'Bush gearing up to wage war on Iran'

[texas grass]

'Bush gearing up to wage war on Iran'
Wed, 28 May 2008 07:03:10
US President George W. Bush
The Bush administration is drawing up plans to launch a strike against Iran within the next two months, says a former top US diplomat.

The source, a retired US diplomat and former assistant secretary of state, said senior Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein of California and Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana have already been briefed on the attack plan.

Senator Feinstein, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Senator Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, plan to go public with their opposition to the new Iran war plan in a New York Times editorial 'within days', Asia Times Online reported the source as saying on the condition of anonymity.

According to Asia Times Online, Feinstein and Lugar will attempt to offset the August attack by creating a furor about President George W. Bush's intentions of launching air strikes against the headquarters of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.

In September 2007, the US Senate approved a resolution by a 76-22 vote, calling on the White House to brand the IRGC a terrorist organization.

US echelons accuse Iran of contributing to the killing of American soldiers in neighboring Iraq. This is while the White House is yet to provide concrete evidence in support of its allegation.

Iran insists that it is committed to aiding Baghdad in its efforts to restore stability in the war-ravaged country.

The Bush administration also accuses Iran of developing nuclear arms, a claim which was rejected by 16 US intelligence agencies on December 3 when their assessment conceded that Tehran is not conducting a nuclear weapons program.

According to the most recent UN nuclear watchdog report on Tehran's nuclear program, there is no link between the use of nuclear material and 'the alleged studies' of weaponization attributed to Iran by Western countries.

MD/PA/AA

[SFGurrilla]

We all waited for him to do it, and its done.

[dragonrider]

'Bush gearing up to wage war on Iran'
Wed, 28 May 2008 07:03:10
US President George W. Bush
The Bush administration is drawing up plans to launch a strike against Iran within the next two months, says a former top US diplomat.

The source, a retired US diplomat and former assistant secretary of state, said senior Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein of California and Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana have already been briefed on the attack plan.

Senator Feinstein, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Senator Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, plan to go public with their opposition to the new Iran war plan in a New York Times editorial 'within days', Asia Times Online reported the source as saying on the condition of anonymity.

According to Asia Times Online, Feinstein and Lugar will attempt to offset the August attack by creating a furor about President George W. Bush's intentions of launching air strikes against the headquarters of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.

In September 2007, the US Senate approved a resolution by a 76-22 vote, calling on the White House to brand the IRGC a terrorist organization.

US echelons accuse Iran of contributing to the killing of American soldiers in neighboring Iraq. This is while the White House is yet to provide concrete evidence in support of its allegation.

Iran insists that it is committed to aiding Baghdad in its efforts to restore stability in the war-ravaged country.

The Bush administration also accuses Iran of developing nuclear arms, a claim which was rejected by 16 US intelligence agencies on December 3 when their assessment conceded that Tehran is not conducting a nuclear weapons program.

According to the most recent UN nuclear watchdog report on Tehran's nuclear program, there is no link between the use of nuclear material and 'the alleged studies' of weaponization attributed to Iran by Western countries.

MD/PA/AA

What is the source for this? I don't really think it is going to happen. But if it does, it will be a good chance to use up all those cluster bombs before the international pressure gsts to great to keep 'em!

Maybe this is just Bush's way of dealing with the criticsm that Iran has been the single greatest beneficiary of our strategic blunder in Iraq. "What? Iran benefited from takin' down Iraq? Well, hell! Let's get 'em while we already got 'em surrounded! Let the Democrats sort it out next four years! Yeeeeeee-hawwwww!"

[Esoteric416]

I really hope this is just some bullshit that got blown out of proportion. I know bush is of . . . Let us say moderate inteligence, but can he really be so stupid or so egotistical as to think he can start (and i assume win) another war when were having trouble managing the one weve got? No one is that dumb. Are they?
Are they?
Please someone post here soon about how this is all a bunch of hearsay or something.

Now that i think about it though, bush could never pull this off, he doesn't have the support he would need from washington let alone from the People.

Now that I think some more on it, I hope bush does try to start a war with Iran. Maybe he'll get lynched.:D

[texas grass]

i hope its all bs. but time will tell
and as bush has stated many many times hes the comander in chief. he controls the military, he sends them out. bush doesnt need a decloration of war to go to war. revolutionary guard has been labled terrorist(even more help for oil man bush).
that looks like enough evidence for bush

[SFGurrilla]

mayb gas wont be $8 a gallon though next year

[dragonrider]

mayb gas wont be $8 a gallon though next year

If we attack Iran, gas will be $12 a gallon overnight...

[killerweed420]

He's bored and just trying to build on his legacy. His legacy will be getting us into trumped up wars. And he's done a hell of a good job of it.:beatdeadhorse:

[boaz]

^ i would say . . . yes, probably in October, just in time for the elections. but don't tell anyone, don't want to spoil the surprise. :jointsmile:

[texas grass]

Exclusive: Limited US attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards bases in sight

June 3, 2008, 12:25 PM (GMT+02:00)
US "stealth" warplanes

US "stealth" warplanes

Our Washington sources report that president George W. Bush is closer than ever before to ordering a limited missile-air bombardment of the IRGC-al Qods Brigadeâ??s installations in Iran. It is planned to target training camps and the munitions factories pumping fighters, missiles and roadside bombs to the Iraqi insurgency, Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza.

Iran is geared up for counteraction.

US intelligence estimates that Tehranâ??s counteraction will likewise be on a limited scale and therefore any US-Iranian military encounter will not be allowed to explode into a major confrontation. Because this US assault is not planned to extend to Iranâ??s nuclear installations, Tehran is not expected to hit back at distant American targets in the Persian Gulf or at Israel.

DEBKAfileâ??s Iranian sources report, however, that Iranâ??s military preparations for countering an American attack are far broader than envisaged in Washington. Tehran would view a US attack on the IRGC bases as a casus belli and might react in ways and on a scale unanticipated in Washington.

Two days ago, Iranâ??s defense minister Gen. Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar warned: â??Iranâ??s Armed Forces are fully prepared to counter any military attack with any intensity and to make the enemy regret initiating any such incursions.â?�

According to DEBKAfileâ??s Iranian and military sources, the IRGC had by mid-May completed their preparations for a US missile, air or commando assault on their command centers and bases in reprisal for Iranian intervention in Iraq.

These preparations encompass al Qodsâ?? arms, most of them undercover, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Sudan. At home, the Revolutionary Guards have evacuated their key bases together with manpower and equipment to regular army sites or temporary quarters in villages located in remote corners of eastern and northern Iran. Their main headquarters and central training center at the Imam Ali University in northern Tehran are deserted except for sentries on the gates.

Indoctrination seminaries and dormitories hosting fighting strength in the holy town of Qom are empty, as is the Manzariyah training center east of the capital.

Deserted too is the main training camp near Isfahan for insurgents and terrorists from Iraq, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. It is here that they take courses from friendly al Qods training staff on how to sabotage strategic targets such as routes, bridges and military installations, and the activation of the extra-powerful roadside bombs (EFPs) which have had such a deadly effect on American troops in Iraq.

[painretreat]

I read about a month ago we were sending 'another' warship to the gulf, off Iran. Not as a show of force, but support--whatever that was suppose to mean. The next day, they then said they planned it to replace a ship leaving. Mostly, the articles were geared at what sounded like a lot of ships off the coast of Iran, 'watching it'! I tend to agree with boaz, probably has something to do with elections. The hostility toward Iran and N. Korea right now, as being 'more of a threat to democracy' than Iraq ever was has been a big issue! With the changing of politics in Pakistan and Afganistan--none of it sounds good. It sounds good to get out of Iraq and go next door with more support of the U.S.; and God forbid to do it for political intent! It looked real good for the Democrats taking over the White House, until the primaries--now, I feel a little restless, can there be a no lose ticket? As we thot a year ago?? who knows! If Bush could be tried for treason or at the least 'war crimes?' Sounds like a crap shoot!:(

[boaz]

i'm really just taking a wild guess, it just seems like something those sneaky bastards would do. :wtf:

[texas grass]

Cheney Jr. pushes for war on Iran
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:47:36
Analysts maintain Liz Cheney's views reflect her father's perspective.
Former State Department official and daughter of Dick Cheney says Iran 'will face military action' if it does not halt its nuclear program.

Speaking at the American Israel Political Affairs Committee convention, Elizabeth Cheney said the time for diplomacy on Iran is 'rapidly coming to an end'.

Former deputy assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs deplored the Bush administration over key elements of its Middle East policies, suggesting that the administration needed to adopt a tougher stance in the region.

"In my view, this administration has gotten it right when we have been bold, when we have been decisive, when we have been focused, when we have used our military force when necessary," Cheney said.

Cheney added that Washington must clearly declare that if Iranians "don't give up diplomatically [to United Nations demands that Iran freeze its nuclear program], they will face military action".

Iran has repeatedly asserted that as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it is entitled to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and that has no intention to give up its inalienable rights.

The IAEA, in its latest report, certified the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in the country's nuclear activities. However, Washington with a blatant disregard for international reports continues to accuse Iran of pursuing a nuclear weapons program in a bid to justify the drumbeat for a war against the country.

CS/BGH

[illnillinois]

HELL YA, NUKE THEM ALL....

Fuck with the US and get ready to pay in blood

[painretreat]

I have been wondering where the war is going to be and yesterday I decided I was going to put a thread in and ask where. My reason: I live in the landing flight plan for LAX; Since Feb. there have been few or no commercial aircraft above, just military training and groups of helicopters! That mean't war the last time I observed this! So, I figure it was in the air. Live near a few Air Force Base's! I am just not convinced Iran is the only spot, I think that lil sucker thinks he can take on the whole world! If you saw my sky last night, you would not believe it. No blue, just all white streaks from military jets. Use to be heavy traffic with commercial flights. Any one else seeing these kind of changes? pr:(

[Esoteric416]

I have been wondering where the war is going to be and yesterday I decided I was going to put a thread in and ask where. My reason: I live in the landing flight plan for LAX; Since Feb. there have been few or no commercial aircraft above, just military training and groups of helicopters! That mean't war the last time I observed this! So, I figure it was in the air. Live near a few Air Force Base's! I am just not convinced Iran is the only spot, I think that lil sucker thinks he can take on the whole world! If you saw my sky last night, you would not believe it. No blue, just all white streaks from military jets. Use to be heavy traffic with commercial flights. Any one else seeing these kind of changes? pr:(

Damn. :(