US:We Have The Power to Strike Iran

jerusalem Post ^ | April 26, 2008 | Staff

[freerepublic_or_die]

The United States has the combat power to strike Teheran if needed, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff warned Friday.

He alleged Iran was ratcheting up its support for militias in Iraq by providing them with newly manufactured weapons and bringing them across the border to receive training from members of Teheran's Republican Guard.

Mullen said the military is preparing to roll out evidence, including date stamps on newly found weapons caches, to prove that recently made Iranian weapons are flowing into Iraq at a steadily increasing rate.

He would not detail the evidence, which is expected to be revealed by military leaders in Iraq as early as next week. Another senior military official said it will include mortars, rockets, small arms, roadside bombs and armor-piercing explosives, known as explosively formed penetrators or EFPs that troops have discovered in caches in recent months.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the evidence has not yet been made public, said dates on some of the weapons were well after Teheran indicated late last year that it was scaling back aid to insurgents. In addition, the evidence will include information gleaned from detainees who were reportedly trained by members of Iran's Quds Force, as well as insurgents who received instruction on how to train others.

Part of the firepower the military will unveil was used to support insurgents during the recent fighting in Basra in southern Iraq, officials said.
Mullen said he has seen evidence "that some of the weapons are recently not just found, but recently manufactured." Both Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have made clear that while all military options are on the table, they prefer at this point to use other pressures on Iran.

[freerepublic_or_die]

So,What Are We Waiting For?

[SolidWood]

Teheran's Republican Guard.

The Jerusalem Post are amateurs. It's the "Revolutionary Guard". The "Republican Guard" was Saddam's.

[Anti-Bubba182]

So,What Are We Waiting For?

The election......

This is so predictable. The Iranians are ramping it up as the election nears knowing we probably won't do anything.

[brushcop]

Well, first of all, we have to defeat the anti-American crowd in our own country. Besides, we are no longer in control as of ‘06, seems that everyone has forgotten that. They are not through betraying our military yet, more to come.

The so-called GOP “leaders” are falling like flies hit with a good dose of Raid, so who (other than Pres. Bush and Gen Petraeus) are looking out after our sons and daughters? No one.

[Perdogg]

Decision time is near, I believe.

[DTogo]

So,What Are We Waiting For?

President Bush to find the "set" he had back in 2003...

[Allegra]

This is so predictable. The Iranians are ramping it up as the election nears knowing we probably won't do anything.

How I wish we'd call their bluff.

We're already fighting Iran in Iraq anyway. I'd like to see us go in and teach them a lesson.

We have Iran surrounded for crying out loud. Let's ROLL.

[When do we get liberated?]

The Republican Guard was obviously Bush’s fault, those evil Republicans...

[ALASKA]

Decision time is near, I believe.

Agreed, and the stories like this that have been picking up lately seem to be preparing us for the inevitable............I'm ready, let's roll!!!

[theFIRMbss]

>How I wish we'd call their bluff...Let's ROLL

If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly: if the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We'ld jump the life to come. But in these cases
We still have judgment here;
that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor:
this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredience of our poison'd chalice
To our own lips. He's here in double trust;
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
So clear in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
The deep damnation of his taking-off;
And pity, like a naked new-born babe,
Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,
Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,
That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th'other.

[SteamShovel]

US:We Have The Power to Strike Iran

DUH!!!

We had better use it before it's too late.

[freerepublic_or_die]

So, what are we waiting for? was strictly rhetorical. I, too, fervently wish the President would call their bluff.

The most pressing issue our country, the world, faces today, is the threat posed by Iran. The President in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief is uniquely positioned to effectively deal with it, the least of which is being politically free to deal Iran the just punishment, destiny it deserves, that is, to have Iran follow the path of our previous enemies, in being relegated to the dustbin of history.

[TADSLOS]

So,What Are We Waiting For?

DoD is probably waiting for the State Dept to come up with a more PC term to describe our enemies other than Jihadists.

[mkjessup]

So, What Are We Waiting For?

October 21, 2008.

Approximately 90 days away from January 21, 2008. According to the War Powers Act, the President can send troops into combat for up to 90 days without Congressional approval.

Striking Iran a little more than a week before Election Day will totally screw up the 'Rats, no matter who gets nominated.

And John 'Bomb-Bomb-Bomb-Bomb-Bomb-Iran' McCain will certainly be gung-ho, he'll view Operation Ram-Ahmadinejad's-Nuke-Program-Up-His-Ass as a gift.

And that 90 days won't be up until after the NEXT President takes the Oath of Office, and if perchance it IS a 'Rat, they wouldn't dare back off and look weak less than 24 hours after being sworn in.

Of course that all is contingent upon our fellow Freeper DTogo's observation at #6.

[uncbob]

So,What Are We Waiting For?

Too late --the window has closed on Bush

Price of gas already going out of site would really go crazy

Should have acted years ago

Bush blew it

We are headed for a catastrophe down the road

[freerepublic_or_die]

Striking Iran a little more than a week before Election Day will totally screw up the 'Rats, no matter who gets nominated.
I don't see what advantage the President gains by waiting. As this is an election year no matter if, hopefully when, the President gives the order, there will be fallout, huge fallout on BOTH SIDES. I regretfully have to believe it won't only just totally screw up the 'Rats but don't see how the Republicans are going to escape any electoral wrath that might result.

[Perdogg]

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp

[RightWhale]

There is no need to escalate.

[TheThinker]

But where do we strike Iran, exactly? Those cetrifuges could fit in Habib’s basement and a thousand other places.

[Cobra64]

So,What Are We Waiting For?

UN resolution number...