Iran Nuke Plans Provoke Heightened U.S. Warnings

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg

By John Walcott - Thu Mar 01 13:25:47 GMT 2012

Obama administration officials are escalating warnings that the U.S. could join Israel in attacking Iran if the Islamic republic doesn’t dispel concerns that its nuclear-research program is aimed at producing weapons.

Four days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Washington, Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz told reporters the Joint Chiefs of Staff have prepared military options to strike Iranian nuclear sites in the event of a conflict.

“What we can do, you wouldn’t want to be in the area,” Schwartz told reporters in Washington yesterday.

Pentagon officials said military options being prepared start with providing aerial refueling for Israeli planes and include attacking the pillars of the clerical regime, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its elite Qods Force, regular Iranian military bases and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Pentagon plans are classified.


Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-01/u-s-escalates-warnings-on-iran-s-nuclear-program-as-netanyahu-visit-nears.html

[orwell]

1. Another...

..."classified" leak.

[teddy51]

2. Beat those drums boys and girls... War, War, and more War. n/t

[earthside]

3. Let's keep those gasoline prices high.

And let's keep covering-up for Israel's illegal stockpile of nuclear bombs.

And let's keep threatening Iran because that is a sure way to get them to be more open about their nuclear energy program.

What are the 'leaders' in Washington and Tel Aviv thinking?

[leveymg]

4. More Psyops as provocation or just a compensation prize to Bibi?

Meetings Failing

The latest American warnings of possible military action against Iran come after meetings between top Israeli and Obama administration officials failed to resolve differences over when an attack would become necessary, according to officials of both countries who have participated in the discussions.

Most Israelis oppose a unilateral attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities if it doesn’t have U.S. support, the Globes financial daily said, citing a survey conducted by the Washington-based Brookings Institute. Only 19 percent of Israelis support their country striking Iran without U.S. backing, Globes said.

Will to Act

“Because there is uncertainty about the administration’s will to act in the Israelis’ minds, and more importantly in the Iranians’ minds, it’s very important that we don’t just say that all options are on the table, but also show that they are, by some overt means,” Representative Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican who heads the House Intelligence Committee and was one of the recent visitors to Israel, said in a phone interview.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. Could attack not because Iran is making a weapon, but...

"if the Islamic republic doesn’t dispel concerns that its nuclear-research program is aimed at producing weapons."

[Nihil]

6. Ah, the old "we'll bomb the sh*t out of you if you can't prove a negative" ploy?

It doesn't seem to matter how transparent the war-mongers are, they still get away with it.