[lit-ideas] Re: Bomb Design by Proxy
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 22:17:00 -0700 (PDT)
These could be bluffs intended to scare the Iranians.
In any case, even the US government officials don't
talk about a nuclear attack at present.
O.K.
--- Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not the only one sensing the ominous...and no
> Omar, these quoted stories do not mean Cironcione
> of Washington Monthly or Sean Rayment of the
> Telegraph are advocating for it. -EY
>
>
>
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_04/008554.php
> THE LATEST ON IRAN....Joseph Cirincione:
>
> For months, I have told interviewers that no
> senior political or military official was
> seriously considering a military attack on Iran.
> In the last few weeks, I have changed my view. In
> part, this shift was triggered by colleagues with
> close ties to the Pentagon and the executive
> branch who have convinced me that some senior
> officials have already made up their minds: They
> want to hit Iran.
>
>
>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=TDMHOPLWD2GKJQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2006/04/02/wiran02.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/04/02/ixportaltop.html
>
> It is believed that an American-led attack,
> designed to destroy Iran's ability to develop a
> nuclear bomb, is "inevitable" if Teheran's leaders
> fail to comply with United Nations demands to
> freeze their uranium enrichment programme.
>
> ....A senior Foreign Office source
> said...."If Iran makes another strategic mistake,
> such as ignoring demands by the UN or future
> resolutions, then the thinking among the chiefs is
> that military action could be taken to bring an
> end to the crisis. The belief in some areas of
> Whitehall is that an attack is now all but
> inevitable."
>
>
>
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