Monday, 11 February 2008

The Folly of Attacking Iran: Lessons from History

Watch this video and then go to: justforeignpolicy.org

2 comments:

David said...

who wants to attack iran?

Gary S said...

Just a guess, the USA? Lots of people think so.

1.) CBS News Jan 21, 2005: "President Bush refuses to rule out war with Iran."

2.)Article recently published in The American Conservative by intelligence analyst Philip Giraldi:

"The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option. As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States. Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing – that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack – but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections."

3.)Article published by Der Spiegel, October 26, 2007 by Gregor Peter Schmitz and Cordula Meyer: "In the scenario concocted by Cheney's strategists, Washington's first step would be to convince Israel to fire missiles at Iran's uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. Tehran would retaliate with its own strike, providing the US with an excuse to attack military targets and nuclear facilities in Iran."