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Defense Secretary Leon Panettais expressing new concerns about Iran's underground nuclear program, this time telling Washington Post columnist David Ignatius he's worried Israelmay decide to attack it as early as this spring.
Traveling with the defense secretary in Brussels to cover his meeting with NATO defense ministers, Igantius writes, "Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June.”
This is the first time we've heard such a specific timeframe. Fox News has previously reported concerns from former members of President Obama's national security team that a unilateral strike from Israel could occur sometime in 2012.
Secretary Panetta and the administration have made clear in recent weeks that Iran would cross a "red line" by developing a bomb and that if that occurred all options, including military action, would be on the table.
But Israel is less patient. It appears Israeli officials' red line will occur when Iran develops the capacity to build a bomb. In other words, it appears they think by this spring Iran will have stockpiled enough highly enriched uranium to produce a nuclear warhead.
By that point it will be too late for Israel to act alone. Unlike the United States, Israel does not have the capacity to strike Iran's hardened enrichment facilities 200 feet underground. That, along with Iran's arsenal of missiles that can reach Israel, give reason for Panetta's concerns that Israel is ready to strike first.
Read more @: [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]Panetta Concerned Israel Months From Striking Iran | Fox News
No! No! No!
Stop! Take some breaths and lets think about this.. This frightens the **** out of me.. War is on the horizon. Just want we need. Just want the world needs..
First sanctions. Then Threats. Then war. God damnit!
Thoughts?
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World War 3 is a serious policy concern of mine and I hereby pledge to vote for any candidate that promises to start it.
I agree. Nothing like a big bad ass war to stimulate the economyeace
Or two.
Wait, that didn't turn out so well....
Or two.
Wait, that didn't turn out so well....
I would agree with this in principle. There is one serious problem with this though, and that is the strait of Hormuz. If that is lost, there will be some serious financial implications that go with it. We need that strait real bad. I would say let Israel defend itself from Iran, I am fine with that, and we don't need to shed our blood because of it. We will need to park a couple of carrier attack groups in there and keep the lane open or else we will be looking at about 8 per gallon in gas, if not worse.Then let Israel attack Iran. Or let Israel (with US support) attempt to resolve this thru the UN. It's time for some of these paper tiger countries to settle disputes themselves without killing our boys and costing American taxpayers billions. Enough, already!!
I would agree with this in principle. There is one serious problem with this though, and that is the strait of Hormuz. If that is lost, there will be some serious financial implications that go with it. We need that strait real bad. I would say let Israel defend itself from Iran, I am fine with that, and we don't need to shed our blood because of it. We will need to park a couple of carrier attack groups in there and keep the lane open or else we will be looking at about 8 per gallon in gas, if not worse.
I'm all for it. The Iranian regime should've been eradicated years ago.
Along with the North Koreans to name just two.
Well look around and dont be so naive. The US supports(ed) evil regimes..That fact that the rest of the world allows such dictatorial and fundamentally evil regimes to continue to exist is an insult to all humanity.
Read more @: [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]Panetta Concerned Israel Months From Striking Iran | Fox News
No! No! No!
Stop! Take some breaths and lets think about this.. This frightens the **** out of me.. War is on the horizon. Just want we need. Just want the world needs..
First sanctions. Then Threats. Then war. God damnit!
Thoughts?
Comments?
Response?
Or two.
Wait, that didn't turn out so well....
So, WW2 didn't stimulate the economy and massive government spending doesn't stimulate the economy, either?
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