Is the United States gearing up for an attack on Iran?

[geetrue]

The deployment of a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf has analysts speculating that President Bush means to stop Tehran's nuclear ambitions by force if necessary.

The USS John C. Stennis was scheduled to sail Tuesday from its homeport of
Bremerton, Washington. When the second carrrier arrives in the Middle East next month, this will be the first time since the U.S.-led Iraq invasion in 2003 that the United States will have two carrier battle groups in the region, according to a U.S. Navy official.

The increase in U.S. forces is a show of strength by Washington in the face of Iran's growing regional assertiveness and a perception among U.S. adversaries that the United States is vulnerable in Iraq, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.

Here's a link to more of the same article, but it says we have thirty
(30) days till the USS Stennis gets on station.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=119590


At least that's after the playoffs, super bowl and the pro bowl.
They can do anything they want after that ...

[Gizzmoe]

geetrue, please check your PM.

[mr chris]

Very intresting indeed. :hmm::hmm:

[TteFAboB]

http://history1900s.about.com/librar...lywwiip185.htm

http://history1900s.about.com/librar.../blywwiip2.htm

http://www.loudfrog.com/itemdetail.aspx?detailID=62513

http://www.library.northwestern.edu/.../ww0207-82.jpg

Power Projection. Ahmadinejad is like a Barbary pirate. Show strength, they cower and comply. Show weakness and they leap forward out of their toothpick castles. Draw the line, watch him shake his legs and pee himself.

[mapuc]

I wonder if The US has come to the same conclusion as I have.

Peace In the middle east? then erase Syria and Iran and put a stronghold on Saudia-Arabia, Egypt and Jemen.

Markus

[U-533]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I wonder if The US has come to the same conclusion as I have.

Peace In the middle east? then erase Syria and Iran and put a stronghold on Saudia-Arabia, Egypt and Jemen.

Markus

Probably not... we got certain folks over here whining and starting all kinds of peace marches ...60's stuff

I think soon we will cave in and let the terrorist have their way.
Yes I said TERRORIST... what else would you call a Muslim country with Nukes?

[Melonfish]

hmmm. you know i jumped to this conclusion myself after reading that the yanks have sent another carrier to the middle east...
i think somethings going on but we'll have to wait and see if something happens.
if it does i think it'll be conventional weapons v's irans enrichment sites. better that then israel nuking them with dirty bombs.
pete

[Fish]

They claim a drone shot down.

http://www.thememriblog.org/

[Seth8530]

A very intersting thought indeed. I belive if are to attack them we should do it soon.
Alsoo could the extra 20,000 troops be for Iran. Time will tell.

[Enigma]

Alsoo could the extra 20,000 troops be for Iran. Time will tell.

I have to say, this would be political suicide, not to mention our final osticizing from the world community. Besides that, 20'000 plus what we have there now is not near enough to take on Iran. The only way they could pull that off is be lying to the American people and the world about why the troops are there, and we both know the President doesnt lie or mislead.

[Seth8530]

Rofl do i detect humour. But it is true that that is political suiside. I sopose you are correct.

[baggygreen]

To use 20,000 troops in iran is to sign a death warrant for each and every one. To invade Iran would involve a multinational effort much like the first gulf war. The troops are going there to fight the insurgency, probably mainly to reinforce massive sweeps across suburbs.

Iran will be taken down a notch (if anyone in the US leadership has the brains) by airstrikes.

[Chaotic42]

Originally Posted by baggygreen

To use 20,000 troops in iran is to sign a death warrant for each and every one. To invade Iran would involve a multinational effort much like the first gulf war. The troops are going there to fight the insurgency, probably mainly to reinforce massive sweeps across suburbs.

Iran will be taken down a notch (if anyone in the US leadership has the brains) by airstrikes.

Well, the problem is that Europe wouldn't do anything substantial until the Iranian border runs through Paris. I can't forsee Europe ever contributing substantially to an attack on Iran.