(Navy) Editorial: Iran act wearing thin

[unhappycamper]

Editorial: Iran act wearing thin

In trying to compel Iran to give up its nuclear program and the weapons that would come with it, the international community has a tough challenge: How do you raise the heat and keep it there without the pot boiling over?

Washington and Jerusalem have a routine: America keeps up the pressure with rhetoric and actions such as sailing several aircraft carriers into the Persian Gulf, while Israel strikes when it sees even a hint of regional nuclear activity.

The trouble is, the routine’s getting old.

Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is right: As overstressed U.S. ground forces continue to slog it out in Iraq and confront a resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan, the last thing the U.S. needs is a war with Iran.

And Israeli officials say they aren’t ready to mount an attack on the Islamic republic any time soon. They admit they’re planning for one, but they aren’t ready yet. No one has figured out how to counter all of Iran’s possible countermoves, from missile barrages to local attacks by regional proxies Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and others.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/community/opinion/navy_editorial_iran_072108/

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Is The Navy Times an official publication?

I'm thinking that an editorial of this nature is sending a strong signal if it is.

[Captain Hilts]

2. It is a private publication that has no link to the Navy or Pentagon. nt

[sarge43]

3. Quasi-official

While the 'Military' Times newspapers are published by Gannett Publishing (a private company), they are a pretty accurate indicator of what the troops are thinking, especially the career force.

You don't have to be a graduate of a war college to understand a pre-emp attack on Iran would be a freaking disaster.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Hi Sarge

Are you suggesting that bush and cheney and every right wing cowardly chicken hawk warmongering talking moron on the TV and radio aren't graduates of a war college?? If memory serves they weren't five years ago either. Too bad they don't know it sucks being them.

[sarge43]

5. Well, there is a bit more to it than strutting around in a goat skin

with the crotch stuffed with gym socks.

Hey backcha Boss.