newshoggers.com - 12/5/2008
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By Cernig
There's a rapidly developing consensus among Washington's Very Serious person set that Obama's plans to negotiate with Iran should get only one try, and if that fails then the bombing should begin.
Today Iran's parliamentary Speaker and the Ayatollah's most trusted negotiator, ...
jpost.com - 12/4/2008
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jpost.com —
The IDF is drawing up options for a
strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include
coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned. While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials have said Israel is ...
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IDF preparing options for Iran strike | Iran news | ...
newyorker.com - 12/2/2008
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newyorker.com —
The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in
order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon,
has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack. Current and former American ...
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Annals of National Security: The Iran Plans: The New Yorker
timesonline.co.uk - 12/4/2008
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Hawks In Doves Clothing
Crooks and Liars —
... The D.C. establishment is preparing the ground for diplomacy's failure when it comes to Iran and some indiscreet neocons are openly telling listeners at think-tank discussions that they're happy to pretend that plans for attacking Iran have been shelved for now -- until the supposedly inevitable collapse of negotiations enables the US to claim that everything else was tried before military action. The big question, I suppose, is - is all this intended to undermine Obama's policy or is it telling the truth about what that policy truly is? ...
Creating Strategic Ambiguity Over Obama's Iran Policy
Crooks and Liars —
... - deliberately muddying the waters about Israeli and American intentions so as to pressure Iran in its negotiations with the West by ensuring it fears an attack if it doesn't play ball. D.C. hawks have gotten on board to such an extent that it is already an accepted fact among the Very Serious Person set that Obama's idea of negotiation without preconditions will get exactly one shot, will fail, and then the bombs will begin to fall. ...
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