Bush 'is planning nuclear strikes on Iran's secret sites'
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...portaltop.html

I dont mean to ruin anyones day but......

Before anyone says "useless UK tabloid shit" - The Telegraph is one of the more respected papers here.

Im going out to buy a catering size box of tin foil :Oh crap

"claims an investigative writer with high-level Pentagon and intelligence contacts"

The Daily Telegraph is a RIGHT WING newspaper.

Full of bullshit.

BTW, if you're from the UK and you're posting this now, go to sleep, it's 4:41am :winkwink:

here's the original piece - a long but interesting read:

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/conten.../060417fa_fact

"One former defense official, who still deals with sensitive issues for the Bush Administration, told me that the military planning was premised on a belief that ?a sustained bombing campaign in Iran will humiliate the religious leadership and lead the public to rise up and overthrow the government.? He added, ?I was shocked when I heard it, and asked myself, ?What are they smoking?? ?

i'm sure the iranians are stocking up on roses to throw at the american's feet.

It might be a better idea if you went to sleep - there's no purpose in you being awake.

Whats New?

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

It's prob more than just some good stuff - it's more a need for a shrink to get reality back.

Oh no, someone doesn't like me :1orglaugh

Never think that - I just love ya my man!! :winkwink: :thumbsup

2HP - turn your stupid bot off.

I just don't believe that that is actually true. Bush and his cronies may be idiots, but they just can't be that stupid.

I'm not going to even answer that :)

Gotta say, - think it probably is more or less accurate punkworld.

It would prob be normal to throw around scenarios and some of them, (based on past info), do include some form of assault on Iran.

How far these scenarios may go is another matter - who knows? But I'd sure not trust any judgement out of the current Admin.

You may remember prior to 9/11 Bush was sinking into a swamp and going nowhere - 9/11 saved his ass. The admin know the only role for Bush is playing war games "in defense of the nation" (he's proven he's useless in any other area) and wearing a mantle as Commander-in-Chief. That bs worked before - who knows, it may work again and may be their only hope of living thru the next 3 years of his term in office.

Only my :2 cents: but doubt there are any lengths they would not go to get credibility and whether that totally screws the US in ecomomic and other ways, doubt they give one shit.

Is MSNBC ok for you. check the above link. Don't feel like taking an extra minute to post the link. The article is there and it will happen ...

If only America would wake up :2 cents:

http://images.usatoday.com/news/_pho...all-inside.jpg

Its kind of ironic that the SIOP is in a customized briefcase made by Halliburton.

:1orglaugh

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Originally Posted by damian2001 2HP - turn your stupid bot off.

LOL -- that is actually really sweet. Thanks -- :thumbsup

2hp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/4893126.stm

A response from Jack Straw

Im still buying job lots of tin foil BTW - I dont trust him anymore than I trust Blair, Bush et al.

suprise suprise!!

http://www.see-sig.com/idiocy.jpg

http://www.see-sig.com/newidiocy.jpg

looool.

bush is a nutter

that comment is bullshit :thumbsup

we're all fucked:(

Might disagree with me that "it's full of bullshit" but The Daily Telegraph is a right-wing newspaper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph

I hope you're right

I am entirely sure that they have gone over every scenario possible, and have considered numerous scenarios concerning Iran, up to and including full nuclear destruction or full scale invasion.

However, I am equally sure that they don't seriously believe, at this point in time (they probably did believe it in the past), that an attack on Iran would cause a large part of the population to rise up against the current government and overthrow it.

it's WW3! I've been saying it since the Iraq war started!

I think anyone who has a real understanding of the dynamic in the Mid East would agree that opening a new front with Iran would be VERY bad.

someone should kick bush in the nuts

True ... so it makes you wonder .... hummmmm .....

Maybe this administration has another agenda ...

They threaten to nuke Iran. Iran saw what happened to Iraq. They say : WTF we have to loose... we are going to take of few of these yankees with us ... Iran attack, but the closest they can do is Israel.
Israel, backed by the US, attacks and invade Iran, then takes over Iraq and..... WW3 is in motion ....

The possibilities are endless, but Israel has said on numerous occasions that they will not hesitate to use nuclear force against income attacks. If it's anything like Iraq sending Scuds over during Desert Storm, IRan will send a few over and Israel will get the ball rolling. Where China and Russia will end up is the big issue. Who will they side with? They aren't backing us 100% in the UN Security Council!

U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...801082_pf.html

Of course they're taking a tactical look at nuking Iran. The fascilities are too deep for conventional weapons so it's either a ground war (which we can't afford because China is already funding our Iraq war but won't fund an Iran war) so the only option is use the nukes that we have sitting around.

"A senior Pentagon consultant said that Mr Bush believes that he must do "what no Democrat or Republican, if elected in the future, would have the courage to do," and "that saving Iran is going to be his legacy"."

I think we all know that Dubya is the type of person that could justify saving a country by nuking them in his own mind. I think we also know that he's lost a lot of support from his own supporters and few of even the craziest nuts would support the use of nukes.

Of course folks that will drive around in trucks after drinking beer shooting at birds and friends without permits or calling the cops are probably the types to support the use of nukes.

It'a also worth remembering what Daddy Bush did with the military when he had 45 days left in office. The last 60 to 90 days of Dubya's term will be the most dangerous times for the world in the history of the America.

saving iran they dont wanted to be saved,they voted that guy in.

Im with you on that - the best thing that could happen is that Jeb Bush stands.

That way GW will have to keep himself under control during those last few weeks.

Have to love the very first line in that article:

"coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program,"

Is that some political BS or what. I'm all for military action, but let's get some REAL reasons first, not another WMD search!

All I can say is there may be some new mirror companies opening over there soon.

sure? :) wanna bet? or maybe you want to read PNAC first?

True - I just bought shares in HalIraqBury

i was in the sixth grade when ayatollah khomeni took the american hostages in iran (1980). my school teacher wanted to talk about the event and asked everyone in class "if you were president, what would you do?" my response was "send in the green berets, get the americans out, then drop a bunch of nuclear bombs on iran and blow it of the map!" later that night, my dad got a call from the teacher about my response, and my dad's response was basically, so what, you got a better idea?

The majority vote doesn't count. Remember the majority of voters wanted someone other then Dubya here in the USA. We insist Palistinians have a free elections but then when they elect someone we don't like we get upset.

Remember more Iraqi's had access to electricity, jobs, pottable water .... before we liberated them.

hopefully the report is true.

Just wondering ... if the sites are SECRET, how the fuck are they going to bomb them ... ????

Yep I agree

nowhere in any of the articles does it state that strategists are planning a nuclear first-strike and anyone who jumps to that conclusion is stupid enough to think that is a plausible scenario

Bush has "Secret" bombs that sniff out "Secret" sites! Nothings secret anymore with all the satellites and shit...