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| We have Iran attack plan, admits US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen | ||
| 2010-08-01 | ||
THE top US military officer says he has a plan to attack Iran if needed to prevent it from getting nuclear weapons, but is "extremely concerned" about the possible repercussions of such a strike.
But, speaking on Sunday's Meet the Press program on NBC, Admiral Mullen said allowing Iran to develop a nuclear weapon is also unacceptable. "Quite frankly, I am extremely concerned about both of those outcomes," he said. Admiral Mullen held out hope that a combination of international diplomatic efforts and sanctions against Iran will lead Tehran to suspend a nuclear enrichment program that many believe is a clandestine bid to develop nuclear arms. "I am hopeful (it) works," he said. At the same time, though, he said "the military options have been on the table, and remain on the table". "I hope we don't get to that, but it's an important option and it's one that's well understood," he added. Asked if the military has a plan to strike Iran, he replied: "We do". He did not elaborate.
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| Posted by:tipper |
| #10 We have attack plans for Canada, too Ah yes, Operation Frequent Poutine - but that's highly classified. Expect to see it on WikiLeaks next Thursday. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-08-01 19:47 |
| #9 ..ah yes, the Rainbow Plans. There's always contingency planning cause you don't know what rectal orifice over there or in the beltway will do. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-08-01 19:17 |
| #8 but is "extremely concerned" about the possible repercussions of such a strike. Who gives a $hit about repercussions? Every country in the ME would breathe a sigh of relief if they found out that the Iranian government was annihilated. The Green Revolution could step right in and make things much better, and I'm sure they would let us come in there to take out the nuclear stuff and to make sure things remained stable. Then we could leave. The people want it, it wouldn't take long. The Republican Guard would be a problem, but they could be easily identified and neutralized at the baginning of any action, and the people would contribute to identifying them afterwards if they even bothered to fight after their government wasn't there to reward them. The people don't like the Republican Guard. The decisions that are black and white are the ones you have to get right. The ones that are grey are not so much of a problem if you get them "wrong", because either way you have positives that you can work with. In this case, the decision is more black and white, and we need to stop worrying about subtle shades of grey. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-01 19:06 |
| #7 This not surprising : hell, we even have plans to invade Canada and Jamaica if need be. There is a whole office in the Pentagon which only does contingency plans -- every 5 to 10 years, they pull out the old plans, make changes based on equipment changes and the like for both sides, re-game them, and then put the updated plan back into its folder. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-08-01 18:41 |
| #6 Be prepared as any US or US-ISRAELI Milstrike = unleashing of TerrOps agz CONUS + likely also NATO, etc. Again, the longer the Clock goes ticky-tock, the greater the likelihood for GROUND INVASION, NOT JUST LIMITED AIR-COMMANDO STRIKES. The focii now becomes to stop or preclude destabilizing REGIONAL, GLOBAL NUCLEAR MILITANCY-TERRORISM, notsomuch a NUC IRAN per se. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-01 18:36 |
| #5 This announcement is part of the plan. Interesting timing, the First of August. Perhaps the plans will be more advanced by, say, September? If so, I'm thinking Barry could achieve another first, first President not to see increase in support during a foreign crisis. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-08-01 17:24 |
| #4 Media shocked, thought we would just "wing it"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-01 15:25 |
| #3 The important bit is not that we have contingency plans, but that Mullen is talking openly about them on the Sunday news shows. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-08-01 15:14 |
| #2 I'm sure we have contingency plans for what happens after any of our other contingency plans are carried out. I hope they cover all the bases. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-08-01 14:49 |
| #1 I'd be pretty pissed if they didn't have SEVERAL contingency plans regarding Iran. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-08-01 14:47 |