Bush Planning Nuclear Attack On Iran
This is being updated as we learn more, so any interested viewer should look below, & perhaps return. Also, one of Flickr's best photographers, Eqqman, has an excellent ongoing discussion about the issue of a possible attack against Iran at his site, here: www.flickr.com/photos/eqqman/126227421/
Another of Flickr's great photographers, k1mk1m, is appalled by oppression in his country, Britain, & I urge interested viewers to visit with him, here: www.flickr.com/photos/k1m/128110260/
And see the picture & read the apt quotation by Fromm, also at k1mk1m's site: www.flickr.com/photos/k1m/132106154/in/photostream/
Thank you for stopping by,
Robin
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THE IRAN PLANS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Excerpt from article in The New Yorker, THE IRAN PLANS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH:
"The attention given to the nuclear option [in attacking Iran] has created serious misgivings inside the offices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he added, and some officers have talked about resigning. Late this winter, the Joint Chiefs of Staff sought to remove the nuclear option from the evolving war plans for Iran—without success, the former intelligence official said. “The White House said, ‘Why are you challenging this? The option came from you.’ ”
"The Pentagon adviser on the war on terror confirmed that some in the Administration were looking seriously at this option, which he linked to a resurgence of interest in tactical nuclear weapons among Pentagon civilians and in policy circles. He called it “a juggernaut that has to be stopped.” He also confirmed that some senior officers and officials were considering resigning over the issue. “There are very strong sentiments within the military against brandishing nuclear weapons against other countries,” the adviser told me. “This goes to high levels.” The matter may soon reach a decisive point, he said, because the Joint Chiefs had agreed to give President Bush a formal recommendation stating that they are strongly opposed to considering the nuclear option for Iran. “The internal debate on this has hardened in recent weeks,” the adviser said. “And, if senior Pentagon officers express their opposition to the use of offensive nuclear weapons, then it will never happen.
"The adviser added, however, that the idea of using tactical nuclear weapons in such situations has gained support from the Defense Science Board, an advisory panel whose members are selected by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. “They’re telling the Pentagon that we can build the B61 with more blast and less radiation,” he said."
Full text of article: www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact
Bush Planning Nuclear Attack On Iran
This is being updated as we learn more, so any interested viewer should look below, & perhaps return. Also, one of Flickr's best photographers, Eqqman, has an excellent ongoing discussion about the issue of a possible attack against Iran at his site, here: www.flickr.com/photos/eqqman/126227421/
Another of Flickr's great photographers, k1mk1m, is appalled by oppression in his country, Britain, & I urge interested viewers to visit with him, here: www.flickr.com/photos/k1m/128110260/
And see the picture & read the apt quotation by Fromm, also at k1mk1m's site: www.flickr.com/photos/k1m/132106154/in/photostream/
Thank you for stopping by,
Robin
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THE IRAN PLANS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Excerpt from article in The New Yorker, THE IRAN PLANS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH:
"The attention given to the nuclear option [in attacking Iran] has created serious misgivings inside the offices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he added, and some officers have talked about resigning. Late this winter, the Joint Chiefs of Staff sought to remove the nuclear option from the evolving war plans for Iran—without success, the former intelligence official said. “The White House said, ‘Why are you challenging this? The option came from you.’ ”
"The Pentagon adviser on the war on terror confirmed that some in the Administration were looking seriously at this option, which he linked to a resurgence of interest in tactical nuclear weapons among Pentagon civilians and in policy circles. He called it “a juggernaut that has to be stopped.” He also confirmed that some senior officers and officials were considering resigning over the issue. “There are very strong sentiments within the military against brandishing nuclear weapons against other countries,” the adviser told me. “This goes to high levels.” The matter may soon reach a decisive point, he said, because the Joint Chiefs had agreed to give President Bush a formal recommendation stating that they are strongly opposed to considering the nuclear option for Iran. “The internal debate on this has hardened in recent weeks,” the adviser said. “And, if senior Pentagon officers express their opposition to the use of offensive nuclear weapons, then it will never happen.
"The adviser added, however, that the idea of using tactical nuclear weapons in such situations has gained support from the Defense Science Board, an advisory panel whose members are selected by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. “They’re telling the Pentagon that we can build the B61 with more blast and less radiation,” he said."
Full text of article: www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact