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2006-10-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2006-10-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ooooo, possibly two carrier groups near Iran by the 21st? Should make for a very interesting end to Ramadan! ;)

Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-10-13 00:06|| 2006-10-13 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 jihadunspun is now a news source for pakiwaki times? Oh how the lilliputians have fallen.

Posted by ed 2006-10-13 00:11|| 2006-10-13 00:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't read too much into the closing comment: "..If the Enterprise is held over for a longer deployment, after the arrival of the Eisenhower, we will know that something serious is planned." Turnover between carrier battle groups is normally accomplished over 2 or more days, with both boats steaming relatively close to facilitate personnel swaps and visits between the big dogs. and Pictures, lots of pictures. Now if they were to coordinate a couple of strike packages, say Ike running day ops and the Starship covering nights, that would be a real good thing, but i am not holding my breath. if Iran were the destination, it would be more logical to have the support ships kind of slip away over a period of several weeks and rendevouz over the horizon.

Posted by USN,Ret 2006-10-13 00:34|| 2006-10-13 00:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Roger, NavyRet. They will likely have a longer turnover just to intimidate the black hats.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-10-13 00:45|| 2006-10-13 00:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I still contend things heat up right after Nov 7 midterm elections.

Posted by Captain America 2006-10-13 01:24|| 2006-10-13 01:24|| Front Page Top

#6 FOX + CNN; WND.com, SPACEWAR.com > NORTH KOREA has also now threatened JAPAN, besides also inferring against NEW YORK + WASHINGTON DC. Washington DC > i.e. the NPE, the Congress + USG themselves, sub i.e. agz our political leadership including Amer "doves"/Dubya critics.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-13 01:40|| 2006-10-13 01:40|| Front Page Top

#7 All BS from a gutter journalist who can't get a job with any respectable media organ.

Iran cannot be neutralized without the use of WMD. They possess missile-defense in depth. Second term Presidents want stability in their final years. Iran won't have ICBMs until GWB is retired on his Texas ranch, outside of the target zone.

See Ethnic map of Iran terrorist entity:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Iran_peoples.jpg

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-10-13 04:53|| 2006-10-13 04:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Snease, options are like assholes, everyone has one. Agree on BS journos

Posted by Captain America 2006-10-13 05:05|| 2006-10-13 05:05|| Front Page Top

#9 branches and sequels planning for an Iran attack, which her sources tell her is the kind of planning that is done after an initial plan has been decided upon.

Ha! We have had an initial plan for Iran for years now.

Posted by Armylife 2006-10-13 07:50|| 2006-10-13 07:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Second term Presidents want stability in their final years.

I'm not sure you understand our President. While all politics are local, if he wins this election and Mr. Bolton gets confirmed, I can see him taking this problem off his successor's plate, one way or another. But the way will have to be clear and I doubt he would do it by year end unless he has Cuban Missle Crisis quality evidence from the incompetents at CIA. But by the end of his term, given a win in this election, and any win will be a big win? Very possible; he'd like to if the People would let him.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-13 08:16|| 2006-10-13 08:16|| Front Page Top

#11 According to Lindorff, journalist Larisa Alexandrovna, in the online publication Raw Story, reports that top military leaders are already engaging in branches and sequels planning for an Iran attack, which her sources tell her is the kind of planning that is done after an initial plan has been decided upon.

By God, I hope so! Those guys in those planning cells get paid to draft plans to respond to all kinds of things, including things nobody expects will ever happen. IIRC, there was (and maybe still is) a contingency plan to land Marines on Fiji in case a Space Shuttle makes an emergency landing there and the locals won't give it back.

Posted by Mike 2006-10-13 10:35|| 2006-10-13 10:35|| Front Page Top

#12 Snease Shaiting3550, the Air Force and Navy can roll up a "missile defense in depth" in a day or so if that is the objective. Electronic Warfare and anti-radiation missiles are an integral part of any well conceived air compaign. The serious problems with an attack on Iran are political rather than military.

Posted by RWV 2006-10-13 11:30|| 2006-10-13 11:30|| Front Page Top

#13 According to Lindorff, journalist Larisa Alexandrovna, in the online publication Raw Story, reports that top military leaders are already engaging in branches and sequels planning for an Iran attack, which her sources tell her is the kind of planning that is done after an initial plan has been decided upon.

Sheesh...it's no secret that all COCOMs have OPLANSs and CONPLANs. They wargame this stuff all of the time. What a maroon.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-10-13 14:11|| 2006-10-13 14:11|| Front Page Top

#14 Regardless of what happens picture this. Hundreds of mullahs cowering under piles of camel dung with their armed 6 year old wives standing guard. Bwwwaaa!

Posted by Icerigger 2006-10-13 18:18|| 2006-10-13 18:18|| Front Page Top

#15 Not one Democrat in Congress and not one Democratic candidate for Congress not even anti-war insurgent Ned Lamont in Connecticut has demanded an answer from Bush and the Pentagon for the obvious military buildup around Iran, or about published reports that the US already has special forces inside Iran backing the terrorist organization MEK, and selecting targets for US bombardment.

One of two things;

1.) The democrats have suddenly developed a healthy interest in not slitting their own throats.

2.) The democrats are waiting until after any attack on Iran so they can base their response on whether the campaign is successful or not.

Gosh, have I become cynical, or what?

Iran cannot be neutralized without the use of WMD.

Pure horseshit. Our conventional weapons could neutralize Iran ten different ways before they can even begin to shit their pants.

They possess missile-defense in depth.

You mean their crappy Soviet era trash? Source guided weaponry can put paid to that garbage in an instant. They'll have to keep their radars turned off just to preserve the installations.

Second term Presidents want stability in their final years.

If your definition of "stability" doesn't include a neutered Iran in the very immediate future, don't count on much stability in your remaining lifetime.

Iran won't have ICBMs until GWB is retired on his Texas ranch, outside of the target zone.

And if you think ICBMs are Iran's only intended delivery system, again, don't count on much stability in your remaining lifetime.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-13 23:19|| 2006-10-13 23:19|| Front Page Top

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