Here is a 2009 Real News Network interview of former CIA and State Department Intel officers on how a War with Iran might begin. Remember this is from 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLT8U...22RVAAAAAAAAAg
How Would A US-Iran War Begin?
Here is a 2009 Real News Network interview of former CIA and State Department Intel officers on how a War with Iran might begin. Remember this is from 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLT8U...22RVAAAAAAAAAg
Good Question?
Slap that is a great question...a better question is: How could we (the US) win a war with Iran?Originally Posted by slapout9
but back to your question...obiviously if they do anything stupid towards Israel. Israel will immediately retailate and we are off and running. Another concern is the missle base that Iran is building on the north cost of Venezuela. Based on what you are seeing in the news, Iran is working on: 1. nuc weapons; 2. increasing missile range and 3. closing the straights. The question becomes if Iran has these increased strategic capabilities what is the leverage they want to use against the US and how much will we tolerate? and then where do both Israel and the US's strategic interests line up. This is where time will moves us closer to war.
"If you want a new idea, look in an old book"
Polarbear,it also shows how important it is to understand how Systems operate and how this understanding affects the survival and prosperity of the United States. Our whole country is being affected by much smaller external system(s). Israel and Iran. That is a very weak position to be in for the supposed World's only Super Power.
Preventive War
From Time, Obama: Prevention, Not Containment (March 5, 2012)
I'm convinced the shift from "containment" to "prevention" was well thought out; and that the President is well aware of this spectrum:In photo-op before closed-door meeting Monday morning, Obama tells reporters his commitment to Israel's security is "rock solid," says the U.S. will focus on stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
POTUS: "My policy here is not going to be one of containment. My policy is going to be of prevention."
Containment > Responsive War > Preemptive War > Preventive War
and what "Preventive War" means:
Someone else can suggest the various options for waging "Preventive War". I'm still in "Containment > Responsive War" mode; and intend to remain there. And, no, a back and forth between Israel and Iran would not justify an armed response by the US against Iran. But, I don't write the US playbook.A preventive war or preventative war is a war initiated to prevent another party from attacking, when an attack by that party is not imminent or known to be planned. Preventive war aims to forestall a shift in the balance of power by strategically attacking before the balance of power has a chance to shift in the direction of the adversary. Preventive war is distinct from preemptive war, which is first strike when an attack is imminent.
Regards
Mike
Any evidence of this supposed missile base besides the evidence quoted here?
I did a Google search on "Iran Venezuela missile base" 112,000 hits the latest dated Jan 5, 2012.
"If you want a new idea, look in an old book"
A Google search on "alien abductions" gets 16 million results. I'm also curious about evidence.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary”
H.L. Mencken
Zbigniew Brzezinski interview on 26 FEB 2012 to include advice to the President for talks with the Israeli PM which he(POTUS) declined to accept based on his recent statement of his policy of prevention vs. containment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ubzm_5HWY
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