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Iran: Pieces in Place for Escalation/"The fuel for a fire is in place"



 
 
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Old January 20th 07, 03:46 PM posted to alt.military,alt.military.retired,soc.veterans,alt.military.uk,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Iran: Pieces in Place for Escalation/"The fuel for a fire is in place"

Iran: Pieces in Place for Escalation
"The fuel for a fire is in place".

http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintAr...articleId=4483


By Colonel Sam Gardiner

Global Research, January 16, 2007
The Left Coaster - 2007-01-14


Editorial Note

The following text by Colonel Sam Gardiner (USAF, Retired) confirms our
worst fears. The US is in an advanced state of readiness to wage war on
Iran.

To reverse the tide requires a massive campaign of networking and
outreach to inform people across the land, nationally and
internationally, in neighborhoods, workplaces, parishes, schools,
universities, municipalities, on the dangers of a US sponsored war,
which contemplates the use of nuclear weapons. The message should be
loud and clear: It is not Iran which is a threat to global security but
the United States of America and Israel. Even without the use of nukes,
the proposed aerial bombardments could result in escalation, ultimately
leading us into a broader war in the Middle East.

Debate and discussion must also take place within the Military and
Intelligence community, particularly with regard to the use of tactical
nuclear weapons, within the corridors of the US Congress, in
municipalities and at all levels of government. Ultimately, the
legitimacy of the political and military actors in high office must be
challenged.

The corporate media also bears a heavy responsibility for the cover-up
of US sponsored war crimes. It must also be forcefully challenged for
its biased coverage of the Middle East war.

What is needed is to break the conspiracy of silence, expose the media
lies and distortions, confront the criminal nature of the US
Administration and of those governments which support it, its war
agenda as well as its so-called "Homeland Security agenda" which has
already defined the contours of a police State.

The World is at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern
history. The US has embarked on a military adventure, "a long war",
which threatens the future of humanity. It is essential to bring the US
war project to the forefront of political debate, particularly in North
America and Western Europe. Political and military leaders who are
opposed to the war must take a firm stance, from within their
respective institutions. Citizens must take a stance individually and
collectively against war.


Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 16 January 2007


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I do not accept the notion that the first casualty of war is truth.
(Col. Sam Gardiner)


The pieces are moving. They'll be in place by the end of February.
The United States will be able to escalate military operations against
Iran.

The second carrier strike group leaves the U.S. west coast on Tuesday.
It will be joined by naval mine clearing assets from both the United
States and the UK. Patriot missile defense systems have also been
ordered to deploy to the Gulf.

Maybe as a guard against North Korea seeing operations focused on Iran
as a chance to be aggressive, a squadron of F-117 stealth fighters has
just been deployed to Korea.

This has to be called escalation. We have to remind ourselves, just as
Iran is supporting groups inside Iraq, the United States is supporting
groups inside Iran. Just as Iran has special operations troops
operating inside Iraq, we've read the United States has special
operations troops operating inside Iran.

Just as Iran is supporting Hamas, two weeks ago we found out the United
States is supporting arms for Abbas. Just as Iran and Syria are
supporting Hezbollah in Lebanon we're now learning the White House
has approved a finding to allow the CIA to support opposition groups
inside Lebanon. Just as Iran is supporting Syria, we've learned
recently that the United States is going to fund Syrian opposition
groups.

We learned this week the President authorized an attack on the Iranian
liaison office in Irbil.

The White House keeps saying there are no plans to attack Iran.
Obviously, the facts suggest otherwise. Equally as clear, the Iranians
will read what the Administrations is doing not what it is saying.

It is possible the White House strategy is just implementing a strategy
to put pressure on Iran on a number of fronts, and this will never
amount to anything. On the other hand, if the White House is on a path
to strike Iran, we'll see a few more steps unfold.

First, we know there is a National Security Council staff-led group
whose mission is to create outrage in the world against Iran. Just like
before Gulf II, this media group will begin to release stories to sell
a strike against Iran. Watch for the outrage stuff.

The Patriot missiles going to the GCC states are only part of the
missile defense assets. I would expect to see the deployment of some of
the European-based missile defense assets to Israel, just as they were
before Gulf II.

I would expect deployment of additional USAF fighters into the bases in
Iraq, maybe some into Afghanistan.

I think we will read about the deployment of some of the newly arriving
Army brigades going into Iraq being deployed to the border with Iran.
Their mission will be to guard against any Iranian movements into Iraq.


As one of the last steps before a strike, we'll see USAF tankers
moved to unusual places, like Bulgaria. These will be used to refuel
the US-based B-2 bombers on their strike missions into Iran. When that
happens, we'll only be days away from a strike.

The White House could be telling the truth. Maybe there are no plans to
take Iran to the next level. The fuel for a fire is in place, however.
All we need is a spark. The danger is that we have created conditions
that could lead to a Greater Middle East War.

[emphasis added by Global Research]


Sam Gardiner is a Retired Air Force Colonel. He is an expert in
military strategy. He has taught at the National War College. He has
also taught at the Air War College, the Naval War College and as
visiting scholar at the Swedish Defense College. His Truth In These
Podia (pdf) explains the propaganda methods used by the Pentagon to
"sell the war".

See also the following 2005 Global Research review article on Sam
Gardiner's analysis of the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Influence:
America's Ministry of Propaganda Exposed, Downing Street Memo is but
the Tip of the Iceberg, by Gar Smith


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Who will stop the US from attacking Iran?

http://www.informationclearinghouse....ticle16230.htm

By Salim Lone

01/19/07 "National Media" -- -- HARD AS IT IS TO IMAGINE, it is likely
that another major war is being planned by the US, this time against
Iran. And the arguments being marshalled by the Bush administration are
exactly identical to what was being said against Iraq in the build-up
to that war in 2003.

The President and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are accusing Iran
of developing weapons of mass destruction and of exporting terrorism,
just as Saddam Hussein was allegedly doing.

Iran is also being accused of refusing to abide by United Nations
resolutions on its nuclear weapons programme, which, like Iraq then, it
denies it has.

Word of American preparations for war against Iran has been rife for
months, with renowned US journalist Seymour Hersh revealing covert
activities which include the presence within Iran's borders of US
special forces fomenting rebellion against the regime.

But for the first time, President Bush's war-like words against Iran
have now been backed up by overt actions. An Iranian consulate was
raided in Iraq's Kurdistan and five diplomats arrested, in violation
of international diplomatic protocols. A new aircraft carrier left the
US on Wednesday for Iranian waters.

At the same time, a specialist team is headed for US-allied countries
in the region to help install Patriot batteries which would protect
against the inevitable Iranian missile strikes in case war broke out.

There is worry also that the increase of US troop levels in Iraq, and
the proposal unveiled this week by Defence Secretary Robert Gates to do
the same for Afghanistan, might also be part of the planning for an
Iran war.

Some also view recent US actions in toppling Somalia's Islamic Courts
Union and installing a pro-American government there as part of the
encirclement of Iran by regimes which could provide logistical and
territorial support for launching attacks.

The US has denied it has any plans for bases in Somalia, and also
assures that any potential strike on Iran would be conducted from
international waters. But clearly, a war against Iran would require the
implicit support of many neighbouring countries, and therefore expose
them to serious risk.

More important, however, than the weak regional regimes which stay in
power primarily through US support are the major powers of the European
Union, and Russia and China, who are all part of the UN Security
Council mandated with the solemn responsibility of maintaining
international peace and security.

Will they stand by and allow the US to undertake yet another ruinous
war which will plunge the world into even greater instability?

They clearly cannot physically stop the US, but they must begin to
raise their voices publicly against US plans now rather than when war
is imminent, and therefore unstoppable.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon must also play a role, albeit
necessarily a much more nuanced one, since even the threat of the use
of force is a violation of the United Nations Charter.

Indeed, the United Nations was the centre-piece of the architecture for
preserving international peace and security devised primarily by US
President Roosevelt when he led the campaign for the world body's
creation.

That architecture now lies in absolute tatters over the graves of
hundreds of thousands Iraqis and the global insecurity we have been
subjected to by President Bush's lawless actions.

But the powerful neo-colonial community, most of whose members are also
avid supporters of Israel, has been advocating war against Iran for
some time now.

I was in a fascinating high-level forum last September in New York in
which members of this group vociferously denied that they had pushed
for the war against Iraq; it was Iran they had been really after, they
insisted!

Ultimately, only the American people themselves can stop such madness,
by getting their elected representatives to pass a binding resolution
against an attack on Iran.

The November elections and current moves in Congress show that there is
no appetite for even an escalation in Iraq. But will there be the
stomach to take on a rampant commander-in-chief who seems convinced
that a successful strike on Iran will restore at least some of the lost
glory (and ratings) he enjoyed in the post 9/11 period?

Copyright - Nation Media Group all rights reserved 2006

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Pro-Israel lobby (AIPAC and similar) pushing US to attack Iran for
Israel:

http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=49800

http://nomorewarforisrael.blogspot.com


Heads Up: US War Plans Versus Iran Updated:

http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0...ic.php?t=66431



U.S. plans envision broad attack on Iran: analyst


http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=66642

The Jones Resolution for Avoiding War with Iran

http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewt...=323035#323035

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"I've never seen a President - I don't care who he is - stand up to
the Jews. They always get what they want. If the American people
understood what a grip these people have got on our government, they
would rise up in arms."
- Admiral Thomas Moorer, Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff,
1970-74

Admiral Moorer was an American patriot who tried to get justice for the
crew members of the USS Liberty who had been murdered/maimed by Israel
on June 8th, 1967 (see http://www.ussliberty.org ).

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Old January 21st 07, 12:43 AM posted to alt.military,alt.military.retired,soc.veterans,alt.military.uk,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Iran: Pieces in Place for Escalation/"The fuel for a fire is in place"

Hello,

Anyone speaking out against the "war" will be jailed. Are
you happy now . . .

Russian Intelligence Analysts in these reports to
President Putin have asked, "If President Bush feels that he is
not constrained by either the elected representatives of the
American people, or the American people themselves, we
must then consider that he, and his Administration, have
become powers unto themselves and that the United States
should therefore be considered a dictatorship, not a
democracy."
To the American people themselves, they remain in abject
denial of the dark Fascist forces descending around them; but
soon, and much sooner than they could believe, and with their
families and neighbors disappearing into the vast American
Gulag, what they once believed in as the American Dream,
will soon be shown for what it really is, an American
Nightmare.
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western subscribers
What Does It Mean
Continued He http://tinyurl.com/2h7etb

US President Orders Military To Begin Jailing All Civilian
Protestors To War
http://tinyurl.com/2qqwbf

Putin Orders Warships Away From US East Coast Ahead Of
Iran Attack By America
http://tinyurl.com/ysgp55

. . . and Slovakia is moving out of Iraq too . . .

Truly, Love Is The Answer.
"And the one man that dares to tell the truth is called at once
a lunatic and a fool."
(Plato)
http://tinyurl.com/ww2c6
http://tinyurl.com/lbgov

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Old January 21st 07, 09:02 PM posted to alt.military,alt.military.retired,soc.veterans,alt.military.uk,rec.aviation.military.naval
David R
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Default Iran: Pieces in Place for Escalation/"The fuel for a fire is in place"

never happen, they need a military to enforce it,


and all they have is a bunch of HILLBILLY LOSERS and FAILURES


LMAO

"Harry" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hello,

Anyone speaking out against the "war" will be jailed. Are
you happy now . . .

Russian Intelligence Analysts in these reports to
President Putin have asked, "If President Bush feels that he is
not constrained by either the elected representatives of the
American people, or the American people themselves, we
must then consider that he, and his Administration, have
become powers unto themselves and that the United States
should therefore be considered a dictatorship, not a
democracy."
To the American people themselves, they remain in abject
denial of the dark Fascist forces descending around them; but
soon, and much sooner than they could believe, and with their
families and neighbors disappearing into the vast American
Gulag, what they once believed in as the American Dream,
will soon be shown for what it really is, an American
Nightmare.
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western subscribers
What Does It Mean
Continued He http://tinyurl.com/2h7etb

US President Orders Military To Begin Jailing All Civilian
Protestors To War
http://tinyurl.com/2qqwbf

Putin Orders Warships Away From US East Coast Ahead Of
Iran Attack By America
http://tinyurl.com/ysgp55

. . . and Slovakia is moving out of Iraq too . . .

Truly, Love Is The Answer.
"And the one man that dares to tell the truth is called at once
a lunatic and a fool."
(Plato)
http://tinyurl.com/ww2c6
http://tinyurl.com/lbgov



 




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