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Iran Clock Is Ticking
By Robert Parry
January 31, 2007
While congressional Democrats test how far they should go in challenging George W. Bush’s war powers, the time may be running out to stop Bush from ordering a major escalation of the Middle East conflict by attacking Iran.
Military and intelligence sources continue to tell me that preparations are advancing for a war with Iran starting possibly as early as mid-to-late February. The sources offer some differences of opinion over whether Bush might cite a provocation from Iran or whether Israel will take the lead in launching air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
But there is growing alarm among military and intelligence experts that Bush already has decided to attack and simply is waiting for a second aircraft carrier strike force to arrive in the region – and for a propaganda blitz to stir up some pro-war sentiment at home.
One well-informed U.S. military source called me in a fury after consulting with Pentagon associates and discovering how far along the war preparations are. He said the plans call for extensive aerial attacks on Iran, including use of powerful bunker-busting ordnance.
Another source with a pipeline into Israeli thinking said the Iran war plan has expanded over the past several weeks. Earlier thinking had been that Israeli warplanes would hit Iranian nuclear targets with U.S. forces in reserve in case of Iranian retaliation, but now the strategy anticipates a major U.S. military follow-up to an Israeli attack, the source said.
Both sources used the same word “crazy” in describing the plan to expand the war to Iran. The two sources, like others I have interviewed, said that attacking Iran could touch off a regional – and possibly global – conflagration.
“It will be like the TV show ‘24’,” the American military source said, citing the likelihood of Islamic retaliation reaching directly into the United States.
Though Bush insists that no decision has been made on attacking Iran, he offered similar assurances of his commitment to peace in the months before invading Iraq in 2003. Yet leaked documents from London made clear that he had set a course for war nine months to a year before the Iraq invasion.
In other words, Bush’s statements that he has no plans to "invade" Iran and that he’s still committed to settle differences with Iran over its nuclear program diplomatically should be taken with a grain of salt.
There is, of course, the possibility that the war preparations are a game of chicken to pressure Iran to accept outside controls on its nuclear program and to trim back its regional ambitions. But sometimes such high-stakes gambles lead to miscalculations or set in motion dynamics that can't be controlled.
‘You Will Die’
The rapidly deteriorating situation in Iraq is seen as another factor pressing on Bush to act quickly against Iran.
Other sources with first-hand knowledge of conditions in Iraq have told me that the U.S. position is even more precarious than generally understood. Westerners can’t even move around Baghdad and many other Iraqi cities except in armed convoys.
“In some countries, if you want to get out of the car and go to the market, they’ll tell you that it might be dangerous,” one experienced American cameraman told me. “In Iraq, you will be killed. Not that you might be killed, but you will be killed. The first Iraqi with a gun will shoot you, and if no one has a gun, they’ll stone you.”
2007-02-12 13:38:09
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answered by Anonymous
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the two English isn't your first language or you're 12 years previous, yet the two way you haven't any longer any theory as to what you're speaking approximately. first of all, the Vietnam war handed off in the process the previous due '60s to early '70s and that i anticipate you propose 50,000, no longer 50. i think of we'd lose a lot of adult men in a war against Iran, yet a hundred,000 is very severe. The war would in no way reason WWIII, invading Iran does no longer be adequate to impact Russia and China right into a nuclear war.
2016-10-02 01:17:13
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answered by ? 4
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as you can tell from listening to Snow job the sell out journalist we are already attempting to make the case to go to Iran but we will not because #1 congress will not authorize it and #2 the world will not buy it and #3 the world will see us as we use to view the Nazi and #4 we do not have the troops to take on any more countries nor do we have the materials or money
2007-02-12 14:18:00
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answered by billc4u 7
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The U.S. armed forces is spread so thin because of the occupation in Iraq, so America probably has no intention of going to war with Iran.
2007-02-12 13:36:02
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answered by Roland 4
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america does not want war iran does not want war ,
even the leaders dont want war but vlets face it isreal or more specificlly zionist [massad ] does who will win is no one
will we go to war for a stupid fable called armogeddon who realy knows it is the heights of stupidity to have come as far as we humans have to be led by deluded visions
i would hope we all can see none will gain from the final war ,indeed the fruits of peace lie in the grasp of mens hands willing to disregard the neo delusion ,
we of the one god know war only has loosers ,only fears make war ,are we that frightened we disrespect god to kill gods children even now?
who knows some think to know but they dont know god ,.
so i say god wins and no war
please father make me not to be a lier.
2007-02-12 15:31:57
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answered by Anonymous
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1) Yes.
2) Because nuke & missiles in the hands of people who want to cause Armegeddon is intolerable.
3) Soon. As soon as the new head of CENTCOM is settled in & ready.
4) It will only be air attacks, no ground invasion.
2007-02-12 17:15:46
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answered by yupchagee 7
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I thought it was all those crazy christian fundies in the USA who were praying for armageddon. Or the rapture or the 2nd coming or whatever they're calling it today.
2007-02-12 17:53:33
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answered by evilnotwin 2
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Why are you so war hungry
2007-02-12 18:03:51
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answered by akband 4
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As long as Bush is president... MOST LIKELY!
2007-02-12 13:35:31
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answered by Anonymous
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yes I believe we will do just that... dont know when but 'someone' will come up with a reason.......
2007-02-12 14:59:32
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answered by Anonymous
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