Call for 'more credible' US military threat

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WASHINGTON - The administration of President Barack Obama should take steps to make threats of a possible United States or Israeli attack against Iran more credible, according to the fourth in a series of studies released here on Wednesday by a 13-man "bipartisan" task force dominated by Iran hawks.

Among other steps, Washington should increase its naval deployments to Gulf, scale up the frequency and size of its military exercises there, and augment the offensive strike capabilities of its Gulf Arab allies, in order to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear program, according to the 76-page report released under the auspices of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).

Washington should also supply Israel with several aerial refueling tankers and 200 GBU-31 "bunker buster" bombs to add to its existing stockpile of about 100 bunker-buster GBU-28 munitions.

"While we do not advocate an Israeli military strike, we believe a more credible Israeli threat can only increase the pressure on Iran to negotiate," said Air Force General (retired) Charles Wald, a co-chair of the task force, in a statement released with the report.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NB03Ak01.html

[zipplewrath]

1. Peace, through greater threats of war

When you plan for war and hope for peace, ya know what ya get?

[think]

2. A facade to cover the actual intent? /nt