My gut feeling is to believe Scott Ritter. We will strike Iran soon.

[Quixote1818]

Today on Meet the Press Condom Rice said that they felt VERY strongly that Iran should not get Nuclear Weapons and they would take the necessary steps to prevent them from getting them.

A major Air Strike will possibly hit Iran very soon! They are not going to give them time to figure out what is going on and move anything to a safe place. Those Aircraft Carriers moving into the Mediterranean right now very well could strike in the next few days.

Then again I could be completely wrong but that is my gut feeling. Bush is crazy enough to do it.


What do you think?

[Clark2008]

1. Good gut feeling

The guy's batting a thousand so far.

[democracyindanger]

2. My gut feeling is to believe Sy Hersch

He says it's on for June.

[Quixote1818]

3. That was my gut feeling until I heard the Aircraft Carriers were moving

into place.

[democracyindanger]

5. Yeah, but there'll be a great deal of sabre-rattling beforehand.

Warship-rattling, whatever.

[Quixote1818]

18. Good point nt

[bpilgrim]

4. wonder how our oil&gas competitors would feel about this?

Iran plays nuclear hardball as Bush tries to open European front

Tehran has found in the past that it has been able to maintain good trading relations with European nations, despite US displeasure. It has just completed a crucial nuclear supply agreement with Russia, and signed a large oil and gas deal with China last year.

source...

peace

[sportndandy]

6. The are trying to sucker Iran into attacking us.

Iran is heavily armed with cruise missiles. Exocet and Sunburn cruise missiles, not Scuds. They can EASILY destroy everything in the gulf in a matter of hours. They could inflict 20,000 US casualties quickly. The fear is, that the goal is to have them do just that. The popular support Bush would receive after such an attack would allow him to get away with anything he wants for as long as he wants.

[katinmn]

7. I think you're right. I remember the stupid cowboy and his taunting

Saddam.

He's a madman.

[sportndandy]

8. Think of Pearl Harbor

If America sustains 20,000 casualties in a day, it won't matter who is really at fault. Americans will rally around the president like sheep. He will be able to suspend the constitution, implement a draft, jail political enemies... the works. And all it costs is a few aircraft carriers and 20k of america's finest young men and women.

[katinmn]

9. Yup. And he's crazy enough to do it.

:scared:

[frylock]

13. they don't even need iran to attack..

bushco will probably pull a Gulf of Tonkin incident.

[xpat]

21. Iran doesn't need to attack us

All the have to do is close the Straits of Hormuz:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/choke.html

25% of world oil passes through there on tankers. Closing the straits would push the price of oil up and exacerbate an already unstable situation vis-à-vis the dollar. Besides, that would cut off ship contact with our boys and girls in Iraq. Oops! Trapped! Or at least, hard as hell to supply.

[xpat]

26. Or, maybe

Turkey will allow us to retreat down the path they refused to open for invasion. LOL!

[CHIMO]

10. Seems Like

It would be a good time for China to take over Taiwan to me. Just looking at things as an arm chair quarterback.

[whistle]

11. Not wrong, highly probable unless Iran throws open borders....

...and closes the suspect plant to the statisfaction of BushCo.

[bpilgrim]

12. didn't work for Iraq

doubt it will work here

peace

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. Saddam did everything he was asked, except stepping down

and leaving the country -- and even that he might have done if we hadn't jumped the deadline by 12 hours.

There is no concession Iran can make that will satisfy the little emperor.

[TheModernTerrorist]

15. honestly...

with the possibility of N. Korea attacking over our annual US/S. Korea military drills, and the possibility of problems with China over Taiwan, I don't think we'll be sending troops anywhere else in the Middle East other than places we already send troops. HOWEVER, I'm sure we'll try many, many shady Nicaragua/Noriega/other military coup-esque tactics of controlling the Middle East...

[osiristz]

16. We need MORE OIL stupid

It's in the cards. Iran is part of the "greater middle east". We've been dumping radical islamic literature on them for years now. The efforts are about to pay off.

[Quixote1818]

17. I don't understand a word you just wrote? Please explain nt

[ConsAreLiars]

20. I think that the point was that the US and Israel have a long

history of promoting and arming fundie extremists as a counter to secular anti-imperialist movements. You reap what you sow, blowback, and such.

[anarchy1999]

19. Scott Ritter hasn't missed a call yet. We had the honor of hosting two

tables of 10 when he came and spoke in Dallas.

He hasn't missed yet. Too bad our MSM won't give him the time of day.

on edit: one table was just for DU'ers, hope those that were there remember. The other table was for a candidate running for Congress.

[radfringe]

22. It's going to be a two-fer

booga-booga about nukes and WMDs is not going to fly as well as it did regarding Iraq

the bushies need a "NEW IMPROVED" excuse

once again -- my scenario:

Israel bombs a nuke facility in Iran.

Iran and/or Syria responds by attacking Israel.

General Yee-Haawww declares that we have to defend Israel against the "bad guys" -- and then we invade Iran and Syria -- thus clearing the way for a pipeline to Israeli ports on the Mediterranean Sea

[xpat]

23. The Kirkuk-Haifa pipeline already exists.

"thus clearing the way for a pipeline to Israeli ports on the Mediterranean Sea"

It was closed down in 1948 and goes through Jordan, not Syria, so what would be the point. There is another pipeline from Kirkuk to Tripoli, Lebanon.

[Chicago1]

24. REALITY: SCANDALS ON THE WAY

Everyone who keeps talking about this makes me wonder about their connection to reality.


You can't hold all these wars because we have no money or people to send IN ADDITION:

THERE ARE THE FOLLOWING SCANDALS ON THE WAY

1. Valerie Plame
2. Gannongate/Gay Hooker in the White House-----> Major problem because it's a breach of security.
3. VOTERGATE: VOTING MACHINES/STICKERS ON BALLOTS.

You have to think about all these problems that are coming AND THE WHITEHOUSE KNOWS IT. They're blowing smoke like the jerks that they are.

We're not attacking anyone and don't have the capability to do so.

[Doctor_J]

25. Ritter's been perfect so far

no reason to doubt him this time

[PROGRESSIVE1]

27. Most likely yes.