U.S. Has Pinpoint Attack Ready On Iran, Says Israeli Official

[Purveyor]

By Amos Harel | Mar.20, 2013 |

A senior Israeli security official who has been clued in on parts of the American plans for possible military action against Iran said: “The Americans are planning for this scenario very seriously.”

With U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit here beginning Wednesday, the senior Israeli official said: “Obama’s administration, as opposed to that of his predecessor, George Bush, has prepared a pinpoint military option in the event that the United States decides to attack in the end. The Americans, if they choose, will be able to mount a focused operation on the Iranian nukes without necessarily sparking a comprehensive regional war.”

The Israeli security establishment is aware of the Americans’ ongoing moves to tighten the sanctions on Iran and to prepare a military option. “It’s very important for them to convey determination,” the official said. “We saw this in the words of Vice President Joe Biden at the AIPAC conference earlier this month [where Biden said “this president doesn’t bluff”] and we’ll hear it again from the president in Israel. They mean what they say. Their problem is historical precedent: After North Korea obtained nuclear capability, Israel is skeptical.”

The Iranian question will be discussed in depth during Obama’s visit. In his declarations over the past few months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frequently stressed Iran’s progress toward nuclear capability and has argued that the time to stop the Iranian regime’s advance is running out. During the visit the president is apparently expected to announce more steps to assist Israel in the framework of the security cooperation between the two countries, which in recent years has reached unprecedented levels.

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[Comrade Grumpy]

1. I wonder how "pinpoint" the Iranian reaction will be.

[Rex]

2. Yawn.

nt.

[mazzarro]

3. "Pinpoint Attack", will this be the new "Shock and Awe" phraseology for the next war? -- n/t

[HereSince1628]

5. The US cant sell it as retaliation for 911 anymore. So bigger AWE isn't better

Describing an attack with a Massive-Ordanance-penetrator 'pin-point' is a masterpiece in propaganda.

Here is a portrait of the MOP capable of delivering that pinprick with a yield on target equivalent to 30,000 lb of TNT.

[Wounded Bear]

4. The US has 'attack plans' for every major country and locality in the world...

Especially those deemed 'hostile' or adversarial.

It's what they do at the war college. They make plans like that as study assignments and exercises.

Hopefully, they don't use them.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. “You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Albert Einstein