...and into Iran.
U.S. Officials Begin Crafting Iran Bombing Plan
Faux NewsWASHINGTON — A recent decision by German officials to withhold support for any new sanctions against Iran has pushed a broad spectrum of officials in Washington to develop potential scenarios for a military attack on the Islamic regime, FOX News confirmed Tuesday.
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Germany's withdrawal from the allied diplomatic offensive is the latest consensus across relevant U.S. agencies and offices, including the State Department, the National Security Council and the offices of the president and vice president. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, the most ardent proponent of a diplomatic resolution to the problem of Iran's nuclear ambitions, has had his chance on the Iranian account and come up empty.
Political and military officers, as well as weapons of mass destruction specialists at the State Department, are now advising Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the diplomatic approach favored by Burns has failed and the administration must actively prepare for military intervention of some kind. Among those advising Rice along these lines are John Rood, the assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; and a number of Mideast experts, including Ambassador James Jeffrey, deputy White House national security adviser under Stephen Hadley and formerly the principal deputy assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs.
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Vice President Cheney and his aides are said to be enjoying a bit of "schadenfreude" at the expense of Burns. A source described Cheney's office as effectively gloating to Burns and Rice, "We told you so. (The Iranians) are not containable diplomatically."
Here is the Iranian area which will be occupied..
Khuzestan Province where 90% of Iran's Oil Wealth is, amazing how it's just across the Iraqi border .... the rest will just be bombed back to the stone age.
I didn't read anything about an invasion and occupation.
Pentagon plans base along Iran border
RAW STORY
Published: Monday September 10, 2007
RawstoryThe Pentagon is preparing to build a base near the Iraq-Iran border in an effort to stem the flow of "advanced Iranian weaponry" to Shiite militants in Iraq, according to Monday's edition of the Wall Street Journal. "The push also includes construction of fortified checkpoints on the major highways leading from the Iranian border to Baghdad and the installation of X-ray machines and explosives-detecting sensors at the only formal border crossing between Iran and Iraq," the Journal said.
The move comes amid continuing reports of US plans to strike Iran and several weeks after a RAW STORY report which signaled that the US had shifted its focus from Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program to its alleged shipment of IEDs across the Iraq-Iran border as the principal rationale in selling a possible attack.
“There is clear evidence that someone in Iran is manufacturing the EFPs,” a source currently working with military and intelligence joint operations in the Middle East told RAW STORY. “They have a distinctive signature. These devices are being used against US troops, Sunnis, and even some Shi'as.”
“This is viewed by some in the Bush Administration as sufficient justification for taking military action against Iran,” said the source, who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the topic.
Is that a Fox News graphic? They said nothing in the article about an occupation. Your le is purposely deceptive.
Why would we be going to that little deserted area under the "I" in Iran?
Shouldn't the arrows point to places of strategic significance? You need to -slap your cartographer.
I already showed you the part of Iran they are planning to occupy and it doesn't require a whole sleuth of new U.S combat troops,...the plan is simple...take the oil...take the mullah money....take the mullah money....take the mullah women...take the mullah women...ughhhh...you get the picture....
If the news is "faux" what's the concern?
Actually I saw a crude MS Paint style jpeg that is hosted on some photographer's site in San Diego.I already showed you the part of Iran they are planning to occupyOccupation of a hostile nation? Yes it would require a "sleuth" of new troops.and it doesn't require a whole sleuth of new U.S combat troopsYou think they'll be able to get it all in a week? That's about how long they would be able to stay.he plan is simple...take the oil
Anyways, Iraq I could see as some kind of gung-ho 'take the bas out while we have the chance' kind of decision. Iran would be colossally stupid.
At best we would try to cut the head off the snake and bomb the Iranian leadership, but occupying any of Iran at this point is a nonstarter.
You think they are gonna bomb Iran and not take the oil? What world do you live in?
Iran is one of the most promising nations of the ME to change from within. No use in giving the leadership any help to change that.
Have we even managed to procure Iraq's energy reserves?
so, were going to invade iran and take the oil while the world sits and watches?
will this be before cheney resigns, which by an earlier calculation has him resigning in about a week?
Well, yeah, but don't tell the Iraqis....
I'm not advocating it, but I could see Bush approving such a scheme.
The world where our military is consumed with and by Iraq.
Nope, in fact, India, China and the USSR have a plan...so, were going to invade iran and take the oil while the world sits and watches?
you could see us occupying irans oil fields?
What's another 30,000-50,000 private troops costs? What kind of money would Iranian oil fields bring in?
Not without a draft.
yeah, and possibly a nuclear umbrella.
Are there even that many mercenaries available?
You mean after we rebuild all the infrastructure after the Iranians sabotage it then send human wave attacks against anyone trying to rebuild it?What kind of money would Iranian oil fields bring in?
If occupying a country is as easy as you say it is, I would probably be a neocon.
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