ABC News: U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran

No, the US Air Force is preparing to bomb Iran. That’s what our military does, prepare so that they are ready when called upon. This does not mean in any way that the civilian authorities have made any decision beyond allowing the Air Force to get ready for the possibility.

@ Old Trooper

I know. How great would it be to have General’s LeMay, MacArthur and Patton right now.

I wish I was more optimistic and not so judgmental toward the Oval Office Filler, but I think this is hitting the MSM to make him sound like a “good military leader” who is preparing to keep our country safe and free, but come down to it, I think he is negotiating under the table with Iran in particular, and the Muslim world in general, promising what he ought not promise and has no right to promise, either by office or by virtue, putting Israel as a State and even our economy on the chopping block. When the stakes are high enough and Mahmoud is satisfied, then Obama will issue a command that is rigged to make him look like a successful Commander-in-Chief. Iran is throwing fertilizer on Obama, and he expects to come up smelling like a rose. Gullible and narcissistic…

I haven’t seen anything indicating that Soros and Huffington would approve any military action. That’s where Barry looks for guidance. Maybe this news release (leak, whatever) is designed as a bluff to influence whatever negotiations are going on with the Arab OPEC countries to keep the dollar standard for oil. They aren’t stupid either. They know how weak he really is.

@Aqua:

We’ve got plenty of good commanders in the Armed Forces, it’s their boss that leaves so much to be desired. The thing is that we might have missed a perfect political opportunity to stave off war if the President had made even a small attempt to show support for Iranian protesters or demonstrated his much vaunted world-wide popularity by rallying international support for free, fair elections in Iran. The truth is that he doesn’t have the backbone or the skills to do either and the mess will be left for the military to clean up.

@Old Trooper:

I know where LeMay is – in his grave – spinning fast enough to arm the warhead.

I say bomb ‘em with mesquite seeds. They’ll be so busy the next thousand years trying to dig up the floral equivilent of herpes they won’t have time to think about Israel, enriched uranium, the Great Satan USA or anything else that might trouble their little knobby heads

ABC is way overstepping the information. There are quite a few countries with deeply buried military bunkers that we may need to take out some day. Since the Israeli attack on Osirak, the first and second gulf wars every well funded military took notice. Smart bombs means nothing on or near ground level is safe from shock and awe. Or a single hit. I reference “Global Strike” the kinetic non explosive warheads requested for nuclear submarine missile boats. Even smallish countries have command bunkers. Venezuela. Or China, North Korea, Russia, of course Iran but its years to put this bomb on a B-2. Now they launch it from a cargo plane. Not exactly stealthy… We can not count on fighting tenth century tech all the time!

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4203874.html

Operational Security and Unicorns… Myths…

Why not just bomb the place with peyote cactus seeds? Then, instead of mesquite, they’ll get mescaline. They’ll be so dopey they won’t care about atomic bombs. Just a thought.

Well said, Steve.