Panetta: Israel Strike In Iran Will Engage US
Source: YNETNEWS
United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told US Marines and sailors on Friday that Afghanistan is making progress against the Taliban but Iran remains a potential threat to the US.
"If Israel decides to go after Iran and we have to defend ourselves, we could be engaged sooner than any of us want," he said.
It was not clear whether Panetta was saying the United States would automatically be engaged if Israel would attack. It also is not clear if the Obama administration has plans to be engaged with Iran.
"Our focus is on diplomacy and international pressure on Iran. I'm not going to speculate on what would happen in various scenarios other than to say that we will be ready," Carl Woog, Panetta's spokesman, said later.
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PSPS
(13,621 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)I really hate hysteria.
eridani
(51,907 posts)Which unfortunately does not prevent that asshole Netanyahu from using the US congressional fear of fundy jerkwads to gin up support for such idiocy.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Another war for profit that Indicates all this back and forth about Iran is NOT ABOUT IRAN having nukes.
Lord Blackheath, a member of Parliament, was insinuating that he has come across receipts and records of recent banking activities in the UK, that were signed off on by various officials there. Though they did so illegally. And those transactions amount to more than fifteen trillions of pounds.
meanwhile, Israeli officials are helping our government avoid telling the world that the Iranian nation's oil is no longer on the market for the USA or for Great Britain, as Iran has cut us off already, due to the fact that these two nations have run up so much debit to Iran and we don't seem to have the ability to pay any of it back!!
But the public and the world governments are being told that we are doing SANCTIONS against Iran, rather than let it get out there that the Western civilizations are DEAD BROKE!
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)Have you launched an OP on this information?
If so, I missed it, please link me up.
If not, what are you waiting for?
BHN
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Addressing Parliament. Am trying to figure out what forum to put it in.
I might put it over in Occupy.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)Traffic on DU is so fast these days I miss some really good stuff!
BHN
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)It is the first topic over there right now - so you can watch it.
I have also contacted Catherine Austin Fitts - this is something that she might know about. As would Greg Palast.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)I will check it out-
BHN
I would read...
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)I've always found it interesting that the root of 'monger' means a 'dealer in slaves'.
polly7
(20,582 posts). . .Israel attacks Iran, they will close down the Straights of Hormuz, effectively cutting off a great deal of the worlds' supply of oil. That would engage the US almost instantly.
polly7
(20,582 posts)dflprincess
(28,086 posts)doesn't that mean Israel is the threat?
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)It's not very nice to point holes in their theories.
Laughing Mirror
(4,185 posts)You see, it's very simple. If you don't have U.S. military bases in your country it means you're a threat to the U.S.
aquart
(69,014 posts)And perhaps now would be a good time to remember that Persians are NOT Arabs.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)That is bullshit.
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Check out the information I wrote out in post 13.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Of course there's no relation right??
Crowman1979
(3,844 posts)madrchsod
(58,162 posts)we actively backed israel when the soviet empire decided to befriend egypt and syria . now throw in the rapture christians and the military wanting to take on iran to overthrow the mullahs who actually run the country. yup our government is willing to shed more of our blood and money to back Israel who has more nuclear weapons than any other state in the middle east.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)leveymg
(36,418 posts)The argument that a regional arms race will be started if Iran acquires nuclear capability ignores that fact, and depends upon people continuing to deny that KSA funded Pakistan's nuclear program and that Pakistan is bound to KSA politically, economically and militarily.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)I'm not seeing this. They are separated geographically, racially, in their political systems, etc., even their practice of their religion.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Let's talk about specifics once you've had a chance to look at these and related:
Saudi Arabia Special Weapons
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/saudi/index.htmlCached - Similar
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Jul 24, 2011 During Mr Nawaz Sharif's tenure as prime minister, Saudi Arabia appears to have begun funding Pakistan's nuclear and missile programs.
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/325571/the-bomb-iran-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan/
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers12/paper1170.html
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PakistanSaudi Arabia relations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PakistanSaudi_Arabia_relations Cached
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A Muslim-majority state, Pakistan has sought to develop close bilateral ties with Saudi ... It is also speculated that Saudi Arabia secretly funded Pakistan's atomic ...
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Nuclear program of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Saudi_Arabia Cached
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2 Nuclear sharing with Arab states of the Persian Gulf nuclear programs; 3 Recent ... According to Western media reports, Saudi Arabia also facilitated funds for nuclear ... Historically, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have extremely cordial relations ...
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nanabugg
(2,198 posts)happerbolic
(140 posts)... which family member of Panetta is being held hostage by which cracker-jack out fit of (whatever) Blackwater calls itself these days, to throw the meaning of discretion to the wind, like this?
But, I'm sure it's done in a tasteful oooh, haha, what fun Salahi crashing State dinner (Look at the min. of what we can do) kind of manner...huh....
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)Now that DoD is "officially" out of Iraq.
edit to add: Maybe if DoD asks real nice, they'll be able to borrow some Blackwater/Xe/Academi mercenaries from her.
one false flag launch is all it'll take?
Glad I'm old.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)The right wants a war with Iran.
jerseyjack
(1,361 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)secondvariety
(1,245 posts)I live long enough to see the entire Middle East become irrelevant (again). The ones who come up with an alternative to fossil fuels will be heroes to the entire planet.
GeorgeGist
(25,324 posts)nyet news!
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Regardless of who it is from or who starts it.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Typical NYC Lib
(182 posts)I support a divorce in fact.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)Certainly their little fighter-bombers are capable, but I don't know if they have the heavy bombers that can lift the immense bunker-busting bombs.
So, yeah, we would almost certainly get sucked into the war.
We sold Israel some 5,000 lb bunker-busting bombs, but I don't think they have any of our 30,000 lb nasties.
Warning: the following link is to faux-news, so take it with grains of salt (and a shot of tequila)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/10/pentagon-calls-for-urgent-upgrade-bunker-busting-bombs-as-iranian-threat-looms/