Three Day Blitz Planned for Iran?
BY Herschel Smith
17 years, 3 months ago
The London Times makes claims concerning Pentagon plans for a coming air war against Iran.
THE Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert.
Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security at the Nixon Center, said last week that US military planners were not preparing for “pinprick strikes
On September 3, 2007 at 7:59 am, Dominique R. Poirier said:
Oh yes! And it will be all for good since it is exactly what Iran expects, as the latest speeches of Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggest it…
I wonder why?
Any thoughts, anyone?
On September 3, 2007 at 10:46 am, fumento said:
Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, I remember reading the U.S. plans in the paper and being furious at all the details revealed. But then another paper released a far different plan and another paper did so and ultimately I counted at least five. Obviously the Pentagon realizes this is no longer 1944 and the media can’t be trusted to keep war plans a secret, therefore the alternative is to “leak” all sorts of phony plans so nobody knows which is real.
On September 3, 2007 at 11:26 am, Herschel Smith said:
Fumento suggests a non-trivial possibility (perhaps more likely than not?). The point is that Ledeen’s plan to to foment revolution to topple the Mullah’s. Apparently we are not doing this, but failing this (inside action within Iran) we are left with only bad options (e.g., a war with Iran). Dominique, this article is not an argument for war. It is an argument for toppling the regime with an insurgency.