Cheney Instructs the Pentagon to Prepare a Nuclear Attack Against Iran?!?

[Bleacher Creature]

According to the TPM Cafe:

http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/7/22/11532/9662

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Justin Logan excerpts an article that's apparently in the print issue of The American Conservative:

The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option. As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States. Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing--that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack--but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections.

Now, unfortunately, I have no idea whether or not that's true or even what context the assertion appears in. I should probably try and get a comp subscription, this kind of seems like a big deal.

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This is just too scary. And yet, is it really that hard to believe?

[Oreo]

1. What about Pakistan?

They already have nukes and are about 1 or 2 steps away from radicals taking over the gov't

If we get nuked will they automatically name Iran?

[whistle]

8. Actually that may very well be in those plans.....

....the U.S. would have to fly over Iran to get to Pakistan. This is very scary stuff. I think Dick Cheney is the driving force behind all this and is becoming mentally unstable as a result. Bush is far too medicated to do anything but what he is told to do. He would not hesitate for an instant if given the nod from Dick Cheney.

[goforit]

26. Wrong!!!......Osama is his #1 soldier. Pakastan will never be hit.

[moodforaday]

33. They can't hit Pakistan

Don't want to hit buddy Osama.

[whistle]

2. Should we ask Scott McClellan at the next press conference?

....He is a pretty open and honest guy.......:yoiks:

[acmavm]

3. No, not hard to believe at all. This administration is chock full o' nuts

who's love to launch a nuclear attack.

Beside their total lack of regard for human life, I'm sure that this sense of 'power' has a lot to say about their feelings of their own manhood. Tough guys who never had the guts to serve when it was their time.

[Ganja Ninja]

4. Things are getting too hot for the Bush cabal.

The whole house of cards is about to fall down around them. The next 9/11 attack will be coming soon. This is really starting to worry me and piss me off.

[Talismom]

18. I think you're right and it scares me to death! n/t

[wli]

28. I'm quaking in my boots as well

[loudsue]

37. Yep. And they're going to try to tie it to the bombings in London.

It's coming, folks. But, this time, I don't know how many Americans are going to fall for it.

Talk about wagging the dog!

:kick::kick::kick:

[Amonester]

5. ARRRRRG!! DOES THAT MEAN GOCHENEYYOURSELF

already 'ordered' a third 'Pearl Harbor' (09/11/200?) from bin Forgotten&Co????

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[electron_blue]

7. wouldn't that be quite the distraction?

and would this be pre-emptive?

[whistle]

11. Yes, yes and also yes to your next question

[ultraist]

24. My first though too! What a diversion

From both the Rove Treasongate AND the Iraq war! Recent numbers on Bush and Iraq look very gloom for him.


:scared:

[havocmom]

6. As the Plame story picks up more steam & more people look involved

nothing would surprise me now. A wounded and threatened animal is very dangerous. Cheney is such an animal and he will not go down without pulling every trick in the book.

And war is so profitable for his friends, he will keep getting us into them, keep holding the US military personel as hostages until he is stopped by the Congress/Senate or some military brass WITH some brass.

Somebody has to say NO to the chicken hawk and they had better start doing it soon. He has no problem with spending anybody's lives to advance his agenda. He lied us into Irag and thousands are dead. He will do it again any time he needs to.

[electron_blue]

9. I'm afraid to ask

but how would nuclear war be profitable to cheney.

I'm just asking... Wouldn't he want to keep it "conventional" as long as possible? From a profits point of view, I mean.

[havocmom]

15. If troops are required, and that would do it, they have to be equiped, fed

housed and provided with fuel. Any attack on Iran would make enemies for Americans and that would require troop involvement. Troop involment makes $$ for Cheney's pals AND keeps the troops basically hostage.

[Frederik]

32. I think the nuclear arms are "needed"

to win a quick, decisive victory (in Cheney's imagination, anyway). Iran is much bigger and much stronger militarily than Iraq. And how quick and decisive a vicory that was, ahem. It's not just about profits for Halliburton, but also to regain some of the respect for America's might in the minds the peoples of the world, which has eroded dramatically since the Iraq debacle. These people are obsessed with these things. Strength and power and respect. Using nukes would be a demonstration of the length of America's collective penis.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Iran has emerged as the winner of the war on Iraq. The new Iraqi govt. is basically an Iranian puppet government. This was obvously not exactly what the neocons intended, so it is very believable that they are planning to do something about it. Being remembered as failures in the history books of the future is not an option for these people. Remember Richard Perle's words: "the children of the future will sing songs to our praise..."

:nuke:

The most frightening part: they need a terrorist attack to do this, and Osama is still out there...

[bloom]

40. So once we nuked Iran

then the gov't would pretend that we are the "nice guys" and go in and rebuild on our dime and with their profits.

Installing the gov't of their choice, of course.

[lady lib]

13. I absolutely agree.

It is time for the U.S. military to locate it's backbone and say, "NO!!" to this insanity.

[lovuian]

10. Cheney has always wanted WWIII this is not going to stop

unless this bastard is out of office!!!

[Goldmund]

12. My admittedly optimistic guess is that...

...the US military would not execute such orders.

[Ezlivin]

14. They will after President Bush is assassinated by a radical Iranian

When President Cheney takes control, he'll establish martial law and finish the consolidation of power. The nukes will fly and we'll all get to see how Mad Max lived.

Naturally, once Bush is martyred, the voice of the Repubs will become infinitely strident and they will call for world-wide destruction.

Or didn't you get the memo?

[doublethink]

16. Well I think you would see ....

some sort of division in the US Military .... just as there are still real patriots in the CIA and other agency's trying to stop this crazy administration. We need to keep waking America up ... just keep speaking the truth. Peace. :)

[havocmom]

17. Yes, those who REALLY serve America are realizing the administration

is not legitiment. Said two years ago that messin with the spooks was a bad idea. They are better chess players.

[Talismom]

20. I think your guess is very optimistic. Wish I shared it. n/t

[Bleacher Creature]

48. Same here -- I just can't see a mass mutiny happening in today's military.

[milkyway]

19. And who has Cheney tasked with creating another 9/11-type attack? nt

[Union Thug]

21. Dick-head needs to justify developing small scale nukes

Why not liquidate 5 million people with a big one and they turn around and say, "see, this is why we need small ones"...? Sounds like Bushensian logic to me!

[leesa]

22. No matter where the attack comes from, huh? Sounds about right.

So Dick really IS planning to pull off another 9-11. Think of what Tancredo said. They are trying to prepare us for the need to nuke Muslims before they do another 9-11. The whole bogus BS in London is part of the preparation.

[Old and In the Way]

23. If you failed your oath on 9/11 and let 3000 Americans die,

what wouldn't you be capable of? Cheney is in this sooo deep, it is scary. His company was trading with Iraq around the embargo. His company was doing business with Iran. His company was selliing dual-use WMD components to Pakistan. Her's a war criminal / monger / profiteer of the highest magnitude.

If this is being seriously contemplated, then I have no doubts another "event" is being planned. They'll need to do something big to justify martial law. Watch out, Congress.

[Gay Green]

41. Container Nuke at the Fort Peck Dam up in Montana.

Some damn fool "remote viewer" predicted this for the year 2002 on the Art Bell program and only now when ppl are talking of the Bush Maladministration needing something spectacular to impose martial law and enable the PNAC program to go forward, has it escaped the memory hole back into my brain!!!

If that dam were for some reason to let go, the unleashed reservoir of water would madly rush downstream and take every dam and bridge between it and the Gulf. In the process, Omaha, Kansas City, Saint Louis, Memphis, Baton Rouge and New Orleans would all be devastated and the country would be split in two.

:scared:

(on edit: fix a sentence fragment in the first paragraph.)

[doublethink]

45. The Country Split In Two ?????

I would welcome that at this point ... dual sovereignty ... yea that's the ticket, blue state Cali new headquarters for freedom loving Americans. Let's get it on. :) Gotta get Arnold back to making movies first though, away from Sacramento. Peace.:)

[goforit]

25. Damn it!!!!.......Why hasn't anybody arrested this clown!!!

I'm not crazy about Iran, but this is out of control insanity.

Since when does the Vice President have powers to enact war?????

The Airforce/ Army/ Navy......listen to this madman?????

OMG!!!!

Totally uncalled for.

He is out to conquer this world at ALL cost!!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. This does not surprise me, but certainly terrifies me. Is this why we are

making nice-nice with India? To make sure they don't decide to join th nuclear fray?

[jsamuel]

29. If they set off one nuclear weapon over there

It would be the same as them setting it off in my home. They might as well kill me and the rest of the American people too.

We know how nuclear wars are started. The first nation to use them causes the end of days.

[Frederik]

30. So this is why Osama

is still at large. He still has a mission to fulfill.

:nuke:

[lala_rawraw]

31. Okay, so he admits finally that he is asshole in charge?

And can the Pentagram please tell him to go Cheney himself?

[whosinpower]

34. Here is the most important part of the story

WITHOUT KNOWING WHO WOULD FACILITATE THE ATTACK ON THE US - CHENEY HAS ALREADY DECIDED ON RETALIATORY ATTACKS ON IRAN.

My friends down in the US - please keep you eyes open and stay safe. My worries are that if the Plame investigation gets too hot - another attack will occur on the US - and Bushco will launch attacks on Iran.

They are rushing the agenda - Iraq, Iran and Syria. The stakes are getting higher by the minute.

Just my opinion.

[faithnotgreed]

35. so friend....

have any jobs you can offer an american~!!

youre right. the stakes are getting higher all the time and there is no telling what these people will do

[kestrel91316]

42. Please tell all your friends to say a prayer for us ...............

we are in grave danger. We are ruled by theocratic megalomaniacs with a fervent desire to bring about Armageddon.

[CelticWinter]

36. i found this on the net

maybe u can check more on this ..... i cant believe that pos cheney being so arrogant to do this...
heres the site
http://justinlogan.typepad.com/

[bikebloke]

38. They won't be able to steal Iran's oil then.

That was the plan. How will they extract oil from irradiated fields? Though I reckon they could sign up the suckers and desperately unemployed - as long as they waive future medical liability.

And nukes alone won't do it. They'd still need boots on the ground. Iran is big and mountainous. Welcome to Stalingrad.

[bloom]

43. I keep hearing about

people being sent over that way. Makes me wonder.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

39. Why am I bent over and why are my lips on my ass?

[burrowowl]

44. Yes but irradiated oil not good

but of course ..... Who knows? Only the Shadow.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

46. If those nut-cases use more than 100 nukes....hello, nuclear winter.

[CrispyQ]

49. I suppose that's one way to solve the global warming issue. --eom

[lovuian]

47. Always thought Cheney's goal was WWIII

then he can take the country over under the Patriot Act!!!

[Moderator]

50. Locking

This source is not credible for the seriousness of these allegations.