Posted on 04/29/2008 5:11:34 PM PDT by Perdogg
A second American aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf Tuesday as the Pentagon ordered military commanders to develop new options for attacking Iran. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that the planning is being driven by what one officer called the "increasingly hostile role" Iran is playing in Iraq - smuggling weapons into Iraq for use against American troops.
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Iran’s chicken coming home to roost!
Free fire zone on the border would help.
Finally.
Is that the opposite of the DMZ in Korea?
The DMZ is probably pretty militarized. Just under cover
assuming the worst and it gets hot
what happens the day after
assuming iran stops to function
and activates the cells
oil will be in bad shape with 40% transportation
and Iran possibly other nations going off line
not fun
“What the Iranians are doing is killing American servicemen and -women inside Iraq,” said Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.”
Yeah. WE EFFING KNOW!
NOW WTF is our government going to DO about it?
I know there are covert things we do, but man this is insane. How many more of our heroes die because we are worried what the world think?
I dont know, what do I know?
I am just angry and do not understand after so long we we are putting up with this.
They should park that aircraft carrier right where Brit sailors were captured. Let’s see what they are made of.
Ah, this was a bias-free article from CBS!
Killing our sons and daughters. Most Americans care less. makes me physically ill. We should be demanding Iran pay, and the government should be explaining why now isn’t the best time. Should.
Have no fear! Obamaman is going to sit down and talk the Iranians out of killing Americans, something they have been doing since at least 1983...
I believe George Bush isn’t going to rely on the next president to take out the Iran threat. McCain understands the nature of the threat but the other Dem idiots don’t. Before Jan. 20, 2009 we will have done it.
The time for any "fun" options ended in 1979.
But the scenario described is still a heck of a lot more fun than Shiite fanatics with Nukes trying to bring the 12th Imam out of that well by setting off Armageddon.
I guarantee you that Obama, Pelosi, Durbin, Reid and Chairman Hao are all going to say that if we had not invaded Iraq, Iran would not be killing Americans.
They will conveniently overlook Iran’s nuke program and its sponsorship of terrorism over the past 25 years.
The Left is already hard at work changing the truth on this issue. They are now denying Iranian aid for Al Qaeda, despite the 9-11 Commission report and other evidence and they will soon declare that there is no proof that Iran is working on nuclear weapons.
We have marched up this hill several times already in the last couple of years and we have marched back down again. After a couple of force buildups like this the enemy puts a bit less credence in the phenomenon. If I had more faith in Bush I would guess that it is a deliberate policy to lull the Iranians and that when the attack does come at the top of a massive visible buildup, it will be a surprise.
Good post. I would only add that we’ve done this before, sending a carrier to the Gulf. I know it sends a message, is that message getting diminished because it is now seen as a bluff.
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