Well - looks like 2 Carrier groups are heading towards the gulf

[joe_shmoe]

Hmm - I just can't imagine why...

http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=4846185&nav=ZolHbyv

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/US_military_seen_ready_for_Iran_0511.html


Fucking great - just great.

[Ian David]

1. I still stand confidently behind my prediction- On 6/6/06 we attack Iran.

[OKNancy]

5. I'll make a prediction

Nothing will happen. Lots of hot air from both sides.
Bush has spent his political capital and the military is spent.

( this assumes that the Iranians don't do something stupid like attack Israel or some other dumb move )

[Ian David]

7. You're assuming Bush WANTS to "win." n/t

[dflprincess]

6. My brother is convinced that we'll see a terrorist attack on 6/6/06

and then Bush will use all sorts of Biblical reasons to attack Iran for it.

[stop the bleeding]

10. I wouldn't be surprised at anything anymore,

jeeze this makes sense as much as anything else.

[Selatius]

2. You need a "Tonkin Gulf" incident to get the generals on board

I'm sure most generals are sane enough to know that war with Iran is a losing proposition unless it's just an air campaign, but even if it were, the economic and political implications could be devastating for the US.

You can put as many units as you want all over the Middle East, but if your generals threaten to resign if you order them to attack, then you've got no war unless you can trick them into believing the US is under attack. Very few if any would refuse an order to "counterattack" so soon after such an event if they truly felt it was a real attack.

[Ian David]

8. All you need is one covert unit taking orders without accountability

There is no oversight or controlling legal authority over "private contractors" acting as mercenaries.

We don't even know how many we're paying for.

All it takes is one commando unit.

Or two guys in an underground silo in Iowa.

Taking orders "from the top."

[bahrbearian]

3. Hey , we just want to be the "Policeman of the World"

if it involves a few guided missile destroyers,, a couple of aircraft carriers, some trident submarines
and some B-52s..thats just the stuff we carry in our holsters,, don't make me call the Swat Team

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

4. Welcome to DU, Joe_Schmoe

From the rawstory article:

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"I would expect two or three aircraft carriers would be moved into the area," Gardner said, describing what he thinks is the best way air strikes could be carried out without disengaging assets from US fronts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Two air-craft carriers are already en route to the region, RAW STORY has found. The USS Abraham Lincoln, which recently made a port call in Singapore, and the USS Enterprise which left Norfolk, Virginia earlier this month, are headed for the Western Pacific and Middle East. The USS Ronald Reagan is already operating in the Gulf.

According to a New Yorker article by veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, other activities aimed at intimidating and agitating Iranian leadership are also underway. "One military planner told me that White House criticisms of Iran and the high tempo of planning and clandestine activities amount to a campaign of ‘coercion’ aimed at Iran," Hersh wrote.

The increase in violence on the southern border of Iran, the movement of aircraft carriers into the region, the insistence of Iran’s leadership that they intend to be a player on the nuclear stage and the Bush Administration’s focus on regime change make military and intelligence sources nervous.


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[msongs]

9. our mileage will be great when we have to push our cars everywhere

because bush's oil industry friends want a war on iran and iraq and saudi arabia at the same time.

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