"Is A War With Iran This October's Surprise?" Topic

"Over the past few weeks, a series of suspicious fires and explosions have occurred at Iranian civilian and military facilities, including the country's main missile-production and nuclear complexes. While a few of these incidents might have been accidental, the timing and specific targets suggest that at least some were the result of sabotage by Israel, and the provocations raise the possibility of a spiraling conflict in the Middle East just in time to become an issue in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Via anonymous leaks to major media outlets, Israeli intelligence sources have more or less copped to the country's involvement in some of the incidents. After an explosion at the Natanz nuclear-fuel-enrichment complex in early July, which may have set back Iran's progress toward a nuclear warhead by months or years, a "Middle Eastern intelligence official with knowledge of the episode" told the New York Times that Israel was behind the attack. Right-wing Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman implicitly accused Mossad chief Yossi Cohen of being the Times' source, suggesting that the leak was part of Cohen's campaign to succeed legally embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as head of the Likud Party…"
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Armand

Severely doubt it, we are up to our necks in a Covid-19 war.

It's a possibility but unlikely.

Hopefully the US military will not go ahead with a reckless and unprovoked attack on Iran. Those in charge have seen Iraq and Afghanistan go sour and both were based on false intel/lies.

They also know they are much weaker than in 2003 and Iran is stronger than Iraq was then.

Nothing for the US to gain from meddling in that area. If the various wars have proved anything it's that military action solves nothing.

I could see widespread mutiny if they tried to attack Iran in fact.

Skarper, the US military follows the orders of the civilian Government. They don't go off adventuring on their own volition, nor would they mutiny if ordered to fight. The idea is ridiculous.

I do agree we have little to gain by interfering in Iran. Much better to sit back and watch them implode on their own.

To whomever is doing it; I salute You!

I know how things are supposed to work in the US military – much as in other militaries.

I just think Iran would be pushing it. If the basis for the war was manifestly bogus and given the US Gov has form in mounting illegal wars it is not 100% a given that the military leaders would comply. They would tacitly let the CinC know he was urinating into the wind and another plan would be made.

As for who is doing the attacks, all signs point to Mossad. I gather the head of Mossad already said as much.

Oh thank you all knowing one (for the good laugh).

Hopefully not.
We have zero business there. Iran and Middle East can take care of themselves. If they want to kill one another… so be it.

Trump thank goodness has shown little interest in getting involved. The purging of the Neocon elements from his party is a plus.

Joe Collins

The US military will not suffer from "widespread mutiny".

No need to even consider it as iran's govt is in the process of self-destructing. We will just sit back and watch it slowly collapse.

(smile)

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Armand

Trump seems to be following the Syrian playbook and trying to kick off an internecine war in Democratic led cities inside the US. More bang for his buck in the "homeland."

Those cities are already a mess with rioters attacking federal court houses. Part of me says he should do nothing and let Americans see how inept some of these mayors are as their cities burn.

Except I suspect quite a few of the mayors in such cities (like my beloved Los Angeles) and even state governors actually empathize with and march in solidarity with the protestors, heeding their calls to "defund the police" and redirect the budget towards crime-preventation social programs that would lower the prison population by redressing economic opportunity and disparity in disadvantaged socio-economic classes.

And we're calling the Chinese boogeymen "communists"???!!!

Ummmmm, I'll remind you, TC, that it was "the resistance" that kicked it off on Jan. 20, 2017, on Inauguration Day, when the "peaceful protesters" torched a limo in D.C. since they couldn't handle losing the election:

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ALL the arson since then, especially that going on now, nightly, is related to that, and being conducted by the opposition.

Those decrying his possible unwillingness to not accept the results of the election in Nov. are astounding, given they've not done that for the last 3 years and 8 months. The blatant hypocrisy and tears are delicious though, especially from the female candidate that "won" in her own mind, and still can't accept the result.

Wonder whatever happened to her stated philosophy of accepting the result, and as we Americans are supposed to do, rallying around behind the true winner for the good of the country?

"Wonder whatever happened to her stated philosophy of accepting the result, and as we Americans are supposed to do, rallying around behind the true winner for the good of the country?"

So you forgot the eight years of the previous administration?

So you forgot the eight years of the previous administration?

Yea right, not even in close to what is happening now.

I was referring to your comment about rallying around the winner for the good of the country. Didn't happen then, why should it happen now? Politics is politics.

"Didn't happen then, why should it happen now? Politics is politics."

You're comparing apples and watermelons. What we've been seeing over the last few years goes well beyond politics I'm afraid …