From what I can gather, Blair already agreed to support Bush several months ago in a plan to invade Iran. This process has already been put in motion with a speech given yesterday whereby Iran was accused of supplying munitions to Iraq:
"However, the senior official, speaking anonymously yesterday, blamed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard for supplying the advanced technology that had helped Iraqi insurgents to kill British soldiers with the more lethal roadside bombs."
However, these politicians are shrewd. They know that if any public declaration of an attack on Iran is announced, public opposition will be very severe. The plan, therefore, is to simply escalate tensions and possibly provoke Iran to retaliate against U.K. troops placed near Iran's border. The accusations of roadside bombs is just the preliminary set of feelers being put out to prepare the public conscience.
There has also been an attempt made to escalate tensions over Iran's nuclear program and try to obtain the support of the U.N.
At some point, military advances will take place within the borders of Iran, at which point we'll be informed the said incursions have been made due to a need to defend Iraq and any troops based in that area. Moreover, Bush doesn't plan to send many ground troops into Iran but will rely on air strikes.
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"From March 21 to March 24, 2003, Iranian air-space had been violated with impunity by US aircraft. The US attacked the oil-industry communities of Khorramshahr, Abadan and Manyuhi in Iran not far from the US-UK-Kuwaiti controlled Faw Peninsula and Umm al Qasr--control points for the Shatt al Arb through which billions of gallons of crude oil have passed to the US, UK and Japan. The oil refinery and depots in Abadan were the primary targets. The were casualties but no deaths. US and UK bombers have also circled over Arvand-Kenar in Iran on their way into Iraq. Iranian officials have protested these violations of International Law, but to no avail. Pentagon officials declared the cause of the attacks to be "stray" cruise missiles and bombs. That is improbable."
"These attacks (and overflights), it seems, were part of the preprogrammed target packages planned early on by US military commanders to test, or light up, Iranian air defenses for the invasion."
"However, the senior official, speaking anonymously yesterday, blamed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard for supplying the advanced technology that had helped Iraqi insurgents to kill British soldiers with the more lethal roadside bombs."
However, these politicians are shrewd. They know that if any public declaration of an attack on Iran is announced, public opposition will be very severe. The plan, therefore, is to simply escalate tensions and possibly provoke Iran to retaliate against U.K. troops placed near Iran's border. The accusations of roadside bombs is just the preliminary set of feelers being put out to prepare the public conscience.
There has also been an attempt made to escalate tensions over Iran's nuclear program and try to obtain the support of the U.N.
At some point, military advances will take place within the borders of Iran, at which point we'll be informed the said incursions have been made due to a need to defend Iraq and any troops based in that area. Moreover, Bush doesn't plan to send many ground troops into Iran but will rely on air strikes.
Quote:
"From March 21 to March 24, 2003, Iranian air-space had been violated with impunity by US aircraft. The US attacked the oil-industry communities of Khorramshahr, Abadan and Manyuhi in Iran not far from the US-UK-Kuwaiti controlled Faw Peninsula and Umm al Qasr--control points for the Shatt al Arb through which billions of gallons of crude oil have passed to the US, UK and Japan. The oil refinery and depots in Abadan were the primary targets. The were casualties but no deaths. US and UK bombers have also circled over Arvand-Kenar in Iran on their way into Iraq. Iranian officials have protested these violations of International Law, but to no avail. Pentagon officials declared the cause of the attacks to be "stray" cruise missiles and bombs. That is improbable."
"These attacks (and overflights), it seems, were part of the preprogrammed target packages planned early on by US military commanders to test, or light up, Iranian air defenses for the invasion."