Towards a World War III Scenario? The Role of Israel in Triggering an Attack on Iran
Part II The Military Road Map
by Michel Chossudovsky ------------- http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20584 -------------- "Theater Iran Near Term"
Code named by US military planners as TIRANNT, "Theater Iran Near Term", simulations of an attack on Iran were initiated in May 2003 "when modelers and intelligence specialists pulled together the data needed for theater-level (meaning large-scale) scenario analysis for Iran." ( (William Arkin, Washington Post, 16 April 2006).
The scenarios identified several thousand targets inside Iran as part of a "Shock and Awe" Blitzkrieg:
"The analysis, called TIRANNT, for "Theater Iran Near Term," was coupled with a mock scenario for a Marine Corps invasion and a simulation of the Iranian missile force. U.S. and British planners conducted a Caspian Sea war game around the same time. And Bush directed the U.S. Strategic Command to draw up a global strike war plan for an attack against Iranian weapons of mass destruction. All of this will ultimately feed into a new war plan for "major combat operations" against Iran that military sources confirm now [April 2006] exists in draft form.
... Under TIRANNT, Army and U.S. Central Command planners have been examining both near-term and out-year scenarios for war with Iran, including all aspects of a major combat operation, from mobilization and deployment of forces through postwar stability operations after regime change." (William Arkin, Washington Post, 16 April 2006)
Different "theater scenarios" for an all out attack on Iran had been contemplated: "The US army, navy, air force and marines have all prepared battle plans and spent four years building bases and training for "Operation Iranian Freedom". Admiral Fallon, the new head of US Central Command, has inherited computerized plans under the name TIRANNT (Theatre Iran Near Term)." (New Statesman, February 19, 2007)
In 2004, drawing upon the initial war scenarios under TIRANNT, Vice President Dick Cheney instructed USSTRATCOM to draw up a "contingency plan" of a large scale military operation directed against Iran "to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States" on the presumption that the government in Tehran would be behind the terrorist plot. The plan included the pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state:
"The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option. As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States. Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing—that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack—but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections." (Philip Giraldi, Deep Background,The American Conservative August 2005)
The Military Road Map: "First Iraq, then Iran"
The decision to target Iran under TIRANNT was part of the broader process of military planning and sequencing of military operations. Already under the Clinton administration, US Central Command (USCENTCOM) had formulated "in war theater plans" to invade first Iraq and then Iran. Access to Middle East oil was the stated strategic objective:
The Role of Israel
There has been much debate regarding the role of Israel in initiating an attack against Iran.
Israel is part of a military alliance. Tel Aviv is not a prime mover. It does not have a separate and distinct military agenda.
Israel is integrated into the "war plan for major combat operations" against Iran formulated in 2006 by US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). In the context of large scale military operations, an uncoordinated unilateral military action by one coalition partner, namely Israel, is from a military and strategic point almost an impossibility. Israel is a de facto member of NATO. Any action by Israel would require a "green light" from Washington.
An attack by Israel could, however, be used as "the trigger mechanism" which would unleash an all out war against Iran, as well retaliation by Iran directed against Israel.
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Iran Air Force, 2012 The Secret World's best.by Hullujenpieru113,609 views
So what I got out of this video is that iran only has a couple of videos of there military. Everywhere you look on youtube you get the same ones. lame
smokin78Ta 1 month ago
It would be so easy to defend against this!!!
TheBooster54 1 month ago
irans military is weak
conkerdude891 2 months ago
I see the oil fields burning, I see wall street in blood, I see Zionist all being lynched in washington. I see the battle rattle in blood.
thuderbay 2 months ago
@bobbyguns100
I was only indulging in a little satirical humor at their expense, nothing more. The reality is that they could wear whatever they might want to wear in combat against US Forces and the end result will be the same.
Warmest regards and may you have a joyful and fulfilling new yar.
timgreefire 2 months ago
I see trouble down the road, I see the moon rising, I see blood shed in Tel Aviv.
thuderbay 2 months ago
The enemies Hollywood war movies and their army dress are the same and what you saw in the movies will make you think they superior but Iraq farmers shot and kill them with a single shot gun.i want every one to mark my words a day any lay a finger on Iran that will be the end of that country
kinglatif2008 2 months ago
@timgreefire
I know this might be news to you but its a trainning excersie, not reall combat! maybe just maybe, these guys know enough not to ware orange and neon float jackets in reall combat.
Regards
bobbyguns100 2 months ago
It's really so funny! it look likes a Somalian militias than a real army. Better spend your money on your poor people than this fake army.
aldosany 2 months ago
Great video! Iran's military forces certainly appear to be professional, disciplined, and dedicated to their jobs and country.
I have my doubts that they could match the US war machine in terms of fire power, but this was an impressive display of combined arms tactics.
BigMrSox 2 months ago