Deja Vu....Have we learned nothing?

gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
edited August 2010 in A Moving Train
this is very similar to the saber rattling we did with iraq. and look at how that turned out...do NOT let your elected officials take you to another war based on assumptions and possibilities of what iran MIGHT do or what they MIGHT have...

US has plan to attack Iran if needed, military chief admits

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/au ... lan-mullen

US has plan to attack Iran if needed, military chief admits
Admiral Mike Mullen says there is a plan to prevent Tehran acquiring nuclear arms, but adds: 'I hope we don't get to that'

Barack Obama's main military adviser said today the US does have a plan to attack Iran should it become needed as a means of stopping the Tehran regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the country's highest ranking officer, was asked by Meet the Press on NBC whether the military had a plan to attack Iran. "We do," he replied.

Mullen's comment was a rare admission on the part of any senior figure in the US government that plans have been drawn up for possible military action against Iran. The normal wording of disclaimers from those within and around the Obama administration is that "all options remain on the table".

He fell far short of suggesting there was any appetite on the part of the US for taking on the leaders of Iran in open conflict. He said it was unacceptable for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, but he said that equally he would be "extremely concerned" about the prospect of a military engagement.

Striking Iran could have "unintended consequences that are difficult to predict in what is an incredibly unstable part of the world".

The US approach to the threat of Iran developing the bomb, in line with that of the UK and France, has been to apply increasing pressure on Tehran through sanctions in the hope that it will bend to international will and suspend its uranium enrichment programme. "I am hopeful it works," Mullen said.

The Obama administration has always stressed that a military option remains a final fall-back. As Mullen put it: "I hope we don't get to that, but it's an important option and it's one that's well understood."

The UN in June imposed the toughest round of sanctions on Iran yet, targeting Iranian banks and export businesses. The move was followed by an even sterner set of restrictions from the EU, including a block on oil and gas investment in the country.

Shortly after the announcement of new sanctions, Tehran responded by saying it was ready to talk again about a possible deal in which it would swap its uranium for already enriched material that could be used in a civilian energy programme but would not be capable of conversion into a nuclear weapon. The Iranian regime has always denied that it has any intentions to produce a bomb.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    oh jeez not this again. :roll: doesnt the US government have anything better to do???
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  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    Never ends. No matter which side you are on (left/right, cons/lib), you can agree: it never ends.
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    US has plan to attack Iran. I wonder why Iran would want nukes? oh yeah, people with nukes don't get attacked
  • the biggest threat to us is not Iran.

    it's our own Government and their thirst for power at any cost that is the biggest threat to us. iran is not a threat. if we do attack them, it will be because of actions ultimately motivated by greed and the insatiable lust for power. the US will try and convince people that there is some real concern about the Iranian nuclear program, but that's just to hide their real objective. the real objective is to change the regime in Iran and install a government friendly to America.

    they don't have our best interests at heart.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    we can't even finish what we started in 2001 and 2003 and we are already talking about what we might do in 2010 and 2011..

    it is a ploy to keep the tax money flowing to the defense contractors and corporations. good luck trying to stop it.........
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    we can't even finish what we started in 2001 and 2003 and we are already talking about what we might do in 2010 and 2011..

    it is a ploy to keep the tax money flowing to the defense contractors and corporations. good luck trying to stop it.........

    start enough wars and the law of averages says you just might win one.
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  • Why don't you ask any Isreali if they think Iran is a threat. Oh I forgot you guys don't think they have a right to exist. How silly of me..
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    pff..if this happens..i just see so many coffins get back home...Iran isnt a game like Iraq....
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  • prfctlefts wrote:
    Why don't you ask any Isreali if they think Iran is a threat. Oh I forgot you guys don't think they have a right to exist. How silly of me..
    which guys are you referring to?

    ok, i've had enough of you. i've just addressed the outlandish comments you make in another post. i have no clue why the mods let you get away with it, but i'm seriously really sick and tired of it.

    viewtopic.php?f=13&t=138259&start=15

    show me ONE post where anyone has said that Israel do not have a right to exist.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Why don't you ask any Isreali if they think Iran is a threat. Oh I forgot you guys don't think they have a right to exist. How silly of me..
    i have never said israel does not have the right to exist. you know me better than that. if you knew a god damn thing about the israeli military you would know that they have arguably the best air force and best special forces in the world and are quite capable of defending themselves and they do not need big bad brother usa to fight for them. if they view iran as a threat they can go ahead and do what we did, pre-emptively attack based on conjecture and what iran MIGHT have in its possession, but frankly the us needs to keeps its nose out of this situation. even the generals say so, or did you not read my initial post...i would think that the israeli government would go after iran themselves, but not until they are finished with subjugating the palestinian people. iran would be a much tougher foe than the palestinians...

    by the way, i started this thread to talk about possible us military involvement in iran, i would appreciate it if you would try to keep it on topic and stop with the distractions. thank you.
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  • MotoDCMotoDC Posts: 947
    I would be surprised if we didn't have military strategic "plans" to address a variety of global circumstances. We probably have "plans" to attack PRK, "plans" to attack Russia, China, Canada, whoever. As many on this board like to point out ad nauseum, there is quite a bit of cash funneled into America's defense construct. Not all of that is buying bombs and Hummers; the Pentagon is full of military-minded folks with nothing to do but plan.

    Let's just hope for now that this is much ado about nothing.
  • MotoDCMotoDC Posts: 947
    pff..if this happens..i just see so many coffins get back home...Iran isnt a game like Iraq....
    I don't know much about Iran's defense capabilities -- why would we think it would be any different than Iraq in terms of the initial "conquest" (ignoring for now the ... complicating ... factor of post-conflict nation building)?
  • prfctlefts wrote:
    Why don't you ask any Isreali if they think Iran is a threat. Oh I forgot you guys don't think they have a right to exist. How silly of me..
    which guys are you referring to?

    ok, i've had enough of you. i've just addressed the outlandish comments you make in another post. i have no clue why the mods let you get away with it, but i'm seriously really sick and tired of it.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.ph ... 9&start=15

    show me ONE post where anyone has said that Israel do not have a right to exist.


    You have had enough of me ??? gimmie a break... :roll: So I should get banned for my opinion? What about all the negative things you have said about the Tea partiers. Like accusing us of being racist and many other accusations? At least I don't post degrading pictures of people asuming what they may look like.. Did you forget about that ??
  • prfctlefts wrote:
    Why don't you ask any Isreali if they think Iran is a threat. Oh I forgot you guys don't think they have a right to exist. How silly of me..
    i have never said israel does not have the right to exist. you know me better than that. if you knew a god damn thing about the israeli military you would know that they have arguably the best air force and best special forces in the world and are quite capable of defending themselves and they do not need big bad brother usa to fight for them. if they view iran as a threat they can go ahead and do what we did, pre-emptively attack based on conjecture and what iran MIGHT have in its possession, but frankly the us needs to keeps its nose out of this situation. even the generals say so, or did you not read my initial post...i would think that the israeli government would go after iran themselves, but not until they are finished with subjugating the palestinian people. iran would be a much tougher foe than the palestinians...

    by the way, i started this thread to talk about possible us military involvement in iran, i would appreciate it if you would try to keep it on topic and stop with the distractions. thank you.


    my bad....I do know you better than that, Actually I agree with you I think we should stay out of it,but if they do devlop a nuke they will use it on Isreal. Ahmadinejad said he would wipe isreal off the map..
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    prfctlefts wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Why don't you ask any Isreali if they think Iran is a threat. Oh I forgot you guys don't think they have a right to exist. How silly of me..
    i have never said israel does not have the right to exist. you know me better than that. if you knew a god damn thing about the israeli military you would know that they have arguably the best air force and best special forces in the world and are quite capable of defending themselves and they do not need big bad brother usa to fight for them. if they view iran as a threat they can go ahead and do what we did, pre-emptively attack based on conjecture and what iran MIGHT have in its possession, but frankly the us needs to keeps its nose out of this situation. even the generals say so, or did you not read my initial post...i would think that the israeli government would go after iran themselves, but not until they are finished with subjugating the palestinian people. iran would be a much tougher foe than the palestinians...

    by the way, i started this thread to talk about possible us military involvement in iran, i would appreciate it if you would try to keep it on topic and stop with the distractions. thank you.


    my bad....I do know you better than that, Actually I agree with you I think we should stay out of it,but if they do devlop a nuke they will use it on Isreal. Ahmadinejad said he would wipe isreal off the map..


    israel is quite capable of handling its own affairs. bets on who attacks first, iran or israel???
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  • TriumphantAngelTriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    edited August 2010
    prfctlefts wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Why don't you ask any Isreali if they think Iran is a threat. Oh I forgot you guys don't think they have a right to exist. How silly of me..
    which guys are you referring to?

    ok, i've had enough of you. i've just addressed the outlandish comments you make in another post. i have no clue why the mods let you get away with it, but i'm seriously really sick and tired of it.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.ph ... 9&start=15

    show me ONE post where anyone has said that Israel do not have a right to exist.


    You have had enough of me ??? gimmie a break... :roll: So I should get banned for my opinion? What about all the negative things you have said about the Tea partiers. Like accusing us of being racist and many other accusations? At least I don't post degrading pictures of people asuming what they may look like.. Did you forget about that ??
    i rarely post in the tea party threads. rarely. so try again.

    and the picture of the redneck sitting on the toilet seat calling Glenn Beck? how could i forget about that? you reported my post and got me banned remember.

    and i thought so. you can't show me a post where anyone has said Israel do not have a right to exist. that just goes to show how much your opinion is worth doesn't it.
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    prfctlefts wrote:
    my bad....I do know you better than that, Actually I agree with you I think we should stay out of it,but if they do devlop a nuke they will use it on Isreal. Ahmadinejad said he would wipe isreal off the map..
    is that what you learned from foxnews??
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    bush also said we would "smoke bin laden out of his hole" and that never happened.

    my point is world leaders talk almost as much smack as boxers who are promoting a fight...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    don't compete; coexist

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  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    prfctlefts wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Why don't you ask any Isreali if they think Iran is a threat. Oh I forgot you guys don't think they have a right to exist. How silly of me..
    i have never said israel does not have the right to exist. you know me better than that. if you knew a god damn thing about the israeli military you would know that they have arguably the best air force and best special forces in the world and are quite capable of defending themselves and they do not need big bad brother usa to fight for them. if they view iran as a threat they can go ahead and do what we did, pre-emptively attack based on conjecture and what iran MIGHT have in its possession, but frankly the us needs to keeps its nose out of this situation. even the generals say so, or did you not read my initial post...i would think that the israeli government would go after iran themselves, but not until they are finished with subjugating the palestinian people. iran would be a much tougher foe than the palestinians...

    by the way, i started this thread to talk about possible us military involvement in iran, i would appreciate it if you would try to keep it on topic and stop with the distractions. thank you.


    my bad....I do know you better than that, Actually I agree with you I think we should stay out of it,but if they do devlop a nuke they will use it on Isreal. Ahmadinejad said he would wipe isreal off the map..


    no he didn't and the last time i checked the only ones being 'wiped off the map' were the palestinians at the hands (or bulldozers) of the israeli's
    don't compete; coexist

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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,497
    bush also said we would "smoke bin laden out of his hole" and that never happened.

    my point is world leaders talk almost as much smack as boxers who are promoting a fight...


    DO you think Bush didn't want to?

    So, I guess the point is that Bush wanted to get Bin Laden....Ahmadinejad wants to get rid of Israel....neither can do it though, yet.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    bush also said we would "smoke bin laden out of his hole" and that never happened.

    my point is world leaders talk almost as much smack as boxers who are promoting a fight...


    DO you think Bush didn't want to?

    So, I guess the point is that Bush wanted to get Bin Laden....Ahmadinejad wants to get rid of Israel....neither can do it though, yet.
    i am not understanding your post...

    yes i think bush WANTED to get bin laden, but when he diverted resources and marched us into iraq he said something like "i don't know where he is...truth is i don't spend much time on him..." or something like that, which tells me saddam hussein became the priority over bin laden when hussein HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHY WE WERE FIGHTING IN THE FIRST PLACE..... apparently we had bin laden in the mountains of tora bora in december 2001 or '02 (i can't remember it has been so long) and he got away.

    i do not think ahmadinajad wants to wipe israel off the map. he has shown that he might me a lunatic, but he is not stupid..
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  • prfctlefts wrote:
    if they do devlop a nuke they will use it on Isreal. Ahmadinejad said he would wipe isreal off the map..
    where do you get your information from? get your facts straight.

    Ahmadinejad never said Israel should be "wiped off the map"

    it's just another lie that the uninformed and haters use to fuel their agenda. their agenda is bloodshed. warmongering, blood thirsty, irresponsible people. that's what the fear mongers are.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... 14/post155
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    If Israel sees a problem, let them deal with it. Their military is strong enough.
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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    prfctlefts wrote:
    if they do devlop a nuke they will use it on Isreal. Ahmadinejad said he would wipe isreal off the map..
    where do you get your information from? get your facts straight.

    Ahmadinejad never said Israel should be "wiped off the map"

    it's just another lie that the uninformed and haters use to fuel their agenda. their agenda is bloodshed. warmongering, blood thirsty, irresponsible people. that's what the fear mongers are.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... 14/post155


    thanks for the link. i remember posting something like this weeks ago.....Iran is not calling for the destruction of Israel, only idiots think that.


    get your facts straight (again) especially regarding this.....there is a push to invade Iran, that is the most unimaginable crime a country can commit. an entire country targets of murder....and given the 1 million people the US has killed in IRaq, do we really want to visit that upon Iran as well?



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