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I don't know what to think of this article by former German Intelligence Officer Paul Levian:
Though a Western war against Iran will be a big geopolitical defeat for Russia and China, they cannot but resign themselves to this outcome if they are unable to convince the Iranians to accept the Russian proposal - ie uranium enrichment in Russia.
The Russians saw the writing on the wall when France, Germany and Britain began to march in lockstep with the United States. In particular, the widely but wrongly discounted nuclear belligerence of President Jacques Chirac last month implied that France was ready to accept the US use of nuclear weapons in a war against Iran if they saw fit to do so.
The somewhat standard scenario for this war - as indicated by Chinese and Russian war games - has the following features: An initial Israeli air attack against some Iranian nuclear targets, command and control targets and Shahab missile sites. Iran retaliates with its remaining missiles, tries to close the Gulf, attacks US naval assets and American and British forces in Iraq.
If Iranian missiles have chemical warheads (in fact or presumed), the US will immediately use nuclear weapons to destroy the Iranian military and industrial infrastructure. If not, an air campaign of up to two weeks will prepare the ground campaign for the occupation of the Iranian oil and gas fields.
Mass mobilization in Iraq against US-British forces will be at most a nuisance - easily suppressed by the ruthless employment of massive firepower. And Israel will use the opportunity to deal with Syria and South Lebanon, and possibly with its Palestinian problem.
The character of this war will be completely different from the Iraq war. No show-casing of democracy, no "nation-building", no journalists, no Red Cross - but the kind of war the United States would have fought in North Vietnam if it had not had to reckon with the Soviet Union and China.
What does everyone think? Could this be true?
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So, attack Iran and face possible annihilation from Russia or others or do nothing and face certain annihilation when Iran attacks but not before you can fire off your Sampson option and attack Iran anyway. . . Ynet News: Russia warns Israel not to attack...
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- And While The Iranians Bully The Gulf, And The Us Prepares To Get Out Of The Entire Region By 2009
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- Israe To Hit Iran With Nukes? Sunday Time Of London Says So
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Now, This Is What I Call Hardcore
I don't know what to think of this article by former German Intelligence Officer Paul Levian:
Though a Western war against Iran will be a big geopolitical defeat for Russia and China, they cannot but resign themselves to this outcome if they are unable to convince the Iranians to accept the Russian proposal - ie uranium enrichment in Russia.
The Russians saw the writing on the wall when France, Germany and Britain began to march in lockstep with the United States. In particular, the widely but wrongly discounted nuclear belligerence of President Jacques Chirac last month implied that France was ready to accept the US use of nuclear weapons in a war against Iran if they saw fit to do so.
The somewhat standard scenario for this war - as indicated by Chinese and Russian war games - has the following features: An initial Israeli air attack against some Iranian nuclear targets, command and control targets and Shahab missile sites. Iran retaliates with its remaining missiles, tries to close the Gulf, attacks US naval assets and American and British forces in Iraq.
If Iranian missiles have chemical warheads (in fact or presumed), the US will immediately use nuclear weapons to destroy the Iranian military and industrial infrastructure. If not, an air campaign of up to two weeks will prepare the ground campaign for the occupation of the Iranian oil and gas fields.
Mass mobilization in Iraq against US-British forces will be at most a nuisance - easily suppressed by the ruthless employment of massive firepower. And Israel will use the opportunity to deal with Syria and South Lebanon, and possibly with its Palestinian problem.
The character of this war will be completely different from the Iraq war. No show-casing of democracy, no "nation-building", no journalists, no Red Cross - but the kind of war the United States would have fought in North Vietnam if it had not had to reckon with the Soviet Union and China.
What does everyone think? Could this be true?
-
So, attack Iran and face possible annihilation from Russia or others or do nothing and face certain annihilation when Iran attacks but not before you can fire off your Sampson option and attack Iran anyway. . . Ynet News: Russia warns Israel not to attack...
- Iran Fires 9 Missiles In "test"
Agence French Press: Iran on Wednesday test-fired a missile it said is capable of reaching Israel, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war. The Shahab-3 was among a broadside...
- Iran Ok's Russian Troops?
Think carefully about the consequences of this one for us AND for our ally(ies)... Teheran-Moscow Caspian oil deal would allow Russia troop presence LONDON -- Iran has been preparing to sign an agreement, supported by Iranian...
- And While The Iranians Bully The Gulf, And The Us Prepares To Get Out Of The Entire Region By 2009
Brits warned Iran forming European network for strategic attacks Why worry about BM-25's and Shahab's when the IRGC and Hizballah can just fly into Heathrow and CDG? LONDON — Iran is establishing a sleeper network to attack strategic facilities...
- Israe To Hit Iran With Nukes? Sunday Time Of London Says So
UPDATED AT BOTTOM OF POST Go to Drudge Report. He is reporting it in big red letters. There is no link as of yet. Krishna left the link to the Times Of London article: ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities...