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September 04, 2007
More on Iran
Reading Ken Silverstein over at Harper's, and he's been asking his sources about a possible attack on Iran. This is from a former CIA agent who formerly said an attack on Iran was not likely.
It looks like a military strike is in the works and I base that on two things: observable fact and the rhetoric emanating from the White House. There’s a lot of movement of troops and materiel into the region–it’s stuff the United States can’t hide. It’s a huge expense to put Navy battle groups in the Gulf and we’ve got three of them there. We’ve also moved new fighter planes to Guam amidst much public fanfare. You can plainly see the upturn in US Naval activity in and around the Norfolk Naval installations. The movement of ships, re-supply, ammunition loading and general level of activity is high.
The Naval facilities and the ammunition loading areas are well known, and the activity is readily visible, especially at night. There’s a stream of ships coming in to load up and when they take off new ones come in. There’s only one part of the world where all that stuff is heading. Also, everyone I know who would be involved in an attack on Iran–pilots and other air assets–is gone. Normally some of them are around but now all of them are away at the same time.
Just saying.
UPDATE: I've wanted a place to stash this bit of film of Bush's most recent rant about Iran. So here it is. That's part of the "rhetoric" mentioned above.
Posted by jnfr at September 4, 2007 06:24 PM