Posted on 11/09/2011 3:02:59 PM PST by drewh
Germany has put its Air Force Tornado warplanes in intensive training for a possible attack on targets in Iran, after taking part last week in a joint drill with the Israeli Air Force and other NATO members at the Italian Decimomannu air base on Sardinia.
Iran, for its part, is gearing up for a gloves-off reprisal against its attackers...
(Excerpt) Read more at debka.com ...
If war breaks out against Iran, our President will establish a committee to study the problem. He would have no choice since he wouldn’t know what else to do.
AND in other news, Iran’s leader Ahmadinejad looked down the famous ‘well’ where the Islamic ‘Mahdi’ is expected to reappear per Muslim teachings, and saw the mystical figure square dancing with none other than Adolf Hitler to the ‘Horst Wessel Song’.
No Eurofighter Typhoons?
‘nother debka
it might have happened.
Holy crap! Blitzkrieg 2.0?
Nice to see Germany isn’t afraid to project some military power. We can use everyone we can get.
DEBKA?
Hmmm. Do those other NATO members include the US Air Force? /s
DEBKA?
Hmmm. Do those other NATO members include the US Air Force? /s
well if the Germans built the bunkers ,they would be the best choice if you wanted to blow them up
What a difference 70 years makes now, doesn’t it. From gassing the Jews to helping them.
I think Herman, the Germans and Israel will wind up working together between 2013 and 2016, taking care of some business over in the mideast.
yea riiiiiiight
I hope the Poles get involved also.
Probably. I’m thinking refueling support and radar coverage as a minimum. Probably more if this report is correct (it is DEBKA after all). German military isn’t going to do a thing if the US isn’t in the lead.
Notice to all: This is a Debka report, they don’t always have their oars in the water.
All this Iran attack talk, sabre rattling, need to stomp a mudhole in ‘em, etc. is very interesting but not gonna happen.
If Iran has virtually no sanctions on its sale of goods, there is no realistic embargo. They will always be able to buy what they want, get real.
Their nuke weapon program is buried too deep for anyone, even ourselves with atomic weapons to destroy.
Israel, with exact coordinates, with Germany, and all the King’s horses and all the King’s men can’t do squat about it.
Look Israel can’t even take out Hamas or Hiz’bollah next door.
Whom is going to refuel all these attacking aircraft? Whom is going to give them overflight permission?
If we were serious about shutting down Iran, why don’t we cut all internet and phone transmission, stop all electronic banking and debit and credit cards for 24 hours?? We can do that.
So let’s bust a move and let Iran know how vulnerable they really are.
According to Debka, Saddam was in Belarus or in the freezer of the Russian Embassy in Bagdhad and 0bama was in Iran.
Word from Libya is that the Tornado is still the attack king.
By "we" do you mean the U.S.? What makes you think Obama will commit the U.S. to assist Israel?
If you are Israeli, yes, help from Germany is good but don't expect U.S. involvement, Obama won't allow that.
Good question, but he doesn’t even know how to establish a committee. He’d most likely have someone else do it.....mean while, he’ll go play golf.
Those Germans sure do make good bunkers.
Given the amt of time NATO took to get the job done in Libya, Iran could take a long while and victory isn’t certain.
Ahhhh, I get it, they are training in secret and they aren’t going to tell anyone so as to keep the element of surprise. Good plan!
Only because Iran's missiles can now hit The Fatherland.
In 1991, Germany's participation in Desert Storm was deliberately low-key, for fear of upsetting nearby Israel. That aircraft now wearing Luftwaffe insignia are preparing to assist Israel is surreal indeed.
My first thought when I saw the article as well.
Granted, Ahmadinutjob has been up to no good for some time and bears close and continuous scrutiny, but I take Debka reports with giant grains of salt.
Their nuke weapon program is buried too deep for anyone, even ourselves with atomic weapons to destroy.
And you know this tidbit how?
Whom is going to give them overflight permission?
The Saudis already have — some time ago.
Surreal?
I think the German almost century old investment in the state of Isreal, which began in the 1930’s with the Transfer Agreemement, is now beyond all calculation.
If you think that just because our American contribution to Isreal tops the list of our own beneficence, that Isreal was not built by others, poorer, yet much more generous you are wrong.
It’s DEBka. Nuff said.
Debka: far more dependable and honest than UK tabloids. Thanks to Germany for being a good ally.
Well, okay, a reservation for one UK paper: The Spectator. It’s not too bad. The rest are trash.
Thanks drewh and familyop.
Not a chance.
This is Debka.
Could be training for Syria, provided that this is true at all.
German FM: Discussing Attacks on Iran is Dangerous
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle: Publicly discussing a military strike on Iran strengthens its leadership.
By Elad Benari
First Publish: 11/8/2011, 6:09 AM
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149518
Doesn't matter if Obama chooses to be involved or not.
The US military will come under attack throughout the Gulf region. Iran will attack Gulf oil fields as well.
If Israel attacks, the US WILL BE INVOLVED and will have to finish it.
Maybe he will as soon as he gets back from his 250th vacation at the tax payers expense.
Guido Westerwelle... heh... reminds me of a joke from Charlie Weaver years ago, on Hollywood Squares. “Charlie, is it true that there’s a connection between the royal families of Greece and Sweden?” “Yes, and we owe that to our friend, Sven Papadopoulos.”
There have been reports that the aircraft ID codes for the IDF have been programmed into Saudi air defense so that if an overflight was launched without permission, the Saudis would know whom they were and could make the appropriate excuses to the muslim world, that's all.
Regarding Iran's burial of its nuke program, Iran is the most tunneled country in the world, has been for many hundreds of years, it's hot there. The most prestigious civil engineering program in Iran is in underground structures.
Guess who used to be president of that engineering society? That's right, Achmed-i-nejad himself, that'e his professional field, mining and civil engineering.
Your turn to throw some of your researched tidbits in.
For those wishing to educate themselves on Iranian tunneling expertise, google “Qanat” and you will find that Iranians have been digging complicated water tunnels since about the time King David was herding goats.
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