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| Joint Chiefs Chairman: U.S. Can Strike Iran |
| 2007-10-19 |
| The new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that despite the commitment of U.S. forces elsewhere, the military is capable of conducting operations against Iran if called on to bomb nuclear facilities and other targets. Adm. Michael Mullen told reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday: “From a military standpoint, there is more than enough reserve to respond if that, in fact, is what the national leadership wanted to do, and so I don’t think we’re too stretched in that regard.” Defense and military officials have been preparing American forces within striking distance of Iran, according to the Washington Times. Attacks on the Islamic Republic would be carried out largely by the Navy and Air Force. Officials say one target of any U.S. military action would be Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps facilities because of their role in providing insurgents in Iraq with armor-piercing roadside bombs. One official said the factory where Iranian bomb materials are being produced has been located. A second target would be Iran’s nuclear facilities, which are chiefly underground and spread across the country. Appearing with Mullen at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned that if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, it would probably spur other nations in the region to obtain those weapons themselves. That in turn would raise the risk of nuclear materials falling into the hands of terrorists. But Adm. Mullen said the use of military force against Iran would be an option “of the last resort.” |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #8 One official said the factory where Iranian bomb materials are being produced has been located. Too late. It's now being relocated. Can't anyone in this damn country keep their mouth shut? |
| Posted by: Kirk 2007-10-19 23:44 |
| #7 Moud has already times indic = inferred that Iran's nuclear rights are not negotiable and that the country will ignore any and al UNO-INternational sanctions imposed upon it. ANY US BOMBING, WHILE PC AND LIKELY SUCCESSFUL AT THIS POINT IN TIME/POLITIX, IS AT BEST A TEMPORARY SOLUTION - BEST OPTION REMIANS DEMOCRATIC REGIME CHANGE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY, e.g. thru GROUND INVASION. However, Moud-Mullahs are aware of this and have planned for asymmetric warfare, foreign interventionism [ Russia-China], and anti-US "justified" retaliatory Terror including but not limited to Amer Hiroshimas. RADICAL MULLAHS > GLOBAL OR GEOPOL CHAOS/ANARCHIES IS TO ISLAM'S = RADICAL ISLAMISM'S ADVANTAGE. IRAN HAS ALREADY INDIC THAT IFF NEED BE, IT WILL ALLOW NUKES-WMDS TO BE DETONATED ON ITS OWN SOIL IN ORDER TO DEFEAT US/US-ALLIED FORCES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-19 18:23 |
| #6 One official said the factory where Iranian bomb materials are being produced has been located. Yes! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-10-19 17:46 |
| #5 How stupidly dense. If "Iran acquires nuclear weapons", nuclear materials would ALREADY BE "in the hands of terrorists"! Word, Crusader. End of story. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-19 15:42 |
| #4 "...if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, it would probably spur other nations in the region to obtain those weapons themselves. That in turn would raise the risk of nuclear materials falling into the hands of terrorists." How stupidly dense. If "Iran acquires nuclear weapons", nuclear materials would ALREADY BE "in the hands of terrorists"! |
| Posted by: Crusader 2007-10-19 15:15 |
| #3 "...if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, it would probably spur other nations in the region to obtain those weapons themselves. That in turn would raise the risk of nuclear materials falling into the hands of terrorists." How stupidly dense. If "Iran acquires nuclear weapons", nuclear materials would ALREADY BE "in the hands of terrorists"! |
| Posted by: Crusader 2007-10-19 15:14 |
| #2 Hell, we know we can. The question is, will we? And when? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-10-19 15:06 |
| #1 Won't happen; Bush will coast through his presidency, focusing on handing a State to Hamas, and then retire on board memberships on energy firms. |
| Posted by: Hupusoper Turkeyneck3896 2007-10-19 14:57 |