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1 posted on 02/23/2007 12:13:09 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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Well that headline should twist some liberal panties.
2 posted on 02/23/2007 12:15:59 PM PST by rhombus
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To: West Coast Conservative

If the Democrats impeach Bush, then this is of course the upside. Enjoy President Cheney, Ms. Pelosi.


3 posted on 02/23/2007 12:17:23 PM PST by LtdGovt ("Where government moves in, community retreats and civil society disintegrates" -Janice Rogers Brown)
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Watch the left-wing moonbats at DU, Kos, HuffandBlo, Moron.Org and the rest go nuts about this. I think Vice President Cheney makes them even crazier than President Bush.


5 posted on 02/23/2007 12:18:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Newt Gingrich/John Bolton 2008)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Word is Cheney was also heard humming that Beach Boys song "bom, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran, bom Irannnnn...


7 posted on 02/23/2007 12:20:37 PM PST by NeoCaveman (Hillary Hugo Chavez wants to "take those profits" away from you, for the common good)
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How I love this man! Especially when he makes the Libs' heads hurt.


9 posted on 02/23/2007 12:23:19 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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Payback for the Embassy takeover is long overdue. This nutmenajob guy is only reminding us that we should not wait much longer to do so.


10 posted on 02/23/2007 12:24:03 PM PST by lormand (Michael Wiener - the tough talking populist moron, who claims to be a Conservative)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Iran has to notice all that iron we have in the Persian Gulf.


11 posted on 02/23/2007 12:29:26 PM PST by AU72
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To me, these two sentences taken together are most significant:

"You get various estimates of where the point of no return is," Mr Cheney said, identifying nuclear terrorism as the greatest threat to the world.

"Is it when they possess weapons or does it come sooner, when they have mastered the technology but perhaps not yet produced fissile material for weapons?"

The door is open indeed.


12 posted on 02/23/2007 12:29:28 PM PST by elpinta (Tagline missing)
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To: West Coast Conservative; gonzo
>>>....or does it come sooner, when they have mastered the technology but perhaps not yet produced fissile material for weapons?"<<<

Which is where they are..now!

14 posted on 02/23/2007 12:32:14 PM PST by HardStarboard (The Democrats are more afraid of American Victory than Defeat!)
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Is Russia supporting Iran's nuclear build up to control 2/3rds of the world's oil in that region?


16 posted on 02/23/2007 12:33:32 PM PST by AmericanMade1776
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Hunter/Cheney 08


21 posted on 02/23/2007 12:57:15 PM PST by pissant (http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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The truth hurts...but that only applies to rats, liberals and the enemy.


22 posted on 02/23/2007 12:59:10 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America..Duncan Hunter 2008.)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Iran getting ready to attack Israel through it's Surrogate Syria.
23 posted on 02/23/2007 1:06:01 PM PST by Syncro
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I would say attack Iran, but wait for one if these war game exercises they put on for the press. presumably these are done away from populations centers - and they'd make perfectly fine targets for air-fuel weapons and the like.
24 posted on 02/23/2007 1:16:49 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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Be prepared for $3 gas and probably $4 a gallon gas.


26 posted on 02/23/2007 2:14:43 PM PST by LM_Guy
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Iran should be hit and hit hard and fast.

ANYTHING we manage to achieve in Iraq will be lost if Iran and Syria remain standing.

I think Cheney whould have made a far better President than Bush.


30 posted on 02/23/2007 8:38:47 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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He has endorsed Republican senator John McCain's proposition that the only thing worse than a military confrontation with Iran would be a nuclear-armed Iran.

I've been out of the loop on the news

When did McCain say to attack Iran first?

Cause that quote doesn't sound like a hint to hit Iran first

31 posted on 02/23/2007 8:41:37 PM PST by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: West Coast Conservative; Grampa Dave; potlatch; ntnychik; devolve

32 posted on 02/23/2007 8:46:41 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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Cheney hints at Iran strike Herald Sun ^ | February 24, 2007 | Greg Sheridan

Posted on 02/23/2007 12:13:07 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

US Vice-President Dick Cheney has raised the possibility of military action to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.

He has endorsed Republican senator John McCain's proposition that the only thing worse than a military confrontation with Iran would be a nuclear-armed Iran.

In an exclusive interview with The Weekend Australian, Mr Cheney said: "I would guess that John McCain and I are pretty close to agreement."

Below is a YTD time line of events with Iran and our subsequent military buildup besides what we have in Iran and Afghanistan. This time line and collage changes whenever news which applies is posted on Free Republic.

If Tehran Only Knew, what will happen if there is no regime change in Iran.:

"In America, we lie for tactical reasons, stating over and over that military action against Iran is unlikely. However in Iran, out of ignorance, they reiterate that American military action against their country is impossible because the US is "unable" to do so!

We say and hope our analysis is wrong. A possible military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities is in the final stages. Unless a political miracle occurs that revives the halted dialog between Iran and the international community, Iran and its neighboring countries should not be surprised by a scenario that includes American military action. "

Just maybe, President Bush is purposely allowing the media and the left to spout their garbage in order to create the illusion that we are completely incapable of taking any action against Iran. It would come as a complete surprise if we did take action.


Summary of US military buildup in the Persian Gulf area since the first of the year:

Over the past month, the U.S. Navy has given orders to the U.S.S. John Stennis carrier battle group, based in Bremerton, WA, to steam toward the Persian Gulf, where it will join the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Navy sources say the Pentagon is getting ready to announce the dispatch of a third carrier battle group – the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan – from San Diego. That will make three carrier battle groups in the region starting at around the end of January.

Oh, and along with them is the amphibious assault group led by the U.S.S. Boxer, which can land several thousand U.S. Marines to seize and destroy strategic sites near the coast at a moment’s notice. (Busheir? Bandar Abbas? Jask? The three Persian Gulf islands Iran seized from the UAE in the 1990s and has since fortified to harass Gulf shipping? Your pick).

Other recent US Naval and Marine Corp additions to handle/control/kill the Iranian Serial Killers:

Bataan Transits Suez Canal, Enters U.S. 5th Fleet Story Number: NNS070130-14 Release Date: 1/30/2007 7:00:00 PM

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Joanne De Vera, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs

USS BATAAN, At Sea (NNS) -- The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and the Sailors and Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) successfully transited the Suez Canal on Jan. 30 and entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

While in the region, the Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) will conduct maritime security operations (MSO).

MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment, as well as complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. These operations deny international terrorists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material.

U.S. 5th Fleet’s area of operations encompasses 2.5 million square miles of water and includes the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean.

“We’ll continue our role as the surface warfare commander and the air defense commander for the Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group,” said Cmdr. Jon Carriglitto, Bataan’s operations officer. “Together with the MEU, we bring the ability to insert a quick, capable amphibious force where it’s needed.”

While in theater, approximately 6,000 U.S. Sailors and Marines assigned to the ESG and the 26th MEU provide the combatant commander a versatile sea-based force that can be tailored to a variety of missions. The Bataan ESG has the capabilities to support MSO, combat operations and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief.

“Bataan ESG’s presence in the U.S. 5th Fleet will require the crew to conduct what it does best: well deck and flight deck operations,” said Carriglitto. “We’ll be conducting varsity-level operations, but much of it falls right in line with our ongoing training, so I know we’re ready to meet those challenges.”

Bataan, commanded by Capt. David Hulse, left its homeport of Norfolk on Jan. 4 for a regularly-scheduled deployment as the flagship of the Bataan ESG. The ESG is comprised of the Bataan Strike Group, commanded by Commodore Donna Looney, commander, Bataan Strike Group/Amphibious Squadron 2, and the 26th MEU based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., commanded by Col. Gregg Sturdevant.

In addition to Bataan, the strike group consists of USS Shreveport (LPD 12), USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), USS Nitze (DDG 94), USS Underwood (FFG 36), and USS Scranton (SSN 756).

For related news, visit the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/cusnc/.

"Due to rapidly developing events in Somalia, U.S. Central Command has tasked USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to join USS Bunker Hill, USS Ramage, USS Anzio and USS Ashland to support ongoing maritime security operations off the coast of Somalia," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for 5th Fleet in Bahrain.

Aircraft Carrier USS Reagan at Sasebo, Japan (where does it go next?)
AP ^ | 02/24/07

Posted on 02/24/2007 12:04:39 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

An aerial view shows U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald W. Reagan sailing into the Sasebo Port, western Japan, Saturday, Feb. 24 2007. The newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier made a port call at Sasebo U.S. naval base Saturday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)


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More Iranian related news:

01.31.07

Pentagon official tells LA Times aggressive new tactics designed to deter Iranian assistance to Iraqi militants may include more forceful patrols by fighter planes along Iran-Iraq border to counter smuggling of bomb supplies from Islamic Republic; ‘For every improvised explosive device that goes off in Iraq, a bomb should go off in Iran,’ retired Air Force lieutenant general says.

ynet.news.com

IRAN CLOCK IS TICKING

Thursday, February 01, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com

LINKED NEWS ANALYSIS

Military and intelligence sources continue to tell me that preparations are advancing for a war with Iran starting possibly as early as mid-to-late February. The sources offer some differences of opinion over whether Bush might cite a provocation from Iran or whether Israel will take the lead in launching air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

-Consortiumnews.com

8 posted on 02/01/2007 4:24:51 PM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is Never Free)

A Quote from: The Dogs of War - Lessons of the 20th Century. By Victor Davis Hanson, (author most recently of Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power):

"I would not wish to fight the United States - either militarily, politically, or culturally. For every threat, our history teaches us that Americans offer not just a rejoinder, but the specter of a devastating answer of a magnitude almost inconceivable to those now chanting and threatening in the streets of the Middle East.

Do they have any idea of what sort of dangerous people we really are? Do they understand the history of the names of those ships now off their coasts, like the USS Peleliu or Enterprise, or the pedigree of the 82nd or 101st Airborne?"

In spite of all the reality above, the insane Islamofascist serial killers in charge of Iran are going ahead with naval war games in the Persian Gulf.

Iranian navy, air forces to launch wargames in Persian Gulf, Oman Sea IRNA / Reuters ^

Posted on 02/06/2007 10:20:34 AM PST by maquiladora

Missile units of the air and naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will begin a specialized wargame in southern and central parts of Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman from Wednesday.

The announcement follows mounting tension with the United States, which has said it will step up pressure on Iran. This has included despatching a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, a major shipping lane for oil exports.

The exercises will be staged on Wednesday and Thursday by the missile units of the Guards' naval and air forces, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, citing a Guards source.

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Second US aircraft carrier arrives near Iran
AFP ^ | 02/20/07

Posted on 02/20/2007 8:15:53 AM PST by nypokerface

MANAMA (AFP) - A second US aircraft carrier has arrived in Middle Eastern waters as promised by US President George W. Bush in January amid an escalating crisis with nearby Iran over its nuclear program.

The USS John C. Stennis and its accompanying strike group joined the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Sea of Oman but has not yet entered Gulf waters, the US Fifth Fleet said Tuesday from its base in Manama.

The Stennis "entered the US 5th Fleet area of operations... to conduct maritime security operations in regional waters, as well as to provide support for ground forces operating in Afghanistan and Iraq," said a US statement.

Bush on January 10 unveiled his new strategy for Iraq which included deploying a second aircraft carrier group and a Patriot anti-missile defense system "to reassure our friends and allies."

Washington accuses arch-foe Tehran of stoking the insurgency in Iraq and of seeking to develop a nuclear bomb, charges denied by the Islamic republic.

Days after Bush's announcement, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Stennis's redeployment was a signal to Iran, which, he said, has a "very negative" attitude.

Iran has also been carrying out military exercises in the region, including test-firing missiles and building drones that military commanders boasted could hit the US Navy.

The White House has repeatedly insisted it has no plans to strike Iran, and downplayed the significance of reinforcing the US military presence in the Gulf region.

Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised the US military build-up in the Gulf, saying it did not fit in with Washington's Iraq strategy.


Our comrades, Pelosi, Reid, Clintoon, Kerry and Kennedy will never allow Bush to attack us!

Hey, what is causing all those bright lights and loud noises!

The nuclear bomb used at Hiroshima was puny compared to what we have ready for the Islamofascist serial killers in Iran:

Atomic blast in Hiroshima

An atomic blast demolished the centre of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6,1945. Japan agreed to surrender after a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9.

Iranian Map: Before we unleash the real hell on earth shown below for the Iranian Whackjobs:

Then, we show the suicidal Islamofascist serial killers in charge of Iran, what real nuclear weapons will do.

Iranian Map: After the above!

Besides the obvious air and missile strikes, we can cause a lot of economic problems for Iran using their techniques against them like the following: (Iranian) Pipeline blown up
Daily Times (Pakistan) ^ | February 21st, 2007

Posted on 02/21/2007 2:41:24 AM PST by M. Espinola

Quetta: Suspected Baloch militants blew up a gas pipeline near Quetta on Tuesday, cutting supplies to a power plant and several areas, a gas company official said. Gas supplies were cut to four districts near Quetta and a 95 MW city power plant. Supplies might be restored to some areas within 24 hours, Nawaz said. No one was hurt in the early morning blast in the outskirts of Quetta. “They planted explosives under an 18-inch pipeline that blew out a 4-foot piece of the pipe,” said Sheikh Nawaz, general manager of Sui Southern Gas Company. agencies


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror; Click to Add Topic
KEYWORDS: ENERGY; IRAN; NATURALGAS; NAWAZ; OIL; QUETTA;



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37 posted on 02/24/2007 6:28:13 AM PST by Grampa Dave (GW has more Honor and Integrity in his little finger than ALL of the losers on the "hate Bush" band)
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He accused Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of espousing an "apocalyptic philosophy"

Could be that Mahmoud is right-on, straight-up, bullseye on that one. Book of Revelation level accuracy, as a matter of fact.

40 posted on 02/24/2007 2:32:28 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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