Haha. I hope the Iranians are watching this and shitting their pants or robes or burqas or whatever it is they wear. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is headed to Israel and while some of his staff are trying to downplay the timing, it's pretty plain to see (at least from my view) that Iran is going to be topic one and in fact, I wouldn't doubt if an Israeli powerpoint presentation isn't going to be the main topic of discussion - I can imagine some slides of locations in Iran with little red "x's" on em and maybe even some flight routes?
Here's some of the details of the story from Breitbart:
I don't care what anyone says, the Iranians have to be nervous. The talk of attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities has been all of the talk the past week and a half and I'm not really sure if the Iranians are going to rush their schedule or if they are going to plan to hide it better (or protect it better). Either way, this is a good situation because the more talk there is of attack, the greater the chance of it occurring are.
Some of us have been calling for the destruction of Iranian facilities for many, many months - and it would have been a helluva lot easier back then.
Here's some of the details of the story from Breitbart:
US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen was expected in Israel this week for discussions including Iran, the Pentagon said Wednesday, amid speculation Israel is seeking Washington's tacit approval to strike Tehran's nuclear program.
The press office of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed that Mullen left the United States on Tuesday "to go overseas to visit counterparts as well as combatant commands, and Israel is not his only stop."
"The Israelis have been assured by the Bush administration that the Bush administration will not allow Iran to nuclearize," CBS consultant Michael Oren said.
I don't care what anyone says, the Iranians have to be nervous. The talk of attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities has been all of the talk the past week and a half and I'm not really sure if the Iranians are going to rush their schedule or if they are going to plan to hide it better (or protect it better). Either way, this is a good situation because the more talk there is of attack, the greater the chance of it occurring are.
Some of us have been calling for the destruction of Iranian facilities for many, many months - and it would have been a helluva lot easier back then.
Top US military officer heads to Israel with Iran on the agenda
US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen was expected in Israel this week for discussions including Iran, the Pentagon said Wednesday, amid speculation Israel is seeking Washington's tacit approval to strike Tehran's nuclear program.
The press office of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed that Mullen left the United States on Tuesday "to go overseas to visit counterparts as well as combatant commands, and Israel is not his only stop."
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters the trip had been on the schedule for "months."
"I believe this is a routine opportunity for Chairman Mullen to engage his counterpart in Israel on military-to-military matters, as he does in much of his travels around the world," Morrell said.
"I will say this, though: Obviously, when Chairman Mullen goes to Israel and speaks with the Israelis, they will no doubt discuss the threat posed by Iran, as we discuss it in this building, in other buildings in this town."
Morrell recalled that Washington was committed to resolving the nuclear threat posed by Iran through diplomacy and international sanctions, "while at the same time holding out the option of a military strike, if necessary."
"But the military strike is not our first choice," he said. "Never has been. And we continue to pursue economic and diplomatic pressures as the policy of this government."
US media have reported that more than 100 Israeli fighter jets participated in a training exercise with Greece earlier this month to prepare for a possible long-distance strike -- a maneuver seen as a warning against Iran.
Iran has defied UN sanctions and international demands by pressing on with its disputed uranium enrichment program, which Washington and Israel fear would be used to build a nuclear weapon.
Israeli Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, a former defense chief, said in an interview published in the Russian press Wednesday that Iran would be "annihilated" if it tried to attack Israel.
But, he said, "we are not planning any attack against Iran."
According to the US television network CBS, Israel does not want to wait until the new administration that will succeed US President George W. Bush in January to strike Iranian nuclear sites.
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