Guardian:Target Iran: US able to strike in the spring

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Despite denials, Pentagon plans for possible attack on nuclear sites are well advanced



A second battle group has been ordered to the Gulf and extra missiles have already been sent out. Meanwhile oil is being stockpiled.

US preparations for an air strike against Iran are at an advanced stage, in spite of repeated public denials by the Bush administration, according to informed sources in Washington.

The present military build-up in the Gulf would allow the US to mount an attack by the spring. But the sources said that if there was an attack, it was more likely next year, just before Mr Bush leaves office.

Neo-conservatives, particularly at the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute, are urging Mr Bush to open a new front against Iran. So too is the vice-president, Dick Cheney. The state department and the Pentagon are opposed, as are Democratic congressmen and the overwhelming majority of Republicans. The sources said Mr Bush had not yet made a decision. The Bush administration insists the military build-up is not offensive but aimed at containing Iran and forcing it to make diplomatic concessions. The aim is to persuade Tehran to curb its suspect nuclear weapons programme and abandon ambitions for regional expansion.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2010087,00.html

[laylah]

1. When, oh WHEN

are these warmongers going to be removed from OUR government! What the FVCK more do they have to do?

Jenn

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Boobya is looking to leave a "legacy" before he leaves office.

You know, "The president who saved America from IslamoFascism". aka "The president who who kept Exxon's oil flowing."

[leveymg]

3. War isn't all afterburners on your F-18 at dusk.

Those who might die and order their brothers and sisters to die won't do it this time just because Shrub and Dick want them to do it.

This is the war they threw and no one came.