Admiral Mullen On Meet The Press: The U.S. Has An Iran Strike Plan

by Colby Hall | 7:57 am, August 2nd, 2010

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During an appearance yesterday on NBC’s Meet the Press, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen told host David Gregory that the US military has a plan to attack Iran, although he also made clear that such an attack would be a unwanted choice. Iran has often threatened to launch strikes at Israel, as retaliation to any future military attacks from United States or Israel.

The Associated Press put the Admiral’s comments in the following context:

Mullen has often warned that a military strike on Iran would have serious and unpredictable ripple effects around the Middle East. At the same time, he says the risk of Iran developing a nuclear weapon is unacceptable.

Mullen would not say which risk he thinks is worse, but he said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press’’ that a military strike remains an option. He did not elaborate on the plan.

The Iranian news agency IRNA quoted Revolutionary Guard deputy chief Yadollah Javani as saying that security in the Persian Gulf would be jeopardized “if Americans commit the slightest mistake.’’

“The Persian Gulf is a strategic region,’’ Javani said. “If the security of this region is endangered, they will suffer losses, too, and our response will be firm.’’

Admiral Mike Mullen, Admiral Mullen, David Gregory, Iran, Meet the Press

Bootleghaircut

Of course we have a strike plan; this is not some new breakthrough. We’ve had a plan for YEARS and have war gamed the whole thing out-ust like our buddies in Israel who will no doubt let us know when its really time to Panic.

Bush, who I actually liked, made a grave error with his Axis of evil remarks which created a new alliance between the muslim world and the Far east(remember those Chinese agents in Syria when Israel bombed them in 2006) and evelated Iran from being a primary concern of Israel to being a primary concern of the world-which frankly they aren’t. Europe is going nuclear and Russia is selling reactors eventually the whole world will have nuclear power while we remain the sad pawns of the oil autocrats and oil rich Arab nations who tollerate us mainly because we’ve made them so rich.

The point is in all of my adult life I have never once that Israel was incapable of defending itself from Aggression-they have one of the finest armies in the world and have a string of smart flawless campaigns.

Really the Arab world and Iran in particular need to realize that the only thing standing between Israel wiping them off the map is the US of A and they should find a way to work with us before they get ripped off by russians bearing fuel rods.

Bibi is a tough old bird so he should negotiate from a postion of strength but its time to negotiate.
Some_Dude

He’ll, we probably have evolving rough drafts on most of our allies as well. I don’t personally think Persia is a threat that will ever demand military action. It’s ripe for revolution. Pipe dream perhaps, but I’m sure our CIA has been hard at work for some time.
chucken

With Admiral Mullen giving what is a planned response on behalf of the Obama White House(remember who works for who) and the massive war games with something like 80 warships to scare the shit out of North Korea and today the President will formally end combat operations in Iraq we now have a logical foreign policy that is not based on the neo-cons let’s just go to war and talk tough but actually planning for a future without getting stuck neverending wars.
More Liberty

They are called contingency plans….and there are plenty out there for many different scenarios.
Nachi

WOW! Am I excited! Maybe we can git more “wars” a goin. N more “patriots” n “heeroes.” Yup!