Adm. Mullen: U.S. Preparing Strike Option Against Iran

[Graybeard]

http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/mullen_iran_strike/2008/04/26/91196.html

Saturday, April 26, 2008 11:45 AM

 
Making it crystal clear to Iran, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday that the United States is preparing for "potential military courses of action" against it if Tehran does not stop aiding insurgents in Iraq and fails to stop building nuclear weapons.


Admitting that a third conflict in the region would be "extremely stressing" for America's military, he warned Iran that it was mistake to suggest the United States did not have the resources to strike Iranian military targets.


"I have reserve capability, in particularly our Navy and our Air Force, not just there, but available globally,'' Mullen said. "There are lots of potential military courses of action.''


Mullen made similar comments about the Pentagon's ability strike Iran last November.


"From a military standpoint, there is more than enough reserve to respond if that, in fact, is what the national leadership wanted to do, and so I don't think we're too stretched in that regard," he said then.


Mullen's comments, made during a Pentagon press conference, are aligned with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus, both of whom have stepped up the pressure on Iran. Gates said last week that Iran is "hell-bent" in acquiring nuclear weapons.

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[torpedoman]

So whats new? The military makes plans to attack all threats to the U.S. it is their job, for years we had all kinds of plans to attack, Counter attack, Russia. However if those folks want nukes we should be a good neighbor and give them one send it air express delivery and if it should happen to go off then we can say " I told them not to mess with that stuff it is dangerous" By the way can you refine nuclear contamination out of oil?

[DalesCarpentry]

By the way can you refine nuclear contamination out of oil?

Now that gave me a chuckle. Dale

[billy_56081]

It is going to happen eventually, as the Muslims are a suicidal cult. We may as well do it before they get any stronger.

[ncsurveyor]

It is going to happen eventually, as the Muslims are a suicidal cult. We may as well do it before they get any stronger.

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There you have it. Written/spoken like a true zio facist psychotic.  Keep it up and they're come to take your guns away.

..TM7

OK, I'm asking this in all sincerity.  How do you equate a citizens belief that Islam is a suicidal cult, to the disarmament of the USA?  Or were you refering simply to an overt remark being attributed to the disarmament of one individual?

Flow chart would work best.

[Cabin4]

Blow them up!!!!!!

[powderman]

tm. If thats true you shouldn't even be allowed a slingshot. POWDERMAN. 

[billy_56081]

First on the polygamist thread we see internet lawyers, Now we have our first internet psychiatrist.  

TM7 its just plain and simple to see that the muslims are the ones causing all this strife. It's not the Jews, it's not the "zionists", it's not the "Illuminati". It is the muslims, plain and simple, I know you wish it were some "conspiracy" but it's not.

Iran and all of the Muslim countries have been barking and nashing their teeth for a long time. If not for the wests intervention so far they would have already attacked. They are biding their time till their strength is built up. They will attack and they will not stop till they have total world domination. We need to stop them before they get the weapons to do what they want.

By the way TM you are still invited to the Bar b Que.

[Cabin4]

By the way TM you are still invited to the Bar b Que.

If I were you TM7, I would take a pass on going to the BBQ.......Its one thing to go to a BBQ, its another to be the BBQ.
 

[ncsurveyor]

 For one thing, why do western nations continue to fast track immigration to western nations from the ME? The ME viewpoint is opposed to globalism in essence which they believe is what this clash of civilizations is about.

The 20th century saw the creation of many new Islamic "revivalist" movements. Groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Jamaat-e-Islami in Pakistan advocate a totalistic and theocratic alternative to secular political ideologies. Sometimes called Islamist, they see Western cultural values as a threat, and promote Islam as a comprehensive solution to every public and private question of importance. In countries like Iran and Afghanistan (under the Taliban), revolutionary movements replaced secular regimes with Islamist states, while transnational groups like Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda engage in terrorism to further their goals. In contrast, Liberal Islam is a movement that attempts to reconcile religious tradition with modern norms of secular governance and human rights. Its supporters say that there are multiple ways to read Islam's sacred texts, and stress the need to leave room for "independent thought on religious matters".[94]

I'm not so sure that the european fash track is as much of a deifinite lock as you think.  But I sure would like to see more of that "Liberal Islam"

[billy_56081]

Good to see the Old TM7 back, the meds must be working.