Iranians Would Welcome Airstrikes, Sources Say (Iraq, Israel, regime, military)

[ProudCapMarine]

Iranians Would Welcome Airstrikes, Sources Say
Newsmax.com - Iranians Would Welcome Airstrikes, Sources Say

Emissaries from inside Iran have been meeting with Iranian exiles in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere in recent weeks to deliver this provocative message, which they claim comes from pro-U.S. dissidents at the upper-most levels of the regime.

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[NewToCA]

From your own article, I kind of like this approach for the near term:

While the hard-liners are convinced that the U.S. is “bluffing” about putting any real pressure on Iran, Vatanka noted that the escalation of U.S.-led sanctions on Iran includes efforts to ban Iran from the international banking system, which would seriously complicate Iran’s efforts to get paid for its oil.


The military option should only be used if we can prove beyond any doubt that Iran is acting in a manner contributing to continuing destabilization in Iraq. If our troops are dying due to Iranian interference...

[tablemtn]

This is sounds very familiar to the rhetoric that came before Iraq, when "sources" like con artist Ahmed Chalabi made similar claims about the desires of the Iraqi people... and then the Bush administration actually fell for them...

[CrazyJay]

i'd imagine Israel would strike Iran before the US did...

either way, we shouldn't be dealing with that whole mess