From a primary source: War with Iran is on. Soon.

[iconoclastic cat]

You all may believe me or not, but I just talked to someone who can credibly say that war with Iran is a done deal, and will begin very, very soon. People were called last night and told to get their stuff together to leave. The speed of the mobilization is amazing.

I was also told that the US has quietly built up along the Iran/Iraq border.

I am now officially freaked out.

[northzax]

1. your source is wrong, I am afraid

just as a reminder, we don't have the capability to put ground forces into Iran, we simply don't have any more.

[iconoclastic cat]

4. I'm just telling what I was told.

This person would know. I hope you're correct.

[MzNov]

9. We will attack from the air. Bush's plan all along. It has now begun. nt

[Marrah_G]

15. And the sea

Major bombing can be done from the ships, which incidentally we have been building up off their cost.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it all.

[MzNov]

Exactly. From the air will mostly come from the warships. n/t

[Marrah_G]

22. I do think something is up though.

The last time my brother was on a ship in the persian gulf was the first bombing of bagdad. He retired not long after Somalia. He's been re-activated and arrived in the gulf 3 days ago.

[Az]

11. It works like this

Surepticiously initiate conflict with Iran. When Iran retaliates spin it as them starting the conflict. Site Iran's hostilities and nuclear ambitions as cause to initiate the draft (political ramifications stopped this in Iraq but Iran functions as a get out of jail free card for them). This gets the boots they need for Iran.

[Junkdrawer]

21. That and we'll need forces to contain the Iranian offensive after an air attack...

Israel will have it's hands full with the Lebanese Hezbollah retaliation.

[htuttle]

17. You're assuming that 'reality' has a place in their decision making process

[DixieBlue]

2. I don't doubt it ...

After the raid of the consulate last night ... I could see it happening. And as stated elsewhere on DU, Bush's speech seemed like a drumming up for a wider war.

The interesting thing, though, is the Kurds. On NPR the reporter said the Kurds weren't told about the consulate raid beforehand and that there was a standoff between Kurdish troops and US troops.

This is going to be beyond ugly.

[bryant69]

3. You'll forgive me if I hope that you are incorrect

Invading Iran at this juncture would be far worse than anything that has happened up till now, including Iraq and 9/11.

Bryant
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[iconoclastic cat]

7. I tried my best to poke holes in this person's assertion.

I came away convinced. This person was very, very upset, and I don't think would be telling me a tall tale.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

8. then give the details here that convinced you n/t

[iconoclastic cat]

14. Like technical language that I can't recall off the top of my head?

I wish I had that kind of memory. I was told about specific activities occurring in specific staging areas, both in the US and elsewhere, as well as training that would be occurring. I was also told by this person that the deployment of specific groups from specific places has been catagorized as "undefined," rather than within an 18-month range--apparently this is very unusual.

[trumad]

18. Shit---I was DRF 1 82nd Airborne and this type of shit happened all the time

I won't believe it until it happens... and me-thinks there's no way it will happen.

[iconoclastic cat]

19. And I consider you to be credible, trumad

Here's hoping that this is indeed nothing. I'm just giving my impressions.

[trumad]

20. Let's just hope I am...

peace

[snappyturtle]

5. I can't say I'm surprised.....this certainly takes the thunder out of

the Democrats first one hundred hours in Congress! I truly believe Bush is nuts.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

6. how soon is soon?

I heard from a source of mine that we are just going to sell Israel some nukular bunker busters and they are going to take care of this little job for us. See...proxy war...works like a charm. Just let Iran build some nukes and then we get to have all sorts of fun sitting back and letting them kill each other. :sarcasm:

Will you come here and boldly eat crow when the attack doesn't happen...soon?

sP

OnEdit : oh, and when this turns out to be false, please burn your source for us all to ridicule him/her directly

[iconoclastic cat]

10. I would savor that damn crow.

As for how soon, I was not able to get that information--my friend did not tell me.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

13. then 'soon' is crap and nothing more than sensationalism

soon could mean ANYTHING...sorry...just not worth anything...

sP

[iconoclastic cat]

16. "Soon" could indeed mean anything.

I really wasn't able to pry that info out of this person. I was trying to be supportive, and being nosy would have been a bit insensitive. I just let this person talk.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

23. How Soon Is Most Important Piece Of Info.

How soon is Extremely Relevant, and not at all nosy, considering this person obviously gave you a great deal of information to begin with.

How soon could be reduced to categories, such as the season. Spring, Summer, Fall. 2007, 2008?

Are we talking weeks or months? If this is coming in the short, short term, then I am highly suspicious, and concerned that it may be preceded by an attack in the U.S., subsequently pinned upon Iran.

That is why I'd want to know how soon is soon. This would be the most important detail for me. Not the fact we're placing more people in Iraq, or posturing towards Iran. That is already self-evident. An imminent attack would mean so much more.

[iconoclastic cat]

24. Yep. I agree. And I don't have that information.

If I hear something else, I'll let you know. We'll have to see.

[iconoclastic cat]

25. I wonder if Sen. Biden would like to join the two of us for a crow feast. nt

[NashVegas]

12. Let's Say He Does It

It will be fascinating to see if internal resistance (congress + citizens + other power-brokers) will go straight to put a kibosh on it by removing his ass from office, or we'll get rolled.

[roamer65]

26. I suspect they're bracing for the Iranian attack...

that will come after the air attack. Raisinbrain is doing his best to antagonize Iran as we speak, including pissing off the Kurds in the process.

[blues90]

27. This subject has had my attention for a while now

After bushs address last night hinting about Iran a few times , then the attack on the Iranian console last night .

Trouble is and what woories me as a citizen is we don't know what the hell bush has been doing in and around Iran and Iraq . They could have this setup to go and all we would know is what we are allowed to know .

Even if we saw actual footage of the entire area we still could not tell what was going on and this is one scary thing .

[Blackhatjack]

28. All this attention on Condi, Pace and Gates testifying before Congress takes the attention off

... what may be going on in the background.

I know of troops that were shipped out of NC to Kuwait a couple of weeks ago, allegedly part of the 'surge' with many to follow.

Obviously the Iraqis and Iranians are watching what is going on at Capitol Hill as the heavy-weights testify as to what we are going to do in Iraq. The perfect time to move quickly to position our troops IF we are going to do Iran.

IF it happens, I expect that Israel is going to carry out the bombing of nuclear sights in Iran. The US will provide support and intelligence. The trips to meet with the Saudis and other Middle East leaders was to alert them and coordinate with them protection of their oil fields from attack.

IF it is going to happen, I think it will be sooner rather than later --especially given the precarious position Bush finds himself in, with lots of scandal fodder about to become public as Congressional Investigations crank up.