Updated! Breaking: Wag The Dog?: US Preparing To Strike Iran

the Astute Bloggers ^ | March 17, 2010 | Reliapundit

[Free ThinkerNY]

TIMES OF INDIA:

Stepping up its preparations for a possible strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, the United States is transporting hundreds of 387 'bunker-buster' bombs to its air base on the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, a media report claimed on Wednesday.

The US government signed a contract in January with Superior Maritime Services to transport 10 ammunition containers to Diego Garcia from Concord, California, the Sunday Herald reported.

The shipment includes 195 smart, guided Blu-110 bombs and 192 Blu-117 900kg bombs. The key Iranian nuclear facilities are underground and both these type of bombs are effective against reinforced or underground facilities.

The US and Israel have repeatedly asserted that they do not rule out a military action to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions and that they are keeping all the options on the table.

Contract details for the shipment were posted on an international tenders' website by the US navy.

"They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran," Dan Plesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London, said.

UPDATE: MORE HERE:

The preparations were being made by the US military, but it would be up to President Obama to make the final decision. He may decide that it would be better for the US to act instead of Israel, Plesch argued.

“The US is not publicising the scale of these preparations to deter Iran, tending to make confrontation more likely,” he added. “The US ... is using its forces as part of an overall strategy of shaping Iran’s actions.”

[unixfox]

I wonder if anybody has told Zer0 about this.

[hstacey]

Either that or the are going to bomb Israel...The way they’ve been talking about the settlements who knows...

[truthandlife]

I knew this was coming. This will come either after this passes or fails so it can be forgotten. Obama is a very dangerous man.

[MichiganConservative]

I guess this is how Ears the Joker wins over the majority of FReepers. Hey, WE’RE AT WAR! Who cares about the health care thing, right?

[Las Vegas Ron]

I wonder if anybody has told Zer0 about this.

LOL...beat me to it.

[uscabjd]

I’d love it, as would the rest of the us. He would completely loose the left, unless the left’s opposition to war depends totally upon which party is in the White House. Could be peace is good ONLY if the war is directed by a Rep.

[mad_as_he$$]

Already posted.

BTW no way that list of "ammo" fits into 10 containers.

[omega4179]

A BLU 110 is just a mark 83 1000 pounder with JDAM guidance added on
A BLU 117 is a 2000 lb smart bomb its a shock and awe.

[mlocher]

Yawn. Wake me when you hear a large boom.

[MaxMax]

Dems start a war, Repubs take over by election and the Conservatives are called war mongers.
See, I know my history..

[xone]

BTW no way that list of "ammo" fits into 10 containers.

The containers are really big.

[Fiddlstix]

.......He would completely loose the left, unless the left’s opposition to war depends totally upon which party is in the White House.......

Not so. Remember when clintoon was prez?
They backed him all the way.

[NeoCaveman]

, unless the left’s opposition to war depends totally upon which party is in the White House.

That seems to be about 90% of them. They also only care about civil liberties when Republicans are in office..

[mad_as_he$$]

lol So big they cannot be loaded onto the ship!

[Hardraade]

Color me sceptical. The military would have to carry Obama out of the WH in a straitjacket before they’d be allowed to bomb the muslim mordor.

[Oceander]

Either that or the are going to bomb Israel...The way they’ve been talking about the settlements who knows...

Considering the Obastard administration's repeated attempts to isolate and polarize Israel, I think you're correct that these are supposed to be seen as to be used on Israel, not to protect Israel, presumably to attack the hardened bunkers in which Israel maintains its own nuclear arsenal, as well as the bunkers that would be used to protect Israel's leadership in the event of an attack.

Obastard probably doesn't have the cojones to actually use them against Israel (although I am sure that Rahm Emanuel does), but I am quite sure that they want to convey to Israel that they can be reached no matter what defenses they have, if they don't roll over and voluntarily walk into the gas ovens of right-of-return that the Obastard administration has prepared for Israel.

[JIM O]

"it would be up to President Obama to make the final decision"

His history of the swiftness of his military decisions would mean, he would conclude the process in 2015

[dforest]

I need to go out and get some more tinfoil.

[Kickass Conservative]

No way, there aren't any Aspirin Factories in Iran, or was it Baby Formula?