Originally posted by Wolvo


I suppose Theres only two different wordings, 'Preparing' 'stepping up'. I wouldn't say there to different. Both read and mean the same in my head, I'm sure the OP apologize's for the confusion its caused you.

Errr can't you see the Haretz article headline was purposely reworded to make it seem that the UK was actually preparing for an inminent attack on Iran........that's why Haretz didn't bother just taking the direct wording from the Guardian.

You may think the wording is subtle.......and you might be right.......but the implications are quite different........

The UK is NOT preparing a millitary strike on Iran at all as the Haretz article implies.

The Guardian actually says:

"Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid mounting concern about Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme, the Guardian has learned."

Notice the words "contingency planning" and "potential" military action?

Quite important wording if you want to put the contents of the article into its true context.

Originally posted by GLaDOS
The British are not like Americans, they will get to the streets and start smashing things up again if they get dragged into another war because of the US.

This war will be what all civilized nations have to do , this is not something wanted by any of the parties involved except Iran to usher in their Mahdi. Iran's leadership is nagging for this to fore fill their end times prophecy ushering in a world of Islam under Sharia law.

What we are seeing is nothing more than propaganda, that amounts to saber rattling.

If there is going to be a strike against Iran, the reports that come out about such will not come from the United Kingdom, as they will ultimately put censors and blocks on such, only telling the general public what it wants the public to know. The last armed conflict that the UK was involved in, was during the Falkland war, and ultimately there only reports came out once they knew that they were winning and it was successful, beyond that, there was strict censorship and the press was excluded in reporting of such.

All this is doing, is posturing and chest beating, merely just to rattle the country of Iran and nothing more. Until the first shot is fired, and both sides know who ever fires the first shot will be accused of starting this conflict, there is really nothing to do but wait.

Iran is not backing down, rather they are pushing the boundaries of what they can do, seeing at what point and where the proverbial line in the sand is at. They will continue to state that they will attack, or put military ships somewhere and ultimately just try to get a reaction.

To quote the movie, “War Games”: The only winning move is not to play.

And in this case that may be the wisest course of action, which is to do nothing, not to announce intentions and ultimately let them make the first move.

This is a high stakes game of chess, and the pieces are being moved, no one is ready to make that first attack or strike, as the pieces are not in place. In this case Iran is not ready for any conflict at this time frame, as its allies are not ready to back them up, but soon they will be, and ultimately when they make that move, the question should be, not if we want to go into another conflict, but will we be ready for such.

Originally posted by pez1975
the UK will do what ever the US wants them to do and the US will do anything Israel wants them to do if ur gonna blame anyone for getting this one started blame the Israelis. why do u think the US is on like 3 sides of iran now because thats where the Israelis want them not to mention there's a lot of oil in Iran we want and when they have nukes it will be harder to steal

Yeah Iran is surrounded on three fronts by the most potent military machine of all time. Just imagine how it must feel to be an Iranian civilian right now, they must be terrified. Forget the bullish propaganda, their military will be annihilated in no time. If USA attacks they stand a fair chance of being killed Iraqi or Afghan style, if Israel attacks they stand a fairly good chance of being nuked. Poor sods are going the same way as Iraqis and Afghans before them

Propoganda.

Lots of low level news sources=propoganda. IMO

No doubt an attack on Iran will happen sometime, but right now, I think it is just Gov fed news to help presure Iran.

Just read that IDF chief Ehud Barak in London this week for talks, also British military chief Sir David Richards visited Israel this week. If that's true then......................................................

A little speculation in the form of an analogy...

Let's say I have a neighbor who knows I am an experienced deer hunter and that I own a several deer rifles and bows.

That neighbor is really angry that he lost a court battle in which he was sure he had legal rights to my backyard. He has been telling other neighbors that he doesn't care what the courts say, that he has been wronged and will never tolerate my existence as long as I have the backyard he claims is his.

In his harshest rantings, my neighbor has even said that he might just set my house on fire to burn me out, but so far all he has done is thrown bricks at me when I go outside.

One night, I see him in his own backyard, and he is filling glass bottles with gasoline, and stuffing rags in them-- obviously making Molotov Cocktails. I don't mind him owning gasoline-- he has a mower. I don't mind him owning wine bottle or rags. But when I see him putting them together in a way that matches his threats of burning me out-- I take my deer rifle out and load it. I even hope he is watching as I do some target practice.

Not only do I want that neighbor to see me with my deer rifle in my hands-- I want him to see my friends driving up in their cars and getting out with their deer rifles. I'm betting my neighbor might decided that making Molotov Cocktails is not something he wants to be doing.

It's not even our fight, if America or Israel want to take on Iran that is their problem and nothing to do with us. Even then I doubt our military would be any use, the US military is far more advanced and far better equipped for strategic strikes.

People, the best way to prevent those men in black from putting civilians into the same suicidal basket as their WALLET, you know what it is .... Its is to protest hard. Go protest.
Say NO to war. Because if it goes global, we all now that nobody will survive.