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Petraeus Orders US Spies To Prepare For Anti-Nuclear Strike On Iran
The Times ^ | May 26, 2010 | Giles Whittell and Michael Evans, Washington

Posted on 05/26/2010 6:04:26 AM PDT by Fennie

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1 posted on 05/26/2010 6:04:26 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

“Secret directive?”

If this is for real, someone oughta be shot for reporting it.


2 posted on 05/26/2010 6:06:45 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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If it’s a secret, why am I reading about it here?

Unless it’s psychops designed to misdirect the Iranians and cause them to waste resources needlessly to counter the threat.


3 posted on 05/26/2010 6:08:10 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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Even my sons, 15 and 17, were immediately outraged when we heard about this last evening. They instantly grasped the significance and were talking about the penalty for treason.


4 posted on 05/26/2010 6:08:51 AM PDT by JustSurrounded
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It’s a wonder we have any spies left overseas with Obama in office... well, maybe the ones in Israel are safe.

Maybe our spies should consider reporting their intelligence through our news organizations as well... since that’s the way the administration is communicating with them... at least maybe SOMEONE will hear what they have to report.


5 posted on 05/26/2010 6:13:14 AM PDT by Safrguns
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If I am not mistaken this direction occurred during the previous administration.


6 posted on 05/26/2010 6:49:35 AM PDT by Carley (WE CAN SEE NOVEMBER FROM OUR HOUSE)
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To: Fennie

Obama’s only responses to Iran’s nuclear program will be nasty letters, begging the UN to do something and eventually capitulating to a nuclear armed Iran.


7 posted on 05/26/2010 6:51:12 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money'" M. Thatcher)
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“If this is for real, someone oughta be shot for reporting it.”

Sadly, Obama’s furious command to “Plug the damn hole” related to the oil spill rather than the gush of top secret information that has been leaked over the past 16 months. Gosh, maybe someone in the administration is giving Iran a “heads up” about U.S. intelligence of an imminent Israeli strike. Even more sadly, I cannot rule out this possibility, whereas with GWB, at least, the man had enough honor that such a flagrant betrayal of a decades-long ally would have been completely out-of-character behavior.


8 posted on 05/26/2010 6:51:41 AM PDT by DrC
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Does Obama have the balls to actually implement a “wag the dog” scenerio?

Naaa.... he will just fly over and bow to them some more! that will do the trick!


9 posted on 05/26/2010 6:53:36 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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This is just Obama’s way of sabre rattling, so he doesn’t actually have to do anything.

No “secret” mission or “special teams” are going into or near Iran.

Obama will not disrespect his Muslim overloards.


10 posted on 05/26/2010 6:55:53 AM PDT by airborne (Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
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To: Fennie

another leaked “secret directive” about Obama bravely preparing to do something to our enemies which, we all know at the end of the day, he does not actually have the b@lls to do.


11 posted on 05/26/2010 7:15:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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If true, the person who leaked this should be shot as a spy. Having said that, it looks like our SOF has decided to not rely on the CIA anymore and has returned to its OSS roots, and IMHO, that’s a good thing.


12 posted on 05/26/2010 7:18:14 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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“Petraeus Orders US Spies To Prepare For Anti-Nuclear Strike On Iran”

Double super top secret?


13 posted on 05/26/2010 7:18:51 AM PDT by Grunthor (Faster than the speed of smell.)
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To: airborne

Well, I wondered about the veracity of the report. But if there is a leak and it’s not fixed, our fighting men and women in particular are screwed.


14 posted on 05/26/2010 7:38:46 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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I agree. My concern is that the 0bama Regime does not care if they are.


15 posted on 05/26/2010 7:40:24 AM PDT by airborne (Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
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To: fatnotlazy; jhpigott; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; MestaMachine
I presume that the reason that this is in the press is that it is PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE.

Besideswhich, it's pretty safe to presume that these activities have gone on for some long time -- although there are freepers who denigrate me for believing so and accuse me of relying upon Iranian sources --- the FACT is, that I believe that our CIA is competent and is doing more to protect us against terrorism and/or a nuclear Iran than a buncha keyboard armchair wannabe generals.

And the OBVIOUS historical fact is that Mossad has an extensive network throughout Iran.

16 posted on 05/26/2010 7:41:53 AM PDT by hennie pennie
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in case President Obama orders one

It's OK folks. Obama's a p_ssy. It won't happen.

17 posted on 05/26/2010 7:50:36 AM PDT by chemicalman (Obama, get a mop for this oil.)
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I think our CIA was/is competent. But it is hamstrung by administration policies. Basically, this administration doesn’t seem to give a damm about our safety and the safety of our men and women fighting overseas. It would rather suck up to our enemies. So it is logical for many of us to assume the worst in a situation like this. We start to wonder if this administration is giving away secrets to our enemies. May sound illogical to some, but it sounds very possible to me.


18 posted on 05/26/2010 8:12:33 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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Petraeus Orders US Spies To Prepare For Anti-Nuclear Strike On Iran

Like what? "Get your fanny out of Dodge before the big flash?"

19 posted on 05/26/2010 8:14:15 AM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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Yeah, I agree that the EXECUTIVE BRANCH is currently capable of almost anything; however, that doesn't make me believe that the employees of the various security agencies have suddenly all run amok and despise Americans and don't care about the safety and security of all American citizens.
20 posted on 05/26/2010 8:16:25 AM PDT by hennie pennie
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