[zarf]

State Department big mouth. I'm stunned./s

[gotribe]

Second good military news since Bush took office, the first being the route of the talibanis.

[fso301]

U.S. contingency planning

I'm sure the US also has a contingency plan for invading the Bahamas.

[neodad]

The bombing begins in 5 minutes.

[Dog Gone]

What does a retired State Department guy know about Pentagon military plans?

They don't send those plans over to Foggy Bottom.

[TADSLOS]

State Department technocrat weenies. I hate 'em.

[elhombrelibre]

Well, if it's to be done, I'd I believe it must be to preclude Iran from becoming a nuclear power who will have hegemony over most of the world's oil supply, will accelerate its aggressive support for terror and likely will attempt to annihilate Israel, then it must be a war that defangs Iran so that it cannot effectively strike back and so that it cannot only be delayed in its quest for nuclear weapons. Mr. White, however, deserves the Sandy Berger Partisanship Award, which should be given to those who put loyalty to the Democratic Party above the law, the interests of the US, and honor.

[JerseyJohn61]

Obviously, a Clinton supporter who is just looking to
injure Bush some more. Of course there are contingency
plans of all sorts. For the past few years, I been
hoping that there is a good plan for elite forces to
capture and hold Pakistani nuke sights. This in the
event of an Islamo insurrection....JJ61

[freepersup]

It's really quite simple; mess with the bull, get the horns. What's so hard to understand about that concept (speaking to anyone surprised by such a response?) Freepers being the exception, aren't surprised by such logic/tactics. Doing the work Democrats and their RINO counterparts refuse to do. George Bush (fingers crossed) will leave this legacy. Even if George Bush is deemed a total failure on the porous border/illegal alien invasion, he can redeem himself dramatically in my eyes, and others too, I'm sure, by the implementation and execution of America's right to self defense and (novel) post 9-11 strategy of right to strike first. GET SOME!

[nwrep]

I like the plan.

[BusterBear]

The Pentagon has all sorts of plans. That's their job. You can't make up a plan lickety split right at the time a crisis arises. It doesn't mean that they're going to put every plan into action.

This guy must know that. I guess he's another one of those disgruntled former employees with an agenda.

[Mr. Mojo]

"We're not talking about just surgical strikes against an array of targets inside Iran. We're talking about clearing a path to the targets" by taking out much of the Iranian Air Force, Kilo submarines, anti-ship missiles that could target commerce or U.S. warships in the Gulf, and maybe even Iran's ballistic missile capability, White said.

Let's hope so...

[lndrvr1972]

Destablize the Middle East? Since when have they ever been stable?

[nitzy]

This is all a mute point. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have already said they aren't going to give Bush permission to invade Iran. /s

[Rudder]

"You're talking about a war against Iran" that likely would destabilize the Middle East for years...

Like making a mess out of a mess.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

[ASA Vet]

MI Ping

It's State Dept Intel so doesn't really mean much.

[Rembrandt]

This report is garbage, just what you would expect from Rooters. U.S. intel services engage in war planning exercises against virtually every country and collection of countries that one can imagine.

For the most part, they are strictly exercises, endless "what if's."

This report means as much as "what if you had a broken shoe lace?"

[texas booster]

a former U.S. intelligence analyst said on Friday...

*******

How long after one leaves government service does a Secret or Top Secret clearance keep one from speaking about what they saw?

If he was truly a Top Intelligence Officer, then he probably saw some pretty quiet intelligence gathering.

Aren't even the daily intelligence reports that the President and most Top Gov'ment officials get labeled above Top Secret?

He hasn't even been gone two years.

[lesser_satan]

Big deal. They've probably got "contingency plans" to invade Canada. They've got plans for any possible scenario that could ever occur, no matter how unlikely.