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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 01:47 PM
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How an attack would unfold: A military assault on nuclear plants in Iran
remains an option for U.S.

.. "The evidence is overwhelming that plans have not only been dusted off, but they are at the White House," Gardiner said. "The president believes that he has got to do this." ..

"There's no difference between bombing one site and bombing 1,000 sites, politically," said Andrew Teekell, a security analyst at Stratfor, a private intelligence consultant.

The most likely option, in the view of many experts, is a campaign of air strikes limited in time and breadth, but enough to significantly delay or destroy Iran's nuclear program.

Analysts disagree on the wisdom of such an attack. But there is broad agreement that the U.S. military has the ability to strike nearly at will against the outdated Iranian defense, even if it must do so alone, but there is also agreement that the effectiveness of a bombing campaign is uncertain, and that the possible consequences of such action could be wide-ranging, long lasting and unpleasant ..

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/01/ING9ULB4N11.DTL
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Nictuku Donating Member (907 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 01:49 PM
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1. A faked attack
A faked attack against the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, blamed on Iran
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 01:55 PM
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3. Yup. Remember The Maine! Remember the Gulf of Tonkin!
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 01:54 PM
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2. "unpleasant"
Ya think?

mr. bush, get a grip! Bombing people only makes them more resiliant. The Afghan people have been bombed for thirty years, they have 92% of the world's poppies and the Taliban is stronger than ever.
80% of the Iraqi people hate us.

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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 01:56 PM
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4. will bush attack Iran before the elections?
at the moment he has a completely compliant congress....

and how will the world react to another overt act of unilateral aggression by the chimperor?

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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 04:27 PM
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7. Rove's October surprise an attack on Iran?
Could they be that Stupid?
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:52 PM
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8. Do You Really Want The Answer To That Question?
Of course they are. They invented stupid and evil.
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Solo_in_MD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 02:25 PM
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5. Article ignores a number of the possible options and goes for the airforce
only option and quotes heavily from USAF related sources. Not real credible these days.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 02:41 PM
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6. You may be right. My first interest is the fact that articles like this ..
.. are popping up, suggesting continuing WH pressure, to attack Iran.
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Solo_in_MD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 09:37 PM
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9. Ive been seeing them for some time and they are by and large
clueless. I attribute nothing to them and their frequency has been fairly constant, as political filler if nothing else.
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