Posted on 10/28/2009 3:19:42 PM PDT by honestabe010
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is quietly laying the groundwork for long-range strategy that could be used to contain a nuclear-equipped Iran and deter its leaders from using atomic weapons.
U.S. officials insist they are not resigned to a nuclear Iran and are pressing negotiations to prevent it from joining the world's nuclear club. But at the same time, the administration has set in place the building blocks of policies to contend with an Iran armed with atomic weapons.
Those elements, former officials and analysts said, include the newly revised defense shield for Europe and deeper defense ties to Gulf states that feel threatened by Iran.
Andrew Kuchin, a Russia expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said administration officials are clearly thinking about how to contain an Iran armed with nuclear weapons.
"It would be pretty irresponsible on our part if we didn't," he said.
The administration shies away from talking about a nuclear-armed Iran, believing that such talk implies that the U.S. has given up hope of stopping the Iranians from getting the bomb.
"It is our clear policy that an Iranian nuclear-weapons capability is unacceptable, and we are working with our allies and partners to ensure that Iran desists from working toward such a capability," said Colin Kahl, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East.
In recent weeks, U.S. diplomats have pushed with its international partners to nudge Iran into agreeing not to use its nuclear facilities to build atomic weapons.
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Double super secret Obamaloon administration documents:
1) Short range stragety: Blame Bush
2) Medium range strategy: Do nothing
3) Long range strategy: Do more nothing
Come on, you don’t expect these clowns to actually come up with something original that would work, do you?
It is my hope that "the Messiah" will wet his pants and blame Israel sometime soon (if you know what I mean).
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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contain a nuclear-equipped Iran and deter its leaders from using atomic weapons.
Two ways of doing that. Destroy the nuclear facilities and/or kill the leaders. I doubt either is on the table.
Nah, they will just blame Jews and Christians for the world insanity..
The administration shies away from talking about a nuclear-armed Iran, believing that such talk implies that the U.S. has given up hope of stopping the Iranians from getting the bomb.
"When the NEA endorsed my writing, it was talking about all the behind the scenes press releases I email, and watch appear under others' bylines."
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