmre#53 Bruce Gorton
Could not agree with you more!
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
http://nationalpriorities.org/ index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
February 12th, 2007 at 1:20 pmWhat is that bond?
Comment by Pastor X
It’s a shame it’s not your mouth.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:22 pm48 - what’s with all the “why don’t you’s???
why don’t you GFY??
Comment by tom baker
I know that these questions and more would actually require some *thought* and common sense from you.
Something that you are in large deficit of.
Go ahead keep posting to your ideologues here at TP, do not let facts and common sense interfere with your palpable sophmorish stance and attitude on politics.
Dont let them facts and common sense get in the way, just keep stormtrooping through your tired and worn out Democratic battle crys.
It is ok.
Really.
No more needs said really.
Nuff said.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:25 pmWes Clark is blogging about Iran over at dailykos right now.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:26 pm#
What is an enemy?
Who is the enemy?
The Bible.
Comment by Pastor X
One planet, one people. That’s not in your Bible, but should be. But then the rest of the book would be moot.
Comment by wake-n-bake — February 12, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
that’s great wakenbake, great response. i miss my wakenbake days….
February 12th, 2007 at 1:27 pmpull one for me
TPERS!
do not fall prey to PastorX! (and hide your children while you’re at it)
remember the subject: Bush and Co. making steady case for Bombing Iran
February 12th, 2007 at 1:29 pmNo more needs said really.
Nuff said.
Comment by Pastor X
Ah, so you’re going? Good.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:32 pm.
Wes Clark is blogging about Iran over at dailykos right now.
Comment by catherineD
I’m there… but not registered!
February 12th, 2007 at 1:33 pmTPERS!
do not fall prey to PastorX! (and hide your children while you’re at it)
Indeed. The really dogged preachers are just trying to have sex with your children. We’ve seen it time and again.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:34 pm.
Pastor X,
Very provocative.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:36 pmYou funny man!
Up your dose.
Oh Yikes! I just realized Tet is coming up!
February 12th, 2007 at 1:40 pmIt’s the year of the Pig!
Shit, Cheney is sure to start a war during HIS year.
No doubt Iranian fingerprints are on some of the weapons found in Iraq.
I feel very confident that if we were counting them up, the #1 source of weapons in Iraq (in the hands of all parties) is the U.S.A., followed by Russia, and no doubt, followed by all other leaders in the global arms manufacturing business.
Wasn’t it Rumsfeld shaking the hand of Saddam? Wasn’t it the US who sold F-16s to Iran?
US fingerprints are on death machinery worldwide in uncountable quantity.
Sigh.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:42 pmMan, the dailykos site is da shiznit. That’s REAL blogging folks.
Like comparing actual apples(TP) to an Apple computer(dailykos).
This here’s just a simple message board, NOT a true blog site (to “blog” means to “web-log”, it’s more personal and focused than a wide open message board which just happens to allow you to comment - like TP.)
When will TP grow up and become a modern, useful blog site? Cause most of what shows up here is just pissin’ in the wind.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:45 pmWe have no choice but to attack Iran, since they have the audacity to keep our oil under their sand.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:56 pm#66
February 12th, 2007 at 2:01 pmwaken bake
email that message to the TP crew
karlx, done that.
/off topic, but 100% relevant to TP
From “wickedpedia”:
Don’t be foolish, and don’t play with the dangling, shiny fish hooks.
Always, ALWAYS ignore trolls and stay on topic!
February 12th, 2007 at 2:17 pmThe Bible.
Comment by Pastor X
Unforunately, PASTOR, The Bible and The Koran are at the heart of the violence and hatred in this world!!! So spare me your religious nonsense!!!!!
February 12th, 2007 at 2:18 pmOne needs to ask whether Cheney is mad enough to want to “radicalize 70 million Irnians.” Bush understands that would be the effect of bombing Iran. Cheney is smarter than Bush; so he must also. If this action is coming down the pike - and we assume that BusCheney are doing it with full knowledge of its potentially disastrous ramafications in terms of terrorism - we need to ask why? What do they personally expect to gain?
February 12th, 2007 at 2:26 pmAs self help books go, the writing is stale, the story has holes big enough to drive trucks through (For example, before the flood mankind was supposed to be vegan, so why did Abel offer God burnt meat?) the morality conveyed is questionable (Killing priests is okay, provided they aren’t yours) the fig-hate I just never could get, and the basic premise laughable.
Further, I could also go into how its adherents seem to have avoided ever reading the book (Particularly Mathew 7 when Jesus goes into some depth on how to behave) how the book itself is all about god’s revalations to guys who spent a lot of time in the desert with inadequate rations and no hats, and how as a moral guide, I tend to shy away from anything that proposes you cut your own limbs off.
And this isn’t even touching on how the timeline is demonstrably wrong, several events recorded as fact never happened (The sun standing still, would have been more widely recorded then in one small, localised battle, for example) and how the Bible, in all its talk of killing sorcerers and witches, is really anti-anything approaching secular learning.
February 12th, 2007 at 2:30 pmYou know, if IN FACT John Hannah was a top source of false pre-war intelligence from Iraqi exiles, why the hell is he not on trial at this time? These people (including Feith too) just keep sleezing on through the justice system unscathed — WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?
February 12th, 2007 at 2:34 pm#
You know, if IN FACT John Hannah was a top source of false pre-war intelligence from Iraqi exiles, why the hell is he not on trial at this time? These people (including Feith too) just keep sleezing on through the justice system unscathed — WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?
Comment by InOnTheFly — February 12, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
They will begin to be held accountable, if and only when, Cheney and Bush are impeached, convicted, investigated and prosecuted for war crimes. Those working within the administration can be fired, investigated by a REAL Justice Department, and then prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, including for war crimes. Those who have left the administration, like Yoo and Feith can also be investigated and tried.
As far as I am concerned, they should ALL be sent to the Hague.
February 12th, 2007 at 6:06 pmMaybe Hannah is NYTimes’ Michael Gordon’s “unnamed source”…
February 12th, 2007 at 6:50 pmApparently there are those who do not appreciate the truth…
February 12th, 2007 at 7:57 pmLine Hannah, Torticola Cheney, Addington, Yoo, CHIMPya, Rove, Rice, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Dumbsfailed, Wolfowitz, Perle, Feith, Hadley, all of Bushland Uber Allies, The Fourth Reich UP AGAINST THE WALL and SHOOT EVERY LAST MAN JACK OF THESE SCUM!!!!! If it was good enough for Nicolae Ceausescu at Dracula’s Castle at Targoviste, IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THESE SCUM!!!!!
February 12th, 2007 at 8:28 pmCui Buono?
Can anyone tell me what ethnic group and/or nation has benefited most from the American invasion of Iraq?
February 12th, 2007 at 10:07 pmThe blood being spilled is primarily Iraqi followed by American. The treasure being wasted and/or stolen is Iraqi and American.
Which one national group seems to be benefiting most from this horror instigated by neo-conservatives such as Richard Perle?
Think about it, “head of Cheney’s National Security Staff”. What the fluck is that ? Does this monster of mankind have his own war room too ? What the hell is going on ? Oh, I see… he is the bad cop. Bush is the good cop. Then we have the good cops and the bad cops in Iran, too. Both sides ratchet up oil prices higher and higher, so Cheney (need a better name), Chimpy (love that name), the Arabs can get filthy rich while Al Queda (oil financed) smuggle in explosives to blow the shit out of our poor kids in Iraq. A statement Cheney will never utter: “I would like to see the price of oil come down, as it would defuse the situation in the middle east and prevent the spread of weaponry in the region”. The man will never ever say anything about the real dynamics of oil. Because he takes pig baths in the stuff, he will never admit that it has been, is now and always will be the root of all the trouble over there. Without oil, they would be raising goats in the desert again and that is our only long term national defense people policy people. But it will never happen. We are very near the end. You’ll likely see oil spike to 110 (all good for the Russians, the greedy f#cking Arab enemies, and the Iranians and the Houstonians) this year, as this all plays out (in Cheney’s bank account). Never before have we been bleeding out both sides of a conflict. At the very least in Nam we were sucking dry the Chinese and the Russians. Here, its a perpetual slow ride down the toilet. We are funding the slaughter of our own kids over there. Its a f@cking mad house! One last comment: Rice is the most useless piece of shit that ever set foot in the beltway. The women who, after 9/11, lied to everyone when she said “We had no indication of any such plot ever concieved by any terror group” has continued to lie and now has zero power. What a waste. Ok, all done. No not exactly…. can someone please tell me why we have not sailed a fleet of battleships into the Indian Ocean, let everyone on the planet know that one of them is filled with $3 billion of gold bullion, and tell them it is theirs if they bring the head of Bin Laden to the closest dock. No. Instead we have spent (no, borrowed) $400 billion that has done nothing except for toppling the Taliban provided the Defense Industry with a major boon. We are going to have to explain that to our children (when the country turns to shit) a little better so start thinking about it.
February 12th, 2007 at 10:26 pmCan anyone tell me what ethnic group and/or nation has benefited most from the American invasion of Iraq?
The blood being spilled is primarily Iraqi followed by American. The treasure being wasted and/or stolen is Iraqi and American.
Which one national group seems to be benefiting most from this horror instigated by neo-conservatives such as Richard Perle?
Comment by Shirley — February 12, 2007 @ 10:07 pm
Iran has become much more powerful, thanks to our invasion. But those who have reaped the greatest benefit would be multinational corporations who have participated in some measure. War is a profit-machine, don’t ya know?
February 12th, 2007 at 10:41 pmhttp://terrorizethis.org
February 13th, 2007 at 4:47 amWhat the heck is happening with our country?
What the heck is happening to us?
Our beloved Nation’s Constitution reads “We the Peolple”, doesn’t say “We the Congress” or “We the Democrats” nor “We the Republicans”.
We are the ones that can tell the politicians how to work, we have to put pressure on them as a Nation to stop any armed conflict and change our foreign policy.
No more Bush/Cheney dictatorship!
February 13th, 2007 at 6:19 amNice! (c) Borat
February 13th, 2007 at 6:36 amAs an outside looking in, I can honestly say that you people are insane.
You get third party information and run with it like someone told it to you themselves.
Seriously, you idiots need help.
And quick.
February 13th, 2007 at 6:51 amNot this time. Do not worry,I think Iran already has the bomb , in 1990 all the former Soviet Union states were offering it in the market. But I do not think the US has the power to do anything about it. Iran is not Iraq and the US knows it. Oil prices will skyrocket and Israel will be attacked by Hizbulah which showed its teeth in the recent war in Lebanon, they still have not used some heavy duty weaponry.
February 13th, 2007 at 8:23 am[…] National Security Adviser, John Hannah, said the following via the WaPo: Some senior administration officials still relish the notion of a direct […]
February 13th, 2007 at 8:38 amTop Cheney Aide: 2007 Is ‘The Year Of Iran,’ U.S. Attack ‘A Real Possibility’…
As the Bush administration ratchets up pressure on Iran, Vice President Cheney’s top national security aide has been quoted by the Washington Post — in the 10th paragraph on page A18 — that war with Iran is “a real possibility†this year:…
February 13th, 2007 at 9:19 amDown with USA! GO IRAN!
February 13th, 2007 at 9:30 amSCREW IRAN - ATTACK SAUDI ARABIA THEY ARE BEHIND ALL OF THIS. ARREST CHENEY, ARREST BUSH, ARREST WOLFOWITZ, ARREST HANNAH, ARREST TENNET, ARREST RICE.
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February 13th, 2007 at 9:40 amHurry up people, start having babies!!! We’re gonna need them to keep the race alive after Tweetledee and Tweetle dum keep sending all of America’s kids to be blown up in a 3rd world nation!
February 13th, 2007 at 9:52 amAnd dammnit, where the hell is Jesus!?!?
And where do you propose in this media and political world of deception
February 13th, 2007 at 10:00 amone gets “first hand” information. Where is the truth hidden amidst the spin and personal agendas? Please send me that web address, newspaper, or location of some hidden scroll. It’s getting harder and harder to sift out an element that’s factual in the abyss of lies.
Who were the wackos that voted these guys in, not once, but twice?
February 13th, 2007 at 10:13 amThe American public is now reaping the consequences of those absurd decisions.
[…] Top Cheney aide: 2007 is the Year of Iran. […]
February 13th, 2007 at 10:19 amBy calling it a real possibility, they make it a real possibility. Isn’t that interesting?
February 13th, 2007 at 10:46 amIran buys 90% of its weapons from RUSSIA!!! So of course u would be finding them all over IRAQ!!
February 13th, 2007 at 10:53 amYes Bush and Cheney will provoke Iran, outright attack them or God forbid
use another “9-11″ on US soil, (blamed on Iran of course) as the excuse for the attack. Pure evil and once again they are lying to us telling us Iran is arming the Sunni resistance so they can kill Shiites and Americans. Pure BS and I really love the “Iranian mortars” with markings in English and Western style dates. (Iranian ordinance is marked in Arabic and dated with the Muslim calendar folks). Putin has made it clear that an attack on Iran will be answered by a Russian counter-strike. The Bush worshiping 20% are not going to kick back and watch this war on CNN with a beer. People on US soil will be killed. Bush and Cheney know this and they don’t care - they WANT escalation and WW3. Go read the PNAC and other neocon think tank docs.
As for you democrats…. WTF are you doing sitting back waiting for your just as bought and paid for democrats in Congress to do something??? Have you people not gotten the message yet that Pelosi and company aren’t going to stop anything? It’s time to wake up, leave the false right vs. left distraction behind and start demanding action. A recall petition of Pelosi and other key dems would be a nice way to light a fire under their lying asses.
February 13th, 2007 at 11:05 am[…] incredible admission from Vice President Cheney’s top national security adviser John Hannah. read more | digg […]
February 13th, 2007 at 11:12 amHas anyone ever consiodered that Bush suffers from some kind of Adult ADD? With a bit of Chicken Little Syndrome tossed in? He never finishes anything he starts; Bin Laden, Afghanistan, Iraq. Now he wants to go after Iran?
He knows he’ll be flying solo on this one as no other country in the world is going to support another US invented war.
February 13th, 2007 at 11:30 am[…] TOP Cheney aide calls 2007 the year of Iran; Attack ‘real possibility’. […]
February 13th, 2007 at 11:42 amI think that the time has come for rational folks to discuss an amendment to the Constitution which would enable a Presidential “vote of no confidence” or recall election. Two years is a long time to wait to vote this administration out and they can do a lot of damage between now and then…
February 13th, 2007 at 11:51 amWhat causes the price of OIL to climb more than a naval battle group?
February 13th, 2007 at 12:15 pmNo one here is addressing the fundamental problem of Iran.
Yes, we all agree: an attack on Iran would be disastrous, destabilising, wrong and carry a cost which America cannot afford.
But nor can the world afford a nuclear Iran.
Contrary to many voices here: this is not another India, Israel or Pakistan. This really is a state that sponsors terrorism, practices profoundly dispicable respect for human rights and dreams of creating a regional empire through military force. (An eventuality that is also ‘disastrous, destabilising, wrong and carries a cost which America cannot afford’.)
The conundrum here (which I detect a strong reluctance to address) is that inaction is as almost as dangerous as action.
Before you flame me, I am in no way advocating war.
But it must be noted that diplomatic solutions to this crisis are impossible for two reasons:
1) The Iranian leader is fixed on his goal and the fruits of its success far outweigh the costs of potential sanctions.
2) Much of the world community has a vested (and more powerful) interest in continued flow of Iranian oil and hence they are motivated not out of moral and security imperatives, but out of their own economic self interests.
Excerpts from internal EU documents show a strongly entrenched pessimism and sense of futility in efforts to slow Iran’s development of nuclear weapons capabilities (see: http://www.ft.com/ cms/ s/ 9222452a-bb66-11db-afe4-0000779e2340.html )
To be frank: this is pathetic.
Diplomatic pressures have actually yet to be applied.
What is required here is a poison pill: A unanimous conditional agreement signed in advance of “what would happen” if Iran develops weapons. Such an agreement safely protects all those who believe that Iran’s prgram may be peaceful, by conditionally bringing the full force of sanctions to bear *only in the event of full transgression*.
No nation has yet suggested a “what if” document. All current diplomatic strategies are based around the premise of deterrance — a policy that cannot possibly work, and only reinforces the Iranian belief (which is not incorrect) that the West is weak and easily manipulated.
Currently we have a situation in which weak, barely-agreed-upon diplomatic strategies are failing. What is needed here is diplomats that are capable. So far all we’ve seen is ineptitude.
If Iran wins this contest (the creation of nuclear weapons) it will only be because the West has failed to create sound diplomatic policy. Not because of a lunatic despot. We can be sure of seeing many more of those in the future.
February 13th, 2007 at 12:16 pmAnd to think that Al Gore was sneered at and derided for comments he never made but were endlessly attributed to him. Here was a man with a true perspective, someone who could have done so much good work to show the world how truly awesome the United States are when it comes down to it.
Instead, the very worst couple of people ever to disgrace the office are elected, not once but twice! See what they are doing, think about what it will cost, realise who is going to be paying for it.
America, what have you done!
February 13th, 2007 at 12:24 pm[…] and his crew have had their eyes set on Iran for quite some time now, and now they’re being even more blatant in their desires. One ambassador in Washington said he was taken aback when John Hannah, Vice President Cheney’s […]
February 13th, 2007 at 12:30 pmPutting my money on Al Gore for 2008 - with a Nobel Prize and an Oscar both related to the global warming issue, he looks like a winner - hard to understand why Hillary and others want to exhaust energy at his time - Al will look like a statesman (difficult to imagine perhaps) by the time the infighting ends among the announced candidates.
February 13th, 2007 at 1:33 pm103 - Can’t afford a nuclear Pakistan, either. Oh! that’s right, we’ve got one. Can’t afford a nuclear N. Korea, either. Oops! forgot - got one of those too. Can’t afford a nuclear Israel, either…what’s that? they’ve got’em too!?
Who opened this Pandora’s box of nuclear weaponry, anyway!!?? Somebody better tell them to go back and knock it off!!
Also, someone inform the rest of the population of Earth that their decision-making will henceforth be handled by intellectual masturbators in American think-tanks.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:22 pm[…] 13, 2007 at 7:32 pm · Filed under Uncategorized Cheney Aide: 2007 Is “The Year Of Iran,” U.S. Attack “A Real Possibility” An incredible admission from Vice President Cheney’s top national security adviser John […]
February 13th, 2007 at 2:26 pmNUKE Israel
February 13th, 2007 at 2:39 pm[…] Think Progress . February 13, 2007As the Bush administration ratchets up pressure on Iran, Vice President Cheney’s top national security aide has been quoted by the Washington Post — in the 10th paragraph on page A18 — that war with Iran is “a real possibility†this year: Some senior administration officials still relish the notion of a direct confrontation. One ambassador in Washington said he was taken aback when John Hannah, Vice President Cheney’s national security adviser, said during a recent meeting that the administration considers 2007 “the year of Iran†and indicated that a U.S. attack was a real possibility. Hannah declined to be interviewed for this article. […]
February 13th, 2007 at 2:43 pmIt’s now obvious that we never really evolved beyond the level of apes. We still have tribal power-pyramids with vicious, greedy, sadistic bullies at the top, and a cowed, stupid populace at the base.
Sure, there’s billions of dollars spent on U.S. propaganda. But if Americans can’t see through these blatant lies, then I guess we’ll get what we deserve.
Think of all the planets in our galaxy. Think of all the galaxies in our universe. Most sentient species probably don’t survive for very long, and homo sapiens is not showing a very promising record.
Maybe this goddamned species deserves to be wiped out.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:33 pmThe masters aren’t in the house of Saud necessarily, the masters are the international financiers, ie bankers, if the Federal Reserve, The Bank of England, the IMF, World Bank and the BIS, that gain massively from poverty, that print money out of thin air, “lend” it out and collect interest. It is sick and brilliant, it is a giant scam. If you want to get to the source of the conflicts, look at who makes the money. Those that make the money make the rules.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:33 pmThe only thing remarkable is that it has taken so long.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:48 pmYou can only bait a superpower so much.
Stupid place.
Only thing ever these people have done is to luck into living on top of oil and hate us.
The US is paying in blood and dollars while the europopeans and asia reap the benefits, export to the us and stab the us in the back repeatedly.
Scum is as scum does and washington district of criminals is infested with AIPAC bribed treasonous scumbags.
February 13th, 2007 at 5:44 pmThis entire administration should be sent to prison with hard labor for life.
If we all chipped in, do you think we could buy a North Korean warhead and give Cheney’s crew an atomic enema?
February 13th, 2007 at 7:25 pmBeware the Thought Police!
February 13th, 2007 at 7:47 pmYour kind made a desert of it… Dr. Zaius
February 13th, 2007 at 8:39 pmThe nuclear clock is ticking toward midnight. A series of chaotic events could trigger a “10 Days in October” situation very easily this year, with the planet very much on the edge of extinction.
Of course, Jack Kennedy will not be there this time.
Bush and Cheney will be.
Enough said.
February 13th, 2007 at 8:43 pmThe only thing madder than war with Iran is Iran with a nuclear weapon. I trust everyone has seen and read the EC report on Iran that came out this week…..
February 13th, 2007 at 9:30 pmTHE UNITED STATES OF ISRAEL MUST BE STOPPED, USING ALL AVAILABLE MEANS
That the White House criminals and war mongers are going to start another illegal and immoral war, this time against Iran, is a given.
It’s Deja Vu all over again, as the same tried and true tactics use to invade Iraq are now being warmed over to bomb Iran.
With both the Bush and Olmert administrations involved in investigations, corruption scandals and incompetence charges, an attack agaisnt Iran would be a good way for these two criminals to divert attention away from their crimes against humanity.
Both are nothing more than thieves posing as statesmen; instead of sticking a pistol in your face and demanding money, they thearten nations with F-16’s and nuclear weapons.
Both Bush and Olmert need to be thrown out of office, indicted, then brought to stand trial in the International Court of Law in the Netherlands for their numerous war crimes.
ISRAEL WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST DROP OF AMERICAN BLOOD.
February 14th, 2007 at 3:57 amGive me a break.
I know that ‘think progress’ attracts the uneducated, liberal moron who is about as informed about world events as my dog, but what the hell?
Someone says they heard someone else say something and you idiots report it as truth.
Odd.
Then you blame the ‘conservative media machine’, which has long been the liberal media machine for putting it all into motion.
Here’s the deal, liberal brain deads - Iran has been meddling in the affairs of virtually every country in the world. In Iraq, they arm and train militant insurgents and send their own military advisers and undercover operatives to incite violence against US forces, shia’s, shiites, innocents, etc. In Lebanon, they promote unrest and support hezbollah with rockets, grenades, and rifles. When it comes to the US, Iran taunts and taunts and does what it can to show up the US and the UK. Iran’s President is a holocaust denier and an anti-semite. His own people don’t like him because he ran on a platform of inclusion, transparency in government, and financial reform and has pulled a 180 while bringing more problems to the country by constantly pissing off the rest of the world.
And you liberals who have the nerve to call yourself patriotic americans while making personal attacks on the administration without presenting a single rational, reasonable, viable solution just LOVE to side with people who would happily dispatch you from this world for the crime of being an American.
Shame on you.
FDR once said:
“This nation has placed its destiny in the hands, heads and
hearts of its millions of free men and women, and its faith
in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the
supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to
those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our
strength is our unity of purpose.
To that high concept there can be no end save victory.”
So why is it that no democrat that opposes the war and wants us to appease Iran can’t understand that simple concept?
February 14th, 2007 at 12:47 pmShame on those of you too ignorant and foolish to see the truth.
Double shame on those who blame Israel, AIPac and the Jews in general for the transgressions of fundamental islam.
Go read about what REALLY started the crusades and then talk to me about how wrong we are and how right fundamentalist islam is.
It turns out, Islamic hoardes were roaming nations, forcing people to convert to Islam by the sword or die.
Christians didn’t appreciate this and decided to stand up and fight for their freedom to worship as they chose.
Fundamentalists want you to forget this.
But what is the difference between that and Iran threatening the world with Nuclear weapons while working diligently to destabilize Iraq?
jeff, it is YOU who can’t see what is in front of your eyes. The US has engaged in terrorism for decades, politically, economically and militarily. Own up to that, will you? Once you appreciate that, you may have a clue as to why countries like Iran want nukes. They are surrounded by US militaries and they are being threatened by the US president.
Don’t even start with your supporting religious causes. More people have died on this planet in the name of God than can all other reasons combined.
There is no victory to be had.
February 14th, 2007 at 2:36 pmJeff, I miss the FDR Democrats. That was when a Dem had a spine. But, sadly those days are long gone; and now we are left with the self-loathing, backbiting, cowards we have today. I imagine that they will only see the error of their ways when more of our cities are destroyed by bombs and American women are forced to wear Burkas upon fear of brutal punishment.
February 14th, 2007 at 4:46 pmYes, we are going in. It’s all about Israel, and it’s all about destabilizing and fragmenting her potential enemies in the region, and this has been the plan for 25 years.
“The idea that all the Arab states should be broken down, by Israel, into small units, occurs again and again in Israeli strategic thinking. For example, Ze’ev Schiff, the military correspondent of Ha’aretz (and probably the most knowledgeable in Israel, on this topic) writes about the “best” that can happen for Israeli interests in Iraq: “The dissolution of Iraq into a Shi’ite state, a Sunni state and the separation of the Kurdish part” (Ha’aretz 6/2/1982).”
Well, Iraq is done, and Iran is next. The only problem is that the loyalty of the natives in the colonies to the Israeli motherland is flagging. There is just too much public-opinion resistance now to Bush just going in to Iran like we went into Iraq. Something is needed to change public opinion. Either there will be a false-flag op to make it look like Iran started it and we are just retaliating, or Israel will nuke ‘em first and then Bush will be relieved of the responsibility of having initiated it, and he will simply have to rationalize taking sides in the then already-existing dispute.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:39 amEither way, we are are going in!
Of course, the whole world will polarize around it. Russia will back Iran, and China will back Russia - remember China has big olil contracts with Iran too. And the U.S. will back Israel or conversely. An so on. So it will lead to WWIII, but what the heck! Maybe it will cause Bush’s Messiah to finally come. Look on the bright side!
Ok Dosen’t realy matter Bible ways … well it is the end of the world if you read the new testimate then the war and destruction in the “Holy Land” that is the end
February 19th, 2007 at 6:25 pmIt never said the rest of the world would be destroyed.
Personally do I like the idea of war … Honestly no… do I understand that there may very well be a need in the future… sadly yes. But we if we are going to do this need to do it right. Wham Bam Thank you Iran. Just like Reagan did to Kadafie or however you spelled his name hit his D1@% in the dirt so hard it took him better than a decade to even try to Talk big again… Did we send aid to him NO. They want aid and supplies fine send it to them… In a fair trade for equal value in free OIL lets make them work for us. That is just my two cents the world needs to realize the free ride from the US is OVER. That is my Views on this and now for me to be Flamed all to hell. Understand everyone that I am not necessarily a republican nor a democrat necessarily I am one thing that should matter. I am a AMERICAN through and through. Hell yea red white and blue. One last note
If your going to come to America LEARN THE Language
The Star spangled Banner was written in English It better only Be sung in English I haven’t heard anyone asking for it to be sung in French, Italian, Celtic, German, Nor Russian So for God sakes It shouldn’t need to be sung in Spanish either… hell if it was then it should be the SPANISH asking for it IE People migrated from Spain Not The Fledging Bastardized versions of it in the America’s So be like those before you who immigrated before you you want this to be your new home. Then it is THE ONLY HOME YOU SHOULD BE LOYAL TO I have ranted enough I wish you all well no mater what religion you may follow.
What will happen if the US Nukes Iran? The US will become the new “Axis of Evil”.
Bush desperately wants to start a war with Iran as a last gasp effort to salvage something beyond ignominious defeat for his “Legacy”. All of the scenarios spelled out in the War Games the Joint Chiefs did in the last five years have said that starting a war with Iran will inevitably lead to a nuclear first strike against Iran’s Natanz and Esfahan facilities.
The War Games Scenario for the Iran War goes like this:
1. The US or Israel [with US cooperation] prepares to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities at Natanz and Esfahan. A few Generals and Admirals resign but the attack happens anyway. The attack causes major surface damage but does not penetrate through the layers of reinforced concrete and steel to the level of the Centrifuges and Uranium processing facilities. The attack is a failure but it starts a US/Israeli war with Iran.
2. Iran announces it is withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran attacks any oil tankers passing through the Straights of Hormuz and the US Aircraft Carriers and their escorts in the gulf using swarming speedboats, torpedoes and silkworm cruise missiles and sinks at least 1 carrier and several other ships causing 2000-3000 US casualties.
3. The US Air-force starts large scale bombing of Iran’s infrastructure.
4. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard invades southern Iraq with 300,000-400,000 ground troops and cuts off all supplies to US forces in southern and western Iraq.
5. The US bombs areas of southern Iraq where Iranian soldiers are blocking US supplies and the US bombing causes mass civilian casualties.
6. The Iraqi Government orders the US to leave Iraq immediately or be attacked by the Iraqi Army. The Iraqi Shiite and Sunni Mullahs issue a Fatwa directing all Insurgents and Militias to attack US soldiers and not each other.
7. US forces are besieged by 300,000 Iranians and 200,000 Iraqi Army, Insurgents and Militia soldiers. After 60 days of intense fighting and 10,000-20,000 US casualties, the US bases in Iraq run out of fuel, ammunition and food.
8. The US troops in southern Iraq, western Iraq and Bagdad are forced to “Retreat Under Fire” to the Kurdish north leaving behind all of their heavy equipment.
9. The Iranians seize the abandoned US weapons and bring in fuel and supplies and turn the weapons on the US.
10. The US claimes the excuse of “Protecting US Troops” and uses tactical nuclear bombs to attack the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Militia forces in southern Iraq and nuclear bunker buster bombs to destroy Natanz and Esfahan in Iran. There are 300,000 immediate civilian casualties caused by the blast and radiation and 750,000 cases of radiation poisoning in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northern India.
11. All Oil production in Iraq and Iran stops for 6-9 months [25% of world oil production]. All Middle-East Oil shipments through the Straights of Hormuz are stopped [20% of world oil production]. All middle-eastern countries together impose a total Oil Embargo on supplies to the US and Israel. Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina join in the Oil Embargo. Gasoline and Heating Fuel-oil prices rise to $10.00 per gallon, Natural Gas prices rise to $5.00 per CCF and gasoline rationing is imposed. Energy intensive industries shut down. Frequent major blackouts occur crippling the server farms that power the Internet. The US economy suffers a meltdown.
12. Iran abrogates the Non-Proliferation Treaty and reprocesses Plutonium from their research reactors to produce 1-2 nuclear bombs which are used to destroy Tel Aviv. Israel responds with their own nuclear bombs destroying Tehran.
13. A general war of all Islam vs. the US and Israel ensues. All US bases in the middle-east are attacked causing 50,000-75,000 US casualties before the US forces can escape. Israel is invaded from all sides by Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. The US and Israel are branded by the world as the “Axis of Evil”.
Imagine a world where the US is reviled by every other nation for the unforgivable damage we have done to innocent civilians. Where the US is under a Permanent Oil Embargo by all OPEC member states. Where Canada, Mexico and South America join Europe and Asia to ban all trade with the US and evict all US Military bases from their soil. Where all US citizens with any connection to the Bush Administration are under indictment by The Hague and are put on a No-Fly List banning them from from travel outside the US. Where all US multi-national corporations are boycotted or banned by the rest of the world or are forced to split and change their names to avoid anti-US sentiment.
All this and more can happen if Bush decides to Nuke Iran.
Bush is the Decider. He makes the Decisions and the rest of us have to live with the consequences. Bush’s Decisions about the Middle-East have been uniformly bad. Some of them have been worse than bad; they have crossed the line into the zone of Criminal Negligence and Suicidal Stupidity.
The worst Decision Bush has made in his two terms as President has been to insist that the use of Nuclear Bunker Buster bombs remain in the Pentagon’s planning for dealing with Iran.
Iran may be telling the truth or Iran may be lying when they say that they are only trying to enrich Uranium for nuclear power. If Iran is telling the truth and their goal is just nuclear power, then using a Nuke against Iran will guarantee that Iran will go for The Bomb in self defense. If Iran is lying then using a Nuke against Iran will only delay Iran getting The Bomb by one or two years and will guarantee that they will attempt to use it against the US or Israel.
The US B61-11 Nuclear Bunker Buster bomb is only able to penetrate hard rock to a depth of 10-20 feet before it detonates. At 20ft penetration and maximum yield, the B61-11 can only destroy a facility that is buried less than 600ft below ground. Blast forces can be blocked by simple inexpensive materials like a 100ft thick layer of gravel or bags of sand or granulated salt. The limitations of the B61-11 have been known for years and any Iranian weapons facility will have been built with those limits in mind.
If Iran is actually trying to build a Nuclear Bomb, they will probably have done what Iraq and Pakistan did by building a secret second facility buried deep under ground under the publicly visible facilities at Natanz and Esfahan.
The Natanz facility in Iran is known to have a double roof of thick reinforced concrete with 50-75ft of gravel between the concrete layers. The roof is sufficient to protect against any non-nuclear bunker buster (even the US air forces MOAB bomb). Natanz could probably also survive a low yield Nuclear Bunker Buster bomb.
If the US actually used the B61-11 bomb in Iran against the Natanz or Esfahan facilities more than 500,000 civilian deaths could be expected in iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
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