U.S. Prepares ‘New Options’ To Attack Iran, Deploys Second Carrier To Persian Gulf
U.S. Prepares ‘New Options’ To Attack Iran, Deploys Second Carrier To Persian Gulf
The Bush administration deployed a second aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf on Tuesday to serve as a “reminder” to Iran, in the words of Defense Secretary Robert Gates. When asked whether the Pentagon was preparing military strikes, Gates said, “No.”
But, CBS News reported last night that the Pentagon is developing new “options” for attacking Iran:
A second American aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf today as the Pentagon ordered military commanders to develop new options for attacking Iran. Planning is being driven by what one officer called the “increasingly hostile role” Iran is playing in Iraq — smuggling weapons into Iraq for use against American troops.
CBS’s David Martin said that, while “no attacks are imminent and the last thing the Pentagon wants is another war,” the U.S. has identified two key targets inside Iran that it is prepared to strike: 1) the plants where weapons being exported to Iraq are made and 2) the headquarters of the Quds Force.
This week, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is expected to confront Iran with with evidence of their meddling and demand a halt. If these talks don’t produce results, Martin reported, “the State Department has begun drafting an ultimatum that would tell the Iranians to knock it off — or else.” Watch it:
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:07 amTehran- Pearl Harbor in reverse.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:09 amHere we go again. Last piece of the martial law puzzle?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:11 amAmerica has gone insane. There's just no other word for this insatiable lust for war. Maybe if the lives of other human beings were considered valuable and worthy of respect the idea of bomb bomb bomb Iran would be a repulsive inside America as it is to the rest of the world.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:13 amGeez, BushCo has less than 9 months remaining, and still they want to start another war! I sure hope, but doubt, that Congress will stand up to these lunatics and tell them NO!
We don't even have enough forces to fight one illegal war, but I guess the private contractors still have more money to be made.
PEACE
April 30th, 2008 at 10:14 amPBS said they have 10,000 targets lined up .
April 30th, 2008 at 10:15 amSaudi and Israel have had test to see how to handle the fallout of bombs and different attacks they expect after America bombs Iran. Even though Saudi Arabia supplies more people and money to attack our soldiers > But Bush and Cheney think most people dont know that and I guess they dont because how else could they get away with this . The dumming down of most Americans works for the lying cheaters running this country ----intothe ground. WTF
Wake up America!!!!!!!
I have been writing my Senators, Congressman, and my local newspapers on this issue for months, ever since Cheney started thumping his chest on board the US Aircraft Carrier almost a year ago. Everyone though I was being paranoid. I wish I was. I encourage everyone to write letters, call, etc, as this Dr. Strangelove stuff now. Truly unbelievable.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:20 amThis is truly scarey kids.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:20 amFrom which we can expect to see the 2009 headlines:
ExxonMobil Revenues and Profits 40%
April 30th, 2008 at 10:21 amThis from juancole.com:
Sadr spokesman Salah al-Obeidi (al-Ubaydi) in Najaf bitterly attacked Iran, accusing it of seeking to share with the US in influence over Iraq. He pointed to the Iranian's regime's failure to condemn the long-term mutual security agreement being crafted by the Bush administration and the al-Maliki government. Al-Obeidi's angry denunciation suggests that Iran is backing PM Nuri al-Maliki and his current chief ally, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim against the Sadr Movement of Muqtada al-Sadr.
Some administration is lying...again!
April 30th, 2008 at 10:22 amoops, I;; do that again:
From which we can expect to see the 2009 headlines:
ExxonMobil Revenues and Profits for 2008 Increased 40%
April 30th, 2008 at 10:22 amHow many times have I seen the "Wake Up America" comment. It's pretty clear there will be no waking from this. We are a nation of simpletons and war mongers. Obama, Clinton, McCain are the "choices" we have for "change" and they all represent more of the same. Our children will curse us.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:23 amJeebus!
April 30th, 2008 at 10:23 amCan someone please convince Bush that size doesn't really matter?
He's obviously over compensating for an inferiority and/or size issue.
Couldn't he just buy a damn Corvette like most middle aged men who feel inadequate???
spencers mom:
"Geez, BushCo has less than 9 months remaining, and still they want to start another war! I sure hope, but doubt, that Congress will stand up to these lunatics and tell them NO!"
Don't hold your breath. Congress will cave.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:27 amGates is lying
April 30th, 2008 at 10:29 amDon't hold your breath. Congress will cave.
Probably true, but it doesn't matter. Bush can go ahead and attack anyway. As long as impeachment is off the table, there isn't anything they can do about it.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:30 amVoice_of_Reason Says:
Are you all hiding under your beds yet?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:35 amThe GOoPers have been hiding under their beds, quivering with fear, for years now.
the U.S. has identified two key targets inside Iran that it is prepared to strike: 1) the plants where weapons being exported to Iraq are made and 2) the headquarters of the Quds Force.
Okay. And after that, do we target our own plants that manufactured weapons used by Iraqis against our own soldiers?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:35 amWhat about Russia?
China?
Fritz Says:
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spencers mom:
“Geez, BushCo has less than 9 months remaining, and still they want to start another war! I sure hope, but doubt, that Congress will stand up to these lunatics and tell them NO!”
Don’t hold your breath. Congress will cave.
Congress won’t be given the option to cave. The Neocons will tell Bush to give the order and because Fallon was replaced by a flunkey those orders will be followed, probably on a Friday night, in August, when Bush is on vacation.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:36 amVoice_of_Reason Says:
Are you all hiding under your beds yet?
Do any of the leg-humpers care about our planet or the people that live on it?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:37 am#17: Have you signed up yet troll?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:38 amThis is it folks. Going into Iraq was the "cakewalk" -- now the real nightmare: Iran being obliterated.
Cheney should rot in hell.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:41 amOT: Remember good golly? Well, if you miss it, it's posting on media matters now that it's out of here
April 30th, 2008 at 10:41 amtake care
tony and guidedog Lido
and of course the Sycophantic, Corporate Media will go along with this Cheney "wet dream" come true.
Watergate really got Cheney down. Now it's showtime.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:42 amOur children will curse us.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I doubt they'll have breath to spare; treading water requires a LOT of energy....
April 30th, 2008 at 10:43 amfrom C&L comments... google for link:
Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades
CNN.com - Apr 30 3:19 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran, OPEC’s second-largest producer, has stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars, a top Oil Ministry official said Wednesday, in a concerted attempt to reduce reliance on Washington at a time of tension over Tehran’s nuclear program and suspected involvement in Iraq.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:43 amThe Iran Propoganda War Machine is in full swing. Along with Betrayus, Darth Cheney is just creaming to blow Iran into little pieces.
Cheney = Pure Evil.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:45 am17: Voice_of_Reason Says:
Are you all hiding under your beds yet?
have you enlisted yet, chickenshit?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:45 amkaty Says:
Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades
Uh Oh! This is what got Saddam Hussein killed.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:47 amplease read:
April 30th, 2008 at 10:54 amhttp://www.infowars.com/?p=1825
Bullsmith Says:
America has gone insane.
America hasn't gone insane, but bush has. The "man" is certifiable. I ask again, "Would someone please give him a b.j. so he can be impeached and removed from office?"
But Cheney first.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:54 amAll the sabre rattling and tough guy simpleton rhetoric the criminal administration (and they're gutless cheerleading chickenhawk supporters) has been spewing for years has NOT been enough of a "warning"? Please.....
Bush & Cheney want to tie the hands of the next administration - whoever it is - by getting us locked into another costly, unecessary war. Period.
These f***ers have ruined this country and our reputation for decades to come, and they could not care less.
And as we all know, this is the Democrats and Rev. Wright's fault.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:55 ambratboy Says:
I ask again, “Would someone please give him a b.j. so he can be impeached and removed from office?”
But Cheney first.
gaaa! have you SEEN that thang?!?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:59 amWell, I'm certain this has nothing to do with anything.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:03 amIran to Bush....'bring it on'!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:06 amBush will grasp at anything to start another war. The plants where weapons being exported to Iraq are made is his first target.
What ever happened to diplomacy? Is Bush admitting Condi is incompetent at her job?
I find it truly amazing that one man has to impose his will and beliefs on everyone that doesn't look at the world they way he does. Democracy doesn't work for everyone. Look at how this administration has perverted it, and what it has done to our country with the wrong person in charge. The checks and balances that are suppose to be in place to protect all of us are not being upheld. The Bill of Rights and the Constitution mean nothing to this administration. If the Congress doesn't act soon there may not be anything left to save come January.
Just when I think Bush has done all the damage he possible can; he comes up with a new way to hurt the US and it's citizens even more.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:08 amFreedom Rebel,
Re: #37.
I couldn't agree with you more.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:11 amI have a standing "bet" with both my Republican son and my Democrat son that Bush will start a war with Iran by August 2008. They both think "nay" for separate reasons, but if we get to have an election in 2008, and no war with Iran started before that date, I will fix them a special dinner.
Cheney will engineer the "war program", but Bush will get the credit.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:13 amfrom the White House web page:
(extremists, meaning us.)
Extremists Are Fomenting Instability In The Middle East
One cause of instability is the extremism supported and embodied by the regime in Tehran. Iran is today the world's leading state sponsor of terror. It undermines Lebanese hopes for peace by arming and aiding the terrorist group Hezbollah. It subverts the hopes for peace in other parts of the region by funding terrorist groups like Hamas and the Palestine Islamic Jihad. It sends arms to the Taliban in Afghanistan and Shia militants in Iraq. It seeks to intimidate its neighbors with ballistic missiles and bellicose rhetoric. And finally, it defies the United Nations and destabilizes the region by refusing to be open and transparent about its nuclear programs and ambitions.
Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere, so the United States is strengthening our longstanding security commitments with our friends in the Gulf – and rallying friends around the world to confront this danger before it is too late.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:15 amThe other major cause of instability is the extremism and violence embodied by al Qaeda and its affiliates. The United States joins countries in the Middle East that share our commitment to the freedom and security of the region, and we will not abandon these countries to terrorists and extremists seeking to impose their rule of intimidation and murder across the Middle East.
Pendulum.
Will we ever swing back?
Since that sunny, September morning seven years ago -
a cancer has been growing on this great country.
We’ve all been taken for a ride.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:19 amFasten your seatbelts. There’s seven months left.
Daryll of Parodyll Says:
Let’s go, America! Let’s go!! Clap! Clap!
Dumbest, and possibly lamest post, ever!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:20 amHi Daryll. How have you been? You are a lot funnier when you stick to the crazy fundie stuff. I realize that you probably don't wish to be a one trick pony but by the same token, you have to play to your strengths.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:25 amDaryll, since you are so eager for another war, go enlist you POS!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:25 amPraise the lord and pass the ammunition, Daryll...........
As far as your case of clap clap, they have a cure for that nowadays.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:26 amCopacabana catch up with you, did it?
#38 Kay Says:
Freedom Rebel,
Re: #37.
I couldn’t agree with you more.
Good Morning Kay! and thank you...
April 30th, 2008 at 11:29 amfrom the link:
"I find it difficult to believe that Iranians would allow weapons to be traced back to them easily with manufacture dates on them," said Vali Nasr, an expert on Shiite politics at Tufts University. He said nothing in the allegations was new. What is new, he said, is the United States' need to justify its expansion of its operations to southern Iraq in support of Maliki's offensive.
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Maliki confronting Iran should be pretty interesting considering that he's pretty cozy with them!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:29 amThis may be bluster and threat, saber rattling and nothing more.
But the mere presence of another military marker in the equation makes it easier for BushitCo to start another mess that the next administration gets to clean up.
Automatic Impeach on Attack of Iran.
AIAI!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:32 amEvidence? We don' need no stinkin' evidence!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:33 amWhy does Daryll want to give the USA the clap?
April 30th, 2008 at 11:34 amHow well will communications work and planes fly if you remove USAF personnel from those essential missions and hand them a gun? Are they trying to completely destroy the military?
The more overdeployed and run-down are troops become the more attractive nuclear weapons look to these guys.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:37 am"The United States joins countries in the Middle East that share our commitment to the freedom and security of the region, and we will not abandon these countries to terrorists and extremists seeking to impose their rule of intimidation and murder across the Middle East."
AHH! Is anyone else beginning to really hate the words "freedom" and "security" ?
These are handmade catchphrases which are meant to dull the senses to the reality. They want to attack Iran, we know this as fact. However, they do not have any public or congressional support apart from their fellow neocons. So how will they achieve their goal? a) Creating an event that will rally the "public" around the president to facilitate an attack.
b) declare a state of emergency in the middle east and send troops from Iraq to Iran, therefore forgoing congressional approval because hey F-IN PRESTO congress already authrorized those troops to be there
c) they get Israel to do it.
C is most likely right now, but honestly and i hate to say this.. i cannot say with 100% certainty that these psycho's won't try to pull off an event in the US. It's a horrible thought and usually i would dismiss the idea out of hand but it just seems that certain chess pieces are so alligned that something could be happening. I hate what this administration has done to America, it's citizens and the rest of the world.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:38 amOnly stupid or mentally unbalanced people would think that sending more U.S. troops into harm's way, not to mention into the path of possible nuclear fallout, is supporting the troops.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:38 amDaryll what should we do about Chinese nukes, Pakistani nukes, North Korean? Are you sure the Iranians don't view nukes as deterrents. After all isn't that what we call our WMD's
April 30th, 2008 at 11:41 am... maybe he meant "chop chop"... you know, since the chinese own us...
sorry if that offends...
April 30th, 2008 at 11:41 amOh and Daryll, Hell isn't real!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:42 amHey Daryll - who is the "we"? Because you're the only one here who thinks this is a good idea.
BTW, did you see into your crystal ball that it'd be "just a few airstrikes"? How do you suppose this country would feel if some country came in and destroyed our nuclear "facilities"? Do you think we would just sit back and say, "Oh well, guess we'll just have to do without those now"?
April 30th, 2008 at 11:44 amDemocracy doesn’t work for everyone.
This has nothing to do with democracy. In a truly democratic Iraq, the public would be able to vote in a government which would make American troops leave. Iran, whatever its faults, is undoubtedly more democratic now than it would be after an invasion by Bush.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:45 amCongress could at least make the Administration's Propaganda Machine slow down a bit by calling in the heads of the sixteen intelligence agencies that wrote the NIE and Admiral William Fallon and ask them if anything has changed since the reports release. Their opinions on the Administrations drum beating needs to be part of the public record. Also Obama should make a statement to the effect that another unprovoked attack on another country without the support of Congress AND the American people will not come without severe consequences to ALL members of this pathetic Administration. Something along the lines that if war crimes tribunals were to begin, he would gladly hand over ANYONE that they want, regardless of their political stature.
I think Lincoln said it best:
"The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.:
April 30th, 2008 at 11:46 amWe only want to destroy their Nuclear facilities.
You mean the ones that everybody except the Bushies and their bootlickers agrees don't exist?
April 30th, 2008 at 11:47 amPlease everyone, write Nancy Pelosi and implore her to take impeachment off the table before it is too late. The only way we can stop them from attacking Iran and from declaring Marshal Law is to have both Bush and Chaney under articles of impeachment.
http://speaker.house.gov/contact/
If your e-mail bounces, like mine have lately from this e-mail address, use the following and make up an address in California to fool their filters.
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/contact/contact.html
April 30th, 2008 at 11:48 amAny bets the Israeli strike on Syria's supposed nuclear facility last September was really a test of SAM jamming equipment that the US will want for an attack on Iran?
Syria and Iran have a lot of Russian AA equipment in common, driven by the same software.
If the Israelis were so damn justified about attacking a Syrian "nuclear" project, why didn't they put on a big PR show? Instead they stayed quiet until forced to mumble some vague admissions about the very fact of the attack.
The Syrians didn't complain loudly either, presumambly because their AA systems had been so thoroughly compromised.
The Israeli attack was an ACT of WAR, but the Syrian's didn't respond within even a show of military strength at the border--how could they, when the Israelis had just demonstrated complete freedom in Syrian air space? With no air defense Syrian air bases could be destroued at will, with no air cover Syrian ground forces could be picked-off at will--therefore no posturing even from Syria; it would have been a joke.
So what was the point of the attack on Syria? What has it accomplished? Grossly underreported is the fact that after the attack no one has found any radiation traces from the facility and nuclear experts have noted there is no infication of any infrastructure required by a nuclear facility.
If Israel's inteligence on the target was horribly wrong, wouldnt they have protested it was right, as the US has done re Iraq for all these years? Instead they kept quiet.
If the intellgence was right, wouldn't they have equally made a big PR show? They did not.
By keeping quiet they limited not only critical examination of their actions but corroboration for their actions too--a strange choice unless of course the target was not the purpose of the mission, but incedental to it.
Perhaps it wasn't the destination that mattered, but the journey through heavily defended airspace--which just happens to mimic the heavily defended Iranian airspace.
One might recall that the US/UK suddenly increased their overflights of Iraq in the late summer of 2002, inviting Iraqi SAM targeting systems which they then systematically destroyed. Approx six months later Iraq was invaded with complete air superiority.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:49 amWE DO NOT WANT WAR!!!! We only want to destroy their Nuclear facilities. Just a few airstrikes. That is it.
You really are a fu(king idiot.
That is an ACT OF WAR!
Can you spell Hormuz Straits?
April 30th, 2008 at 11:50 amDaryll, while we may ONLY want to destroy their nuclear facilities in Natanz and elsewhere, may i point out to you that documented research shows that there will be up to two million iranian casualities if we "just bomb their nuclear sites."
May i also inform you that Russia may "just bomb american nuclear sites" if America bombs Iran's. You may be a troll but i do not accept stupidity, even when it comes from the expected places.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:52 amDaryll of Parodyll Says:
I’m rooting for America and our soldiers. How about you?
So says the brave keyboard warrior, safely out of range.
Me?
April 30th, 2008 at 11:54 amI'm rooting for America by having our soldiers here, alive and with family, readily available to protect our country if the mainland is ever attacked again.
I'm rooting for NOT ONE MORE DEATH in the middle east.
But, of course, that's the Christian in me.
Corporate Jesus is right when he says we are a nation of simpletons and we are being led by war mongers.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:56 amWe and our leaders have learned nothing from history.
America is not "waking up" -- if that were so, they would be up and marching to Washington and pushing Bush out of office.
I don't know what it will take - the administration, the defense industry, and the news media have made themselves into a closely-knit cabal; too much of the public is ignorant - and those who see the truth are stymied.
Daryll Says:
I’m rooting for America and our soldiers. How about you? Anyway, we do not war with Iran. We just want to destroy their nuclear facilities. We do not want terrorists to have access to sensitive weapons.
The idiot troll Darryll seems to think that attacking Iran will somehow help America and our soldiers. Apparently it hasn't enough brain cells to realize that poking a hornets nest usually ends up in very angry hornets. So, how can the hornets (Iran) strike back? I know, how about they get really involved in Iraq and start taking out our soldiers as retribution.
It also hasn't enough brain cells to realize that starting another "preemptive" war will not help America in any way. It will take us further down the road to bankruptcy and it will completely destroy any good will we still have with any other nation. Most other nations view us as bullies and have come to view America as more of a threat to Earth than any terrorists could ever be.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:56 amDarylltheDufus is apparently unaware of the influence Iran has over the Shiite militias, which, in the event of our attacking Iran, would be unleashed against US forces in Iraq.
Your doin a heckuva job, Daryllie!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:56 amHEY CONGRESS, STILL GOT YOUR HEADS UP YOUR COLLECTIVE ASSES??????????????????
April 30th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Daryll Says:
WE DO NOT WANT WAR!!!! We only want to destroy their Nuclear facilities. Just a few airstrikes. That is it.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Liar.
Flag the troll.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pmHow does $8 per gallon for gasoline sound to you?
April 30th, 2008 at 12:08 pmfor Daryll
What was the result of an 'airstrike' against one military target (the Pentagon) and one 'support infrastucture' target (the WTC) in the US?
TWO WARS that have lasted longer than the US involvement in WWII and which is now costing the US (in treasure) MORE than the 10-1/2 year US-Vietnam war (reckoned from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon).
You know, Daryll, an important part of being an adult involves learning from mistakes and understanding the consequences of one's actions, NOT whining about being misunderstood.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pmBefore he rides off into the sunset, Li'l Bush wants one more war than his daddy had.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pm$8 gas would bring trucking companies to their knees -- not to mention, additional airliners.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pmObviously, the 2nd carrier is just there for the upcoming photo-op...
April 30th, 2008 at 12:29 pmCal Malenky Says: How does $8 per gallon for gasoline sound to you?
Of course that’s what the British and continental Europe pays already. But then they also have lots of economical cars (especially diesels) and extensive modern and efficient public transport alternatives.
Right now with gas at just $4 a gallon, with static/falling wages and a still weakening dollar (internationally and of course domestically because the US produces so few ordinary consumer items these days) even the major city dwellers who have relatively sizeable public transport systems are rather screwed because there’s been so little practical investment in those systems over the past 60 years.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:29 pmlol - I meant 'you seem to be good at reading BETWEEN the lines'. Although I suppose I could also have meant that you seem to be good at seeing through the b.s.!
Back to work for me.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pmMcWars Says:
$8 gas would bring trucking companies to their knees — not to mention, additional airliners.
$8 gas would bring this country to it's knees. The cost of our consumer goods, especially food would pretty much double.
One thing everyone needs to remember about recessions and the concurrent rise in food prices. Once the recession is over, food prices rarely go back to the level they were before the recession. I remember paying $1.50 for a box of cereal that cost me $4.00 before the recession hit. It will probably end up $6.00 a box and then when the recession is over, it will drop to $5.00 a box.
I'm fairly sure that the people who make and package our food stuffs realize that once we are used to paying a certain price for the food, we really won't notice if the price goes back to what it was before the recession hit. So, it just ups the profit margins of the corporations who are responsible for feeding us.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pmPlease contact your CongressKritter and demand they sign up for Automatic Impeachment on Attacking Iran.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm#78 :
Of course that’s what the British and continental Europe pays already
And universal health care and college is paid for.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:50 pmThere are no plans on the table. Remember that one?
They covered the table with a sheet of plexiglass so, technically, there were no plans on the table.
Violence is not the answer, but if a surgical strike can eliminate a madman that threatens the stability of the world, is it acceptable?
Laura? Pickles? Can you hold a pillow for three minutes and save the world? Please?
April 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pmWhile our SecDef sings the old refrain, "It ain't no big thing baby" to lull us all into a false sense of sanity. How many thousand galloons of oil does it take to send just the carrier escorts required?
April 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pmDaryll Says:
I’m rooting for America and our soldiers. How about you?
April 30th, 2008 at 11:34 am
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I'm rooting for peace. I'm a Christian.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pm#50 RUCerious Says:
Why does Daryll want to give the USA the clap?
Have you forgotten, Misery loves company...
April 30th, 2008 at 1:09 pmHey, Darryl! "Just a few airstrikes"...?
Would that be anything like the "cakewalk" in Iraq?
Oh, fer shure, those Iranians will be out there throwing flowers at our troops, right, BigD...? You bet!!
You flarking bloody idiot.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:21 pmDaryll; instead of rooting for our soldiers, BECOME ONE!
April 30th, 2008 at 1:23 pmDaryll Says:
WE DO NOT WANT WAR!!!! We only want to destroy their Nuclear facilities. Just a few airstrikes. That is it.
Bombing a sovereign nation is an act of war. And Daryll, even if you personally don't want "war," your masters do.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:33 pmNancy Pelosi should be hung! Just like the idiot, another traitor devil worshipping skank!
April 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pmDaTruth Says:
Nancy Pelosi should be hung!
Is there are dirty little secret underneath Nancy's pants that we are not aware of???
April 30th, 2008 at 1:40 pmI think that if the U.S. hits Iran, Russia is very likely to retarget their nuclear missiles back toward the U.S., Europe and perhaps Israel. And it wouldn't take much by China to wipe out our economy by dumping it's U.S. Treasury bonds.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:51 pmUnion of Concerned Scientist
April 30th, 2008 at 2:05 pmThe Nuclear Bunker Buster animation
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/nuclear-bunker-buster-rnep-animation.html
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Physicians for Social Responsibility
Medical Consequences of a Nuclear Attack on Iran
http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=security_main_iranfactsheet
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I’m greatly concerned that given the Bush administration's abysmal track record on world diplomacy any war like action in Iran will blow up in their faces bringing great harm not only to the innocent men, women, and children in Iran but also to our nation.
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I worry about Russia’s closeness to Iran; they are joined by the Caspian Sea and they have sent defensive missiles to Iran. Will they be drawn into this war?
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Saudi citizens are sending money in the millions to the Sunnis of Iraq. Will they be drawn into the war?
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Will they be igniting the spark, similar to the flash that lit WW One, which causes nations to divvy up sides for another world war?
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Will the world view us as the aggressors and retaliate economically if not militarily against our interests?
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Are we saying its okay for Saudi citizens to support their Sunni side but it’s not okay for Iranian citizens to do the same for the Shiite side?
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Are we just using questionable evidence of Iranian involvement, at whatever level, as an excuse for war with Iran?
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Are we now picking a side?
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Will it be the Sunnis?
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If we align with the Sunnis are we unwittingly siding with those tolerant to supportive of Al-Qaeda? It seems we may be doing exactly that.
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Are we seeking support from both Saudi Arabia and radical elements among the Sunnis, loyal to Al Qaeda, for an attack against Iran?
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Are we doing the bidding of Saudi Arabia?
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Are we going to attempt to replay the old Iran-Iraq war? It sure seems we may be heading in that general direction.
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Where is the national debate?
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Where is the congressional authorization?
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Where is the Bush administration credibility on intelligence leading to military adventurism?
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NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
“even a conventional military attack on nuclear facilities could lead to significant morbidity and mortality among neighboring civilian populations, while recent reports estimate up to millions of casualties in Iran and neighboring nations if nuclear weapons were used.”
Physicians for Social Responsibility link
April 30th, 2008 at 2:23 pmThanks for the links leekinny - you sound as worried as I am.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:25 pmyep
April 30th, 2008 at 2:27 pmPearl Harbor was just a few airstrikes.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:05 pmIs there any one out there who can stop this madness?????!!!!!
April 30th, 2008 at 7:08 pmGet ready for the false flag attack. This will give Chimpy the chance to attack Iran.
May Allah bless us all.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:10 pmThe way you deal with a rabid dog is to put it down. Iran and it's leader are rabid dogs and need to be put down just like Hitler was in WW11. Hitler and Ahmadinejad are two of the same kind with the same overall goals which is to wipe out the nation of Israel. Islamics such as Ahmadinejad will not stop until this task is accomplished or die trying. It is a part of their religion if you have read and understand the Quran as I have done. Those who think that they can reason with such a mad man as he, are the same ones who thought that Hitler could be reasoned with in WW11. Not going to happen. As distasteful as it will be - It must be done. Biblical scripture dictates that this conflict will happen and the outcome is already set. Ezekiel 38 & 39. For my part - if it must be done then do it and get it over with as soon as possible. The sooner the better.
May 1st, 2008 at 11:38 amI wish they would just hurry up and bomb them and do not stop until they are all Gone every single one of the hate mongering radicals!!!go US Go!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 ambased on what I've read here, it's obvious VERY few of you have read the Quaran(please pardon any mispelling..my keyboard letters are not as big as I'd wish). If praying toward Mecca all day long, putting your women in head to toe bed sheets, growing a beard(like it or not), learning to field strip an AK47 and speaking a new language(Arabic) is what you want for yourself and your kids, then look the other way while the Islamic wackjobs continue to chop off heads because their religion of peace, light, and tolerance, says it's OK! Time for a Jihad of another stripe isn't it?
August 13th, 2008 at 8:15 pmShadowhawk