F-15’s and F-16’s wont do it this time.
All they have for the job is their nukes.
Likely near the end of Ramadan.When the Iranians are at their weakest.
“Investing in Iran in 2008,” Sneh told his Austrian hosts, “is like investing in the Krupp steelworks in 1938, it’s a high risk investment.” The Austrians, according to Sneh, turned pale.”
That is a classic line. It may well be that those Swiss, Austrian and German investments in Iran end up in smoke.
I wonder when time "begins" running out.
And what was it doing before then?
“sane cheap and the only option that does not necessitate bloodshed.”
Total embargo, total boycott.
Ha! An act of war as the only ‘option’ to avoid it.
If it doesn’t happen porior to Nov 4, ‘08, it will happen within the next nine months following, with or without a friendly American administration. And the ensuing days after the strikes will be an all out war against the terrorists on Israel’s borders. Perehaps the ghouls in Syria will be changed int he process and Lebanon can come alive again.
Had Bush given Israel the go-ahead to strike Iran, that would kill the GOP in November. Now that it’s become clear McCain is going to win the election thanks to his Palin pick, Israel can act without fear of a Dem getting elected, and McCain can say whatever he wants about Israel hitting Iran.
So, let’s look at the worst case scenario. What if the US refuses any help at all and Israel decides they have run out of time and must strike Iran alone.
If they can’t reach long range targets with heavy munitions, they’d have to have some help from agents on the ground to make strikes more effective and they’d have to use multiple strikes to take out targets in stages. This means a longer air campaign requiring nearly complete suppression of Iranian air defenses at the beginning. What forces would it take to accomplish this?
If they can’t count on US forces for refueling and protective cover, how CAN they refuel their planes in the air? Who WILL give them overflight permission? Could they manipulate Iranian defenses into chasing them into US forces at the Iraq/Iran border in hopes the US will engage Iran, at least defensively when attacked?
With Hezbollah being armed with longer range missiles, what can Israel do to prevent them from striking Israeli populating centers?
What role is Syria likely to play in all this? Is there any credence to the recent rumors that Assad might be willing to switch sides given the right level of incentives?
If time “begins” running out???? What a silly construction. Time never “begins” to run out. The time to a posited event has been getting shorter, thus “running” out since “Let There Be Light” or the “Big Bang.”