Is the US in early preparations for another major military action?

There was a post a couple days ago suggesting that there was an unusual amount of military traffic at a US airbase in Scotland. The civilians who keep track of military air traffic said that it was similar to times in the past right before the US bombed Libya and the Gulf War.

Does anyone know about this?

I found this article on Truthout.org :

"Richard Perle Denounces the Franco-German Couple
The Pentagon Calls on Berlin to Get in Line
Reseau Voltaire Net

Friday 07 November 2003

Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle was on a mission this weekend in Berlin. Taking the side of German Defense Minister, Peter Struck, during a symposium, he denounced the deepening of Franco-German ties and their consequences for Atlantic relations. Responding sharply to the provocation, the former French General Staff Head, Admiral Jacques Lanxade, accused the Pentagon advisor of coming to stir up ill will in Europe. Mr. Perle had come to Berlin to look for German support for a possible U.S. military initiative.

French and German authorities have jointly agreed not to publicize this incident. In the European General Staffs, it is believed that Richard Perle came to Berlin to try to split up the Franco-German couple and get the support from Chancellor Schroeder necessary for a new military initiative."

http://truthout.org/docs_03/111203H.shtml

This report along with the earlier one on this site (which I don't have a link to) suggest that the US may be in the early stages of a new military action. It could also be that they are stepping up against Iraq or Afghanistan, but if it is Iraq what is the use of large amounts of aircraft (certainly they aren't going to carpet bomb occupied Iraq). And if it was Afghanistan why would they need political support from Schroeder? There are already German troops in Afghaniatan.

Does anyone have any other information that points to a new military action? Not Iraq or Afghanistan.

Who could be the target? Is it Syria? Is it some African state?

Will there be some terror event that triggers this new action?

1. another possibility

perhaps they're are moving in the caucasus.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=694205

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=212197

[Maple]

2. We had reports

a couple of days ago that the US had resumed bombing in Iraq.

Since then, silence.

[durutti]

3. It always is.

Welcome to capitalism.

[CaptainClark23]

4. timing

re: Scotland sitings: I believe this might have been the Air component of Operation Iron Hammer, or at least in part. The dates seem to synch up for the onset of that op.

[jcc]

5. The change over perhaps? or not.

I know that there are a good number of army groups coming out of Iraq right now; going home. Though most will make their switch after the beginning of the year, some are leaving now. It is not abnormal for troops to visit stations in europe for debriefing or simply to pick up cargo before returning to the US. My boyfriend's transport spent a day or two in Spain before being dumped in Kuwait on the way there, it's possible that the same could happen coming back too.

oooor...GWB is having a fantastic wet dream by moving all of his business collegues and campaign supporters in to carve Iraq into small, but lucrative pieces for each of them.