Ever wonder what the US's response will be if there's another terrorist attack like 9/11 on American soil? A planned US response is no doubt in place or at least being worked on. It's all been speculation on what it is, but now more info is coming out. www.amconmag.com/2005_08_01/article3.html
American Conservative Magazine -Aug/05 issue
"In Washington it is hardly a secret that the same people in and around the administration who brought you Iraq are preparing to do the same for Iran. 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."
*I highlighted the word 'suspected' because the IAEA has found no Iranian nuclear weapons program.
I also know that CONPLAN 8022 and the Global Strike doctrine of the Bush administration has already put 'mini nukes' under control of key US military commanders. So what's up?
Like Iraq, will Iran be the US's next victim if there's another 9/11? And will the response be, as the article says, 'not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the US.' -just like Iraq?
We can hope another 9/11 will never happen, but I'm not sure if that's realistic.
American Conservative Magazine -Aug/05 issue
"In Washington it is hardly a secret that the same people in and around the administration who brought you Iraq are preparing to do the same for Iran. 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."
*I highlighted the word 'suspected' because the IAEA has found no Iranian nuclear weapons program.
I also know that CONPLAN 8022 and the Global Strike doctrine of the Bush administration has already put 'mini nukes' under control of key US military commanders. So what's up?
Like Iraq, will Iran be the US's next victim if there's another 9/11? And will the response be, as the article says, 'not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the US.' -just like Iraq?
We can hope another 9/11 will never happen, but I'm not sure if that's realistic.
