President George W Bush Backs Israeli Plan for Strike On Iran

President George W Bush Backs Israeli plan for Strike On Iran

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Despite the opposition of his own generals and widespread scepticism that America is ready to risk the military, political and economic consequences of an airborne strike on Iran, the president has given an “amber light” to an Israeli plan to attack Iran’s main nuclear sites with long-range bombing sorties, the official told The Sunday Times.

“Amber means get on with your preparations, stand by for immediate attack and tell us when you’re ready,” the official said. But the Israelis have also ...

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[edit on 7/13/2008 by Keyhole]

Well, I guess Bush is almost ready to get another war started!

Only this time he is going to let Israel start it, and then, more than likely come to Israel's aide when Iran attacks Israel.

Of course this will HAVE to be done before November!

Senator Barack Obama’s previous opposition to the war in Iraq, and his apparent doubts about the urgency of the Iranian threat, have intensified pressure on the Israeli hawks to act before November’s US presidential election. “If I were an Israeli I wouldn’t wait,” the Pentagon official added.

One way or another, it seems like Bush will get his war with Iran.

To hell with what the military says.

Despite the opposition of his own generals .....

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There was also resistance inside the Pentagon from officers concerned about Iranian retaliation. “The uniform people are opposed to the attack plans, mainly because they think it will endanger our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan,” the source said

or the global economic impacts it will cause.

The one thing that all sides agree on is that any strike by either Iran or Israel would trigger a catastrophic round of retaliation that would rock global oil markets, send the price of petrol soaring and wreck the progress of the US military effort in Iraq.

Abdalla Salem El-Badri, secretary-general of Opec, the oil producers’ consortium, said last week that a military conflict involving Iran would see an “unlimited” rise in prices because any loss of Iranian production — or constriction of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz — could not be replaced. Iran is Opec’s second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia.

He will make sure he gets this last war in before he leaves office, I don't believe anything else matters much to him.

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reply to post by Keyhole
This is so well thought out. Israel takes out the Iranian nuke sites and the military industrial complex. America sits pretty. Chances are Iran will do no retaliation unless they want to be eradicated as a nation for a generation or more. If and I do say a BIG if Iran strikes back in retaliation then we can expect SOME American casualties somewhere doing something. Then the mother of all battles will be unleashed on this third world joke by the US from the three fronts it surrounds Iran.
I really do think Israel can blow the nuke sites useless for a generation and Iran will know too well a retaliatory strike back will mean national suicide at the hands of the powers that be. It's brilliant, take out Irans nukes number one and if Iran does strike back, number two finish off Iran.