Posted on 01/17/2007 8:53:52 AM PST by maquiladora
President Bush only has 1 year to stop Iran's nuke program. The spectre of a President Obama Hussein will necessitate our taking action in 2007 rather than in an election year. Bush will do what needs to be done.
USS Ronald Reagan
Define plan.
We may not be planning on invading Iraq, but we have plans to invade Iraq, and countless other countries. Always have had plans to invade any number of countries, but never intended to carry them out.
Exactly.
Fired from shore too.
Which strike aircraft can attack a submarine?
Well stated. It'd be very interesting to see what would happen to the level of "insurgency" in Iraq if all of Iran's agents suddenly had more pressing business on the Iranian side of the border.
Forgive me, but that looks like the a typical powerpoint warrior exercise.
1. Some estimates are as early as April 07 (rumored to be Israeli intelligence estimate). Some (irresponsible) estimates run to "five or ten years". Question - can we afford to be wrong?
2. Estimated to be 50 sites - we would need to take out at least 50% of them to insure we set their program back 10 years.
3. In and around Tehran and Natanz, Arak and Isfahan
4. Estimated to take around 1,000 sorties - it would require sustained missions over ten days or more.
You seem to assume that Ahmadinejad is rational. I don't give anyone counting on the 12th Imam to sort things out after a nuclear holocaust any credit - other than being very dangerous.
Finally, I am aware that much of the younger population loves America and aspires to democratic values. However, they live in a police state - their room for maneuver is slim, and time grows short.
If you want to find out whats happening day to day in Iran, I suggest the website "Regime Change Iran".
Air mail?
It's early 2007. Has the bombing started?
In addition to aiding our Iraqi effort, these attacks would have a secondary purpose of informing Mr. Ahmedinahjhad that we expect action on his nuclear program and lack of response will have consrquencesserve notice that we areprepared to go after the nuclear program .
Even if they weren't an ally, Ahmedinejhad is threatening a genocide and as such should be kicked out of the UN today and attacked tomorrow.
I'll grant you that I would buy in to the Israeli intel and think targeted airstrikes could be pulled off.
The only thing that concerns me is that we seem to have this innate ability to assume all the wrong things about a country which we are fighting.
That is a beautiful photo. Thanks for posting it.
In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if they used a carrier to draw the Iranians out and the Iranian subs suddenly disappeared.
I have no problem with your assessment.But I won't hold my breath that we will take any "military" punitive action against Iraq, preemptively. The plebiscite doesn't have the will and the politicians won't use their bully pulpits to gin up any support, at this time, to further protect us from the Islamic agenda.
sorry, unintended. I agree with you.
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