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First Frank Talk of Potential War On Iran From Chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff



 
 
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Old April 28th 08, 10:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval,us.military.navy,us.military,alt.military
AirRaid[_1_]
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Default First Frank Talk of Potential War On Iran From Chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff

Addressing a news conference in Washington, Adm. Michael Mullen,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday, April 25, the
Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action”
against Iran. He spoke of the Tehran government’s “increasingly lethal
and malign influence” in Iraq. A conflict with Iran would be
“extremely stressing” he said, but not impossible and “it would be a
mistake to think that we are out of combat capability.” The admiral
stressed the reserve capabilities of the Navy and Air Force.

Adm. Mullen’s statement came four days after US defense secretary
Robert Gates said he favored keeping the military option against Iran
on the table “given the destabilizing policies of the regime and the
risks inherent in a future Iranian nuclear threat – either directly or
through proliferation.”

DEBKAfile’s military sources report those remarks were underscored by
news of large US naval, air and marine forces on their way to beef up
the Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf and Middle East.

DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s military sources reported Friday that the USS Harry
S. Truman Strike Group has just taken up position in Persian Gulf
waters. It consists of 12 warships led by the giant LSD-41 class USS
Whidby Island landing craft, submarines and eight assault squadrons.
The legend on their banner is: Give ‘em Hell.

Another nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, will soon
set out for the region from the South China Sea, along with two more
US naval strike forces: the USS Kitty Hawk and the USS Nimitz attended
by strike groups.

Adm. Mullen went on to say: "I have no expectations that we're going
to get into a conflict with Iran in the immediate future." Our sources
ask what time scale is indicated by the indefinite “immediate future”
- the 8 months remaining to the Bush presidency or thereafter.

Mullen tied his remarks to Iran’s "increasingly lethal and malign
influence" in Iraq. Of late, the US Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus
pointed out that Iran is interfering increasingly in Iran and
continues to arm insurgent militias.

The Tehran government is clearly not deterred by Washington’s warnings
or its military movements.

http://debka.com/headline.php?hid=5219
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Old April 29th 08, 12:13 AM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval,us.military.navy,us.military,alt.military
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Default First Frank Talk of Potential War On Iran From Chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff

On Apr 28, 5:57 pm, AirRaid wrote:
Addressing a news conference in Washington, Adm. Michael Mullen,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday, April 25, the
Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action”
against Iran. He spoke of the Tehran government’s “increasingly lethal
and malign influence” in Iraq. A conflict with Iran would be
“extremely stressing” he said, but not impossible and “it would be a
mistake to think that we are out of combat capability.” The admiral
stressed the reserve capabilities of the Navy and Air Force.



Interesting to see him reinforcing the nonexistent status of our
puppet regime in Iraq
We have to protect our protectorate from themselves
We start a war with their neighbor
And then we "have to stay "

Vince



 




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