White House: There Will Be An Attack On Iran

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

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Washington • The US could deliver a military strike against Iran within the next six months, a former CIA officer told Fox News yesterday.

He said the George W Bush administration is convinced “that the Iranians are interfering in Iraq and the rest of the Gulf”, but what his sources anticipate is “not exactly a war”. “We won’t see American troops cross the border,” said Baer. “If this is going to happen, it is going to happen very quickly and it is going to surprise a lot of people.”

He also said there is a belief among neo-conservative elements in the Bush administration that the Revolutionary Guard is an obstacle to democratic and friendly Iran. “IRGC IED’s are a casus belli for this administration. There will be an attack on Iran,” Baer quoted an anonymous White House source as saying.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. If there is an attack on Iran, I for one, will be in Washington DC to DEMAND the immediate

removal of the Bush administration from office. I can only hope that 10 million others will show up as well. Let them call out the National Guard to protect their asses as I believe the Guard would stand with us!

[Stephanie]

7. there will be two of us there, anyway

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[wake.up.america]

2. Another brilliant move, expanding the war by attacking the Persians

I am going nuts - trying to figure out his modus operandi.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Title suggests the White House is being quoted. nt

[northernsoul]

5. Title is misleading

Mr. Baer no longer works for the U.S. government and is only expressing his personal opinion as a private citizen, this was not an official statement of any kind. Chilling nevertheless, but an accurate title would not decrease the import of this story.

[iconoclastic cat]

4. This kinda smells like propaganda. nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. "...it is going to happen very quickly and it is going to surprise a lot of people.”

Not most of us, here, though.

[Totally Committed]

8. If this does happen, I'm wondering about a few things:

(1) Will the Bush Administration go to Congress for oversight, or will we just wake up one morning to find one more country is under attack by our government?

(2) If the Bush Administration does go to Congress for oversight, will (a) they find their votes to go to war there? and...(b)Will any Democrats go along, and which ones are they?

(3) If there are Democrats that enable this war, what will we, as Democrats, be willing to do to them? (a) Vote their sorry asses out of office? (b)Find some way to go along with them, and keep them in office anyway? (After all they have a (D) after their names....who else we gonna vote for?)... or, (c) Start looking into resident visas in other countries?

(4) Will Americans finally take to the street in protest?

(5) If those of us who oppose this "war" will be called "unpatriotic" -- or worse?

Oh, and (6) What will the cost of a gallon of gas be during the attack? How about after the attack?

What do YOU all think?


TC

[HeraldSquare212]

9. IWR authorizes it

or so they will claim. "You said we should take all steps necessary to combat terrorism, and this is one such step."

[Totally Committed]

10. So, if the IWR authorizes it, will it effect how you or others vote in 2008?

I already know so many people that will not vote for anyone who either voted for the IWR or at least has not comepletely and publicly disavowed that vote. It will be interesting to see if that's the scenario that plays out.

TC

[NoFederales]

16. The neocons believe themselves to be clever--by insisting that Iran's Rev.

Guard is Terrorist, they already have implied permission to go where they wish. Have you heard anyone dispute the RevGuard-as-terrorists meme? I've been searching, but nada.

If the neocons do this attack on Iran, I believe force of arms from the American Public will be necessary--this is beyond speech. I hope I'm wrong.

NoFederales

[partylessinOhio]

11. What is Madame Squeaker and Reid Mouse doing about this?

Too busy to be bothered while vacationing?

The only way to stop the expansion of BushWars is to impeach. Get on it, Sheep!

:nuke: We don't want no mo' shock and awe'z!

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. 2004: Wayne Madsen: A Bush pre-election strike on Iran 'imminent'

October 20, 2004

Lebanonwire



A Bush pre-election strike on Iran 'imminent'
White House insider report "October Surprise" imminent
By Wayne Madsen

According to White House and Washington Beltway insiders, the Bush administration, worried that it could lose the presidential election to Senator John F. Kerry, has initiated plans to launch a military strike on Iran's top Islamic leadership, its nuclear reactor at Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, and key nuclear targets throughout the country, including the main underground research site at Natanz in central Iran and another in Isfahan. Targets of the planned U.S. attack reportedly include mosques in Tehran, Qom, and Isfahan known by the U.S. to headquarter Iran's top mullahs.

The Iran attack plan was reportedly drawn up after internal polling indicated that if the Bush administration launched a so-called anti-terrorist attack on Iran some two weeks before the election, Bush would be assured of a landslide win against Kerry. Reports of a pre-emptive strike on Iran come amid concerns by a number of political observers that the Bush administration would concoct an "October Surprise" to influence the outcome of the presidential election.

According to White House sources, the USS John F. Kennedy was deployed to the Arabian Sea to coordinate the attack on Iran. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld discussed the Kennedy's role in the planned attack on Iran when he visited the ship in the Arabian Sea on October 9. Rumsfeld and defense ministers of U.S. coalition partners, including those of Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Poland, Qatar, Romania, and Ukraine briefly discussed a very "top level" view of potential dual-track military operations in Iran and Iraq in a special "war room" set up on board the aircraft carrier. America's primary ally in Iraq, the United Kingdom, did not attend the planning session because it reportedly disagrees with a military strike on Iran. London also suspects the U.S. wants to move British troops from Basra in southern Iraq to the Baghdad area to help put down an expected surge in Sh'ia violence in Sadr City and other Sh'ia areas in central Iraq when the U.S. attacks Iran as well as clear the way for a U.S. military strike across the Iraqi-Iranian border aimed at securing the huge Iranian oil installations in Abadan. U.S. allies South Korea, Australia, Kuwait, Jordan, Italy, Netherlands, and Japan were also left out of the USS John F. Kennedy planning discussions because of their reported opposition to any strike on Iran.


more: http://www.lebanonwire.com/0410/04102002LW.asp

[Jack Rabbit]

13. An attack on Iran will be another impeachable offense by Bush and Cheney

Nancy Pelosi and the other Vichy Democrats will be partly responsible foe such an attack owing to their commitment to scuttle impeachment.

[Totally Committed]

14. Absolutely!

Aiders and Abettors. Colluders. They will have the blood from this attack on their hands forever.

If Bush OR Cheney (or both) were being impeached right now, it would beimpossible for them, politically, to attack any other country. Their own Party wouldn't back it for fear of their own complicity.

TC

[Freddie Stubbs]

15. Impossible to attack any other country during impeachment?

It didn't stop Bill Clinton:

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.html