[Dean's World] Dave Price: Three Days Over Iran?

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Posted by Dave Price:
Three Days Over Iran?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1188716972.shtml


   Well, [1]this is interesting:

     THE Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against
     1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iraniansâ
     military capability in three days, according to a national security
     expert.
     Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security at the
     Nixon Center, said last week that US military planners were not
     preparing for âpinprick strikesâ against Iranâs nuclear facilities.
     âTheyâre about taking out the entire Iranian military,â he said.

   I suppose if you're going to hit them, might as well do it hard, fast
   and thorough. But I'm skeptical it would help things overall, and I
   very much doubt it will happen. This sounds more like the kind of plan
   you have around just to let the bad guys know you can crush them if
   you feel the need -- and, of course, in case they're nutty enough to
   call your bluff.
   The only scenario in which I can see this happening is a serious
   escalation of interference in Iraq by Iran, resulting in many more
   U.S. deaths, coupled with open nuclear defiance. At some point, Bush
   may draw a line in the sand, dare Ahmadinejad to cross it, and
   annihilate Iran's military if he does. I'd like to call that a boon
   for Iranian revolutionaries, but the Iranian paramilitaries are
   probably still too strong for anything but a mass uprising, and the
   Iranian people may rally around their leadership if the country is
   attacked.
   The story notes some analysts are saying "stretched resources" would
   prevent U.S. armed forces from effecting such a massive bombardment,
   but those carrier groups in the Gulf aren't doing much.
   And Scott Ott seems to have [2]scooped everyone on this story:

     (2007-08-28) â Just hours after Iranian President Mahmoud
     Ahmadinejad said that his nation was ready to fill the coming power
     vacuum in Iraq, U.S. President George Bush said he might âorder the
     military to deploy one.â
     âI know the Pentagon has developed a long-range strategic power
     vacuum,â said Mr. Bush. âIâm not sure if Iran would fill it, but if
     so, we could always replace the bag.â

References

   1. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2369001.ece
   2. http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2657