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2007-08-29 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Study: US preparing 'massive' military attack against Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-29 09:38|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Git-r-done.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-08-29 10:16|| 2007-08-29 10:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I just can't see this happening before the 2008 elections regardless of Iranian rhetoric or actions. If they continue an escalation of arms materiel and personnel to Iraq to de-stablize the "surge" and progress there, then yes, we might be forced to take action. If they appear to fill the Basra void left by the Brits, then, yes, a limited enegagement including strategic bombing of camps, staging areas, ordanance depots, border crossings, etc. Let them reprise then hit the reprising elements. But an all-out juggernaut? Doubtful to improbable. Let Fred, Rudy, or God forbid, Hillary handle the big bang.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-08-29 10:26|| 2007-08-29 10:26|| Front Page Top

#3 The hand wringers are hoping the internal pressure will end the problem. Hope is not a plan.
Name one first generation leadership of a 'revolutionary' sort which has fallen to purely internal pressure? The mad mullahs are hoping the US will do something to give them a distraction to the mess they've created. Unless you clean the whole plate, they'll use it as an excuse to liquidate or purge even more of their internal threats. They and their dogs have no problem killing heretical muzzies. That's everyone who doesn't submit to those self appointed leaders who carry the word of Allah.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-08-29 11:07|| 2007-08-29 11:07|| Front Page Top

#4 I would hope this plan has been on the books since say...1979?

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-29 11:28|| 2007-08-29 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Theorem 1: When in a hole and you want to get out, stop digging. Corollary: When you want to put someone in a hole, don't stop them while they're digging.

Posted by Perfesser 2007-08-29 12:08|| 2007-08-29 12:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't believe it; the President is coasting out his term without incident.

Posted by Cluck Lumumba9925 2007-08-29 14:08|| 2007-08-29 14:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Perfesser, ol' Nappy hisself said:

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-08-29 14:13|| 2007-08-29 14:13|| Front Page Top

#8 I hope there is a clear end game on how the politics will be forward and plans for an insurgency.

Posted by Boss Craising2882 2007-08-29 14:22|| 2007-08-29 14:22|| Front Page Top

#9 the President is coasting out his term without incident.

The same way he coasted through the first six years. This problem will not be handed to his successor in the same state in which it currently exists. Misunderestimated again.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-08-29 14:48|| 2007-08-29 14:48|| Front Page Top

#10 I hope you are right Nimble Spemble.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-08-29 16:09|| 2007-08-29 16:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Just floating this... What if the British withdrawal from southern Iraq is a premeditated move to get out of the way of a Shia response once Iran is attacked? Not that I trust the British government or the MOD to take this sort of rudimentary foresight into account in fleeing the field but there it is.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-08-29 16:19|| 2007-08-29 16:19|| Front Page Top

#12 What if the British withdrawl is so the US can move in in anticipation of hostilities with Iran. The US can put a lot more water on any fire that breaks out in response to whacking Iran. Having the Brits casually exchange positions with US doesnt show our hand as much.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-08-29 17:25|| 2007-08-29 17:25|| Front Page Top

#13 NO STRIKES. Let Ahmadi-nejad continue to make mistakes. He is on the verge of collapsing the economy there and inspiring mutiny in the Army. Continued fiscal pressure, seizure of political ahcks banking, and a few well planned "accidents" can have far more impact - and are not likely to rally the peopel around him and the Mullahs the way a punitive airstrike would.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-08-29 17:59|| 2007-08-29 17:59|| Front Page Top

#14 I suspect OS is right as long as something happens by 11/08. But things will be different in 1/09.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-08-29 18:05|| 2007-08-29 18:05|| Front Page Top

#15 WOT > WAR TO THE DEATH, WAR FOR THE WORLD, FUTURE OWG-NWO-SWO, etal. By definition, NO SIDE/CAMP CAN OR WILL ENGAGE ONLY IN "LIMITED ENGAGEMENT" SAVE TO PRECLUDE MUTUAL DESTRUCTION.
Radical Mullahs have already indic that many Islamists are willing to escalate unto GLOBAL MUTUAL DESTRUCTION IFF NEED BE FOR ISLAM = ISLAMISM - for these, the GWOT IS AN EPOCH/APOCALYPSE EVENT as far their ideo is concerned. The USA is not gonna leave the ME until democracy is firmly emplaced in Nations-Societies that support Terror - Radical Islamism for its part will resist becuz the former means that its ideo = version of Allah-Heaven has failed in favor of foreign andor non-Islamist ideas and agendas, etc. WHETHER A US-IRAN CONFLICT OCCURS BEFORE OR AFTER "11/08" OR NOV 2008", etc. THE USA WILL HAVE TO TAKE ON THE ENTIRE MUSLIM WORLD WHETHER IT WANTS TO OR NOT. US-IRAN CONFLICT > the USA de facto rules the future OWG-NWO, or it does NOT [USA will instead be ruled over by anti-US Entities]. No more "Here-OR-There" or "Here-NOT-There", will be "Here-AND-There" - EVERYWHERE, ANYWHERE,
EVERYBODY. PCORRECTNESS WON'T BE ABLE TO HIDE IT.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-08-29 20:40|| 2007-08-29 20:40|| Front Page Top

#16 It would be interesting if there were a series of accidents at Iran's refineries and at some of it's powerplants.

Posted by RWV 2007-08-29 21:11|| 2007-08-29 21:11|| Front Page Top

#17 You rang, RWV

Posted by Halliburton - Work Accident Division 2007-08-29 21:33|| 2007-08-29 21:33|| Front Page Top

#18 Basra won't be an issue - British w/drawal is phase one, Badr vs. Sadr is phase 2, there may not be a phase 3 and if there is it won't involve Iran, they'll be otherwise distracted per RWV's premise.

Posted by Halliburton - Jihadi Disposition Affiliate 2007-08-29 22:44|| 2007-08-29 22:44|| Front Page Top

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