Wednesday, October 7, 2009

US planning to attact Iran since at least 2007


Is the U.S. stepping up preparations for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities?
Photo: Iran's Leader: Obama Wrong to Say Nuke Site Hidden: Iran's president says Obama made a big mistake in accusing Iran of hiding nuclear site
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has been sparring with President Obama over whether Iran is developing the technology to build nuclear weapons.
(ABC News Photo Illustration)

The Pentagon is always making plans, but based on a little-noticed funding request recently sent to Congress, the answer to that question appears to be yes.

First, some background: Back in October 2007, ABC News reported that the Pentagon had asked Congress for $88 million in the emergency Iraq/Afghanistan war funding request to develop a gargantuan bunker-busting bomb called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). It's a 30,000-pound bomb designed to hit targets buried 200 feet below ground. Back then, the Pentagon cited an "urgent operational need" for the new weapon.
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Looks like they had already decided by October of 2007 whether or not to go to war with Iran.
Since Obama's presidency seems to be a continuation of Bush's presidency, I don't think that negotiations with Iran will go well.

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