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Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced a measure that would green-light an Israeli bombing campaign against Iran. The resolution, H.Res. 1553, provides explicit support for military strikes against Iran, stating that Congress supports Israel's use of "all means necessary" against Iran "including the use of military force". US military leaders have warned that strikes could be catastrophic to US national security interests and could engulf the Middle East in a "calamitous" regional war.
Nearly a third of House Republicans have signed onto the resolution, which has been publicly discussed and circulated by its lead sponsor, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), for months.
The National Iranian American Council is leading calls to oppose the measure, urging those concerned to demand that House Republican Leader John Boehner denounce the resolution.
The introduction of the measure coincides with a pattern of renewed calls for military strikes that have escalated since President Obama signed "crippling" Congressional Iran sanctions into law. Neoconservatives who were instrumental in orchestrating the Iraq War, such as Bill Kristol, and Reuel Marc Gerecht, have led the stepped up calls for military action.
Hawkish former Bush Administration official John Bolton recently laid out the game plan to prod Israel into attacking Iran, arguing that outsiders can "create broad support" for a strike by framing it as an issue of Israel's right to self defense. Supporters for military strikes, Bolton says, should "defend the specific tactic of pre-emptive attacks" against Iran. He urges that Congress can "make it clear" that it supports such strikes and that "having visible congressional support in place at the outset will reassure the Israeli government, which is legitimately concerned about Mr. Obama's likely negative reaction to such an attack."
In spite of enthusiasm from the neocons, top US military leaders have warned of the many dangers of military strikes against Iran. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has argued, "Another war in the Middle East is the last thing we need. In fact, I believe it would be disastrous on a number of levels." Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has expressed his own serious reservations about an attack, stating, "Iran getting a nuclear weapon would be incredibly destabilizing. Attacking them would also create the same kind of outcome. In an area that's so unstable right now, we just don't need more of that." General David Petraeus has warned that a strike on Iran would be utilized by the Iranian government to unite it's otherwise divided populace.
Simulations have been conducted over the past year to assess the outcome of a preemptive military strike against Iran. One such simulation, by the Brookings Institution's Saban Center, found that strikes would draw the US into the conflict that would engulf the region into war, and would enable Iran to use the attacks as an opportunity to unite the Iranian people and dismantle its opposition. The simulation also found that the strikes could not destroy Iran's nuclear program but merely set it back a few years.
An Oxford Research Group report released recently reinforced those findings and also warned that an Israeli attack would be disastrous and would be unlikely to stop Iran's nuclear program. Instead, the report concluded attacks could convince Iran to withdraw from the international Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and to aggressively seek to develop nuclear weapons.
Iranian activists have urged that even raising the specter of war undercuts the opposition in Iran. "The mere fact that Obama didn't make military threats made the Green Movement possible," noted Akbar Ganji. "A military attack would destroy all of that."
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Jamal Abdi is Policy Director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC).
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Republicans
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Sun Jul 25, 2010 06:59 PM PDTin the past 30 years have been on the forefront of every stupid idea. Not that the Democrats are much better. But since the Carter disaster Republicans have taken the lead in stupidity. Not just that but also evil and spiteful and anti human actions.
This is just the latest in the actions of a party that worships stupidity. Add to that the Israeli Neocons who seem hell bent on making Israel even more hated. I am sure between them they are going to cook up a brew that will turn any stomach.
Of course the generals are right. Any attack on IRI will specially by Israel will be destabilizing. Unless they want to go all out. But we all know that Americans do not have the belly for an all out war. They want nice sanitized wars with no American casualties. So they are going to make a mess with totally unforeseeable results.
Ironically all this could have been avoided if the idiot Americans had not destabilized the Shah in the first place. But no action is too dumb for the dear Americans. Specially the Neocon Israel first types who rival the MKO in treachery.
May I
by Doctor X on Sun Jul 25, 2010 05:22 PM PDTSuggest a more spicier version of the Zereshk Juice? Apparently the "maalaat" is not strong enough:)
Perhaps if they'd would combine it with Jelopena...sanity returns to where it belongs.
one more thing
by Fatollah on Sun Jul 25, 2010 04:37 PM PDTwhen former four star US Generals and US diplomats see the upcoming hell and mayhem, who the hell are you to argue what is best for our nation, region or the world ...
I remember when a fomer French diplomat in a none official gathering calling the state of Israel for that "little shite" of a country, all hell broke loose and he had to apologize ...
now go figure ...
They do serve them "Zereshk Juice" regularly.....
by fooladi on Sun Jul 25, 2010 04:29 PM PDTAt their farsi classes break times. But you can still identify them with their thick lebanese accents if they open their mouth. Otherwise, it is the peculiar stench of an Islamist Rat which gives them away! I can smell it here right now....
now imshi :)
speaking of 'surgical' attack
by Fatollah on Sun Jul 25, 2010 04:14 PM PDTNo sane Iranian would want or wish for an attack on his country. No matter from whatever known angle, this is an insane idea! besides, Iran's future is in the hands of Iranians living inside Iran and cetainly not in the hands of outsiders.
1. Those Iranians who endorse and attack, please move to Tehran and experience the horror if and when it happens ...
2. As for the accuracy of the missle attacks, how come US missles ended up in Iran when they were aimed at Baghdad in the first "Persian" Gulf war?
3. I wouldn't want 100,000 Hezbollahi's dead even if they wished for martydom, I would rather see them live and see their VF removed including the rest of IR pack ... (let them suffer more)
4. see below link:
//www.collateralmurder.com/
I rest my case.
Long live our nation
-F
Mien Führer
by Fred on Sun Jul 25, 2010 03:48 PM PDTThe day will not come when mien Führer, a card carrying supporter of Islamist Rapists, will be the judge of who cares and does not care for the victims of his Islamist Rapist brethrens.
Drink some of the Zereshk juice your Islamist Palestinain crop-duster comrade is using to cool off.
You are too green, do not skip class.
Fred doesnt care about iranian people
by MOOSIRvaPIAZ on Sun Jul 25, 2010 03:28 PM PDTHe pretty much showed his true colors in this thread.
فولادی یک مرد؟باهوش
I Voted AhmadinejadSun Jul 25, 2010 02:59 PM PDT
ااز کرامات شیخ این است
عسل چشید و گفت "شیرین" است
ram jams
"On the second thought we need warmongers and Iranian haters
by Rosie. on Sun Jul 25, 2010 02:14 PM PDTsuch as this character to make comments such as dropping a big massive atomic bomb on Iran. Maybe we treat each other with more respect."
Pastor - WOW
by MM on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:52 PM PDTYou ain't no pastor! You are definitely something else.
No sense in arguing with you.
US Military will not stop at 23 MOPS! Mullahs will be lucky if
by pastor bill rennick on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:45 PM PDTthey get less than 2300 MOPS!
Who will take care of the mullahs thugs? It's simple, click on link below! The big MR and company.
//iranian.com/main/2010/jul/mojahedin-1-u...
"soosan", relax....
by fooladi on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:43 PM PDTRemember this is iranian.com, where missiles are raining daily, where lebanese arabs adopt user ID's like "ilove ahmadinezhad' or "my name is a kharmagas parsi', etc. So people are getting worked up a bit. Just join the fun. Take a side and attack everybody else, great therapy, beats prozac, if you dont believe me, ask the khalifa khamenei fan club here.
Benross is correct - It will take 23 of these MOP's
by MM on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:39 PM PDTto destroy the "known" Iranian nuclear facilities (See, //www.nti.org/e_research/profiles_pdfs/Iran/iran_nuclear_sites.pdf). I guess MIB is implying that 5 million Islamists and families will go in the nuclear bunkers and wait for these bombs.
And, Benross is right; who will take care of IRI and and its henchmen and their subsequent wrath on the Iranian people as well as the sorounding countries.
Israel attacks Iran!oohmm not too bad a news
by I Voted Ahmadinejad on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:37 PM PDTI would like to see a rain a missile rain in holly land.Bring it on
ram jams
Shame on anyone who is for
by Soosan Khanoom on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:37 PM PDTShame on anyone who is for this strike. Shame on the republicans ....shame on Israel....
more than anything else shame on those iranian who live outside of Iran and agree to this ....... get your ass over there and under bombardment then say this should be done .........
No matter how mullahs are hated over there still you should be a monster to agree to this ........ no one should even dare to bomb Iran .... NO ONE ......
Okay genius. That 'surgical'
by mola in boshkeh on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:25 PM PDTPlus 5 million deads hopefully of the kinds of mullahs and family members will cause the complete collapse. Remember the words of the great cowboys of Texas, kick the bull's balls until it drops to submission!
Okay genius. That 'surgical'
by benross on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:21 PM PDTOkay genius. That 'surgical' attack will destroy the whole nuclear weapon facilities of IRI without a single 'collateral' damage. Facilities that IRI didn't have much use for it except for propaganda anyway. Then what? What does it do with us and IRI? IRI remains there because what keeps its power was not nuclear weapons that it never had. And Iranians remain under its control. And the propaganda side of the facilities get multiplied by factual aggression and victimization.
IRI loves you people!
Yummy
by Genghis Khan on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:18 PM PDTIt can not be delayed for another year, and it will be done during the summer-fall window.
I can already smell the stench of burning bones.
If my body dies, let my body die, but do not let my country die.
And you can be taken seriously accordingly.
by mola in boshkeh on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:17 PM PDTMOP is serious!
A New Bomb for Iran
by jalaledin99 on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:11 PM PDTHere is a CNN video about the MOP or Massive Ordinance Penetrator. It is a 15 ton satellite-guided bunker buster. It would allow the US to destroy Irans nuclear facilities without going nuclear.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2tUKDV9M8
I am serious!
by benross on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:11 PM PDTI am serious!
And you can be taken seriously accordingly.
Fred - take Wilma & join us in the 21st century civil society
by MM on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:04 PM PDTand take your zereshk and make something delicious like zereshk-polo.
"He proved with his last comment
by Mola Nasredeen on Sun Jul 25, 2010 01:12 PM PDTto be an Israeli supporter/agent who knows a few words of Farsi/Persian. An imposter who is abusing the free forum for concerned Iranians. On the second thought we need warmongers and Iranian haters such as this character to make comments such as dropping a big massive atomic bomb on Iran. Maybe we treat each other with more respect." Concluded Hazrate shotor.
I mean the big massive one!
by mola in boshkeh on Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:33 PM PDTI am serious!
No, Mola...
by Rosie. on Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:19 PM PDT'soft-hearthed' must have something to do with fireplaces.
I don't know if he has a fireplace, but the Pastor does appear to be both soft-hearted and soft in the head. Meaning well-intentioned and totally out of it.
A very dangerous combination.
Anyway it's in very poor taste for people who do nothing (and I mean nothing) but advocate for any kind of military intervention anywhere to do it with a cartoon avatar and jokes. Military intervention is very serious business.
And as for 'the big one', do you mean the 'A' one or the 'H' one? Those do a lot of collateral damage. (Actually you could say 'collateral good'). Do you mean neither of them? Then you should be more specific with your language. Uncool.
What is this with you bomb people and cartoons? Now it's Fred Flintstone. I keep telling myself, they can't be serious, they can't be serious.
Are you people serious?
This Pastor dude is soft-hearthed... US/Israel should drop...
by mola in boshkeh on Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:44 AM PDTthe big one on the mullahs and family!
Islamist Palestinian crop-dusters
by Fred on Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:39 AM PDTOnce again, the lying Islamist Palestinian crop-dusters should drink their Zeresh juice and then and only then bite me!
Pastor - you are the one calling for bombing of Friday prayers
by MM on Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:36 AM PDTWhat happened to the old saying: honor amongst thieves?
Fred:
by Bavafa on Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:34 AM PDTUnless you are ready to retract your own blog and statement (preferably with gooh khordam ghalat kardam) which link and statement has been provided, you would be the liar here, wouldn't you?!!!
Mehrdad
Fred
by MM on Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:33 AM PDTI can also call you AIPAC-loving, A$$-kissing, Iranian-blood-sucking war-monger. But, I won't.