Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid mounting concern about Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme, the Guardian has learned.
The Ministry of Defence believes the US may decide to fast-forward plans for targeted missile strikes at some key Iranian facilities. British officials say that if Washington presses ahead it will seek, and receive, UK military help for any mission, despite some deep reservations within the coalition government.
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The Likudniks have been chomping at the bit for a long time and now the nuts here and in the Kingdom are starting to touch themselves at the thought; consequences be damned:
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Iran's forces may not be up to much but, with the help of Hamas and Hezbollah, they could wreak havoc. British and US troops in Afghanistan would be exposed to even greater danger than they are now – their bases in the Gulf, notably in Qatar and Bahrain, would be easy targets. The Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the Gulf, the canal through which more than 50% of the world's oil is shipped, would be closed. What would arise from the ashes?
Some may say that is a price worth paying to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The suggestion is that there is a "window" now that would enable Israel on its own to strike Iran's nuclear sites. Next year, the "window" would be left open to the US (and the UK) before Iran's nuclear weapons reached the point of no return.
Such reasoning, if this is what it can be called, is that of the dangerous fool. How crushed and devastated would Iran have to be before it could no longer restart a nuclear programme, even one just involving fissile material as a weapon for terrorists? [my ems]
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After 10 years of perpetual war, the expense and disaster for our collective economies, the loss of soldiers' and civilian lives in the thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, how these people could actually consider an attack on Iran is unconscionable.
If the Israelis want to go, fine. Let them and let them deal with the consequences. We should just sit back and watch.
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It would be nice if we could separate ourselves from Israel and Bugsy Netanyahu, but in everybody elses eye the two of us are tight as ticks. Whatever Israel does will rebound on us in the worst way.
And with the US out of Iraq, Bugsy sees Iraqi airspace as free to use in staging their attack.
Whatever Israel does will rebound on us in the worst way.
For generations to come.
I wouldn't doubt that all the Sunni countries around Israel are egging Israel on to do it to the Shiite Iran.
Why the hell do we suck up to Israel anyway? Let them do their own fighting, they probably don't need our help anyway.
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