Posted on 04/18/2010 11:50:56 AM PDT by DukeBillie
The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command are updating military plans to strike Iran's nuclear sites, preparing up-to-date options for the president in the event he decides to take such action, an Obama administration official told CNN Sunday. The effort has been underway for several weeks and comes as there is growing concern across the administration's national security team that the president needs fresh options ready for his approval if he were to decide on a military strike, according to the official who is familiar with the effort. The official did not want to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the work being conducted. Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to amp up his rhetoric against the West on Sunday, claiming that Iran is so powerful today that no country would dare attack it. "Iran's army is so mighty today that no enemy can have a foul thought of invading Iran's territory," the Iranian leader said in a speech, according to state media.
The Iranian leader has had choice words for Obama and other Western leaders, especially after not receiving an invitation to the nuclear summit hosted in Washington last week. Obama has been pressing the U.N. Security Council to slap Iran with tougher sanctions for its nuclear ambitions. Iran says that its nuclear program is intended for civilian purposes. In January, Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote a classified memo to the White House raising concerns about whether the administration had a sufficient policy in place, along with military options, for stopping Iran's progress in getting a nuclear weapon, the official confirmed.
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Wag the dog time?
What? It’s going from doing nothing to doing even less of nothing?
Thank you Mr. Chicken poop/sissy Hussein Obammy Muslim/Islamofascist POTUS.
Wonder if the new plans include dropping leaflets in advance....
“The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command are updating military plans to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, preparing up-to-date options for the president in the event he decides to take such action, an Obama administration official told CNN Sunday.”
Yeah, because this all snuck up on them they have to “prepare” now...
>> Wag the dog time?
0bama’s too p**** even for wagging the dog. In the unlikely event that Iran actually attacked another country...maybe. Otherwise, no.
(Unless of course ordered by China or Saudi Arabia!)
If Obama is really a CIA or some intelligence agency puppet, maybe so. Perhaps an October surprise?
Yes, we are preparing a couple of 767`s to parachute DOJ lawyers into Tehran
to advise them of their rights
Across America?
HE would be more inclined to use the forces against Americans than against his brethren.
IMO
I’m sure we also have plans for invading Mars somewhere. It’s gathering dust, just like these plans will be.
>> If Obama is really a CIA or some intelligence agency puppet
I would quickly discount the intelligence of any agency that used a sociopath as a puppet. Might as well hire a receptionist with Tourette’s.
Bammy won’t do a damn thing...Even when Tel Aviv is nuked...or New York...or Washington...
He didn’t receive an invite because Bambi wants to protect him. But, of course, he already knows that.
The blowback on Ajad’s favorable comments on Bambi at the time of the elections obviously caused the Muslim Marxist-in- Chief (or his State Dept henchmen) to call him and tell him to dial it down and pretend that they were enemies.
The 37th Airborne Messkit Repair Platoon is being readied as we speak.
Ohhhhh. So NOW he does it.....since the Gates memo was leaked.
ha ha ha, what a joke,
NObama - the subject of the OPEC tyrants-—Doing the Saudi terrorists’ dirty work...
Printing up piles of surrender leaflets, probably.
“OK, We Surrender!”
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