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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (50375)	1/2/2006 12:26:56 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Military Strike Against Iran Coming? By Mark Noonan at 04:49 PM So reports the Jerusalem Post: The United States government reportedly began coordinating with NATO its plans for a possible military attack against Iran. The German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel collected various reports from the German media indicating that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are examining the prospects of such a strike. According to the report, CIA Director Porter Goss, in his last visit to Turkey on December 12, requested Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to provide military bases to the United States in 2006 from where they would be able to launch an assault. The German news agency DDP also noted that countries neighboring Iran, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, and Pakistan were also updated regarding the supposed plan. American sources sent to those countries apparently mentioned an aerial attack as a possibility, but did not provide a time frame for the operation. President Bush has said, repeatedly, that Iran will not be permitted to obtain nuclear weapons. A lot of people - including a lot on the right - say that President Bush simply will never do anything militarily against Iraq. Various reasons are given for this, but all of them are quite wrong. One thing we've learned about President Bush is that when he says he will do something, he goes ahead and does it. Given that it would be a national security disaster for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, no President acting responsibly could do other than militarily destroy Iran's nucelar capability if all other options prove insufficient. We cannot know if the linked report is true - it may be entirely false, it may be a backchannel way of advising the Iranians that our intentions are serious, or it may be a genuine military plan for attacking Iran's nuclear capability. Bottom line, however, is that the crisis with Iran will likely reach boiling point quite soon. The prayer remains that the Iranian people will take a hand and overthrow their corrupt dictatorship...but we must be prepared for all eventualities. www.blogsforbush.com