Whatever happened to that imminent invasion of Iran?

[Telly Savalas]

Were the people predicting it wrong, or is World War III less important than tax rebates, Hillary vs. Obama, and other topics which have dominated discussion here in the last couple of months?

[lonestarnot]

1. Biden's move for impeachment threat?

[KG]

2. the repukes and dems now have to run on a new issue: the economy.

they'll get back to war in a few weeks.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. It was never described as an invasion...

...from all accounts, it was to be a bombing campaign against susspected nuke sites. But, I get your point. Iraq has convemiently dropped off the news radar, as well.:(

[madokie]

4. the nie report pretty much put that on the back burner best I remember

left the warmongers with egg on their faces it did

[deutsey]

5. This ain't 2003 any more

Fool me once...etc.

[NNN0LHI]

6. Had the Iranians shown the tiniest bit of weakness like Saddam did Lil Boots would have invaded them

Bully's only beat up on those who are weak and intimidated easily.

Don

[C_U_L8R]

7. Remember that political capital Chimpie was boasting about?

Well...*poof* ...all gone !!!!!!!!!

[ileus]

8. put on hold until July....

[seriousstan]

9. The same thing that happen to the implementation of martial law and the suspension of the elections

2002, 2004, 2006 and, I'll bet anyone a donation star, 2008.

Some people make predictions because doing so is free and it makes them feel smart. Very similar to conspiracy theorist.

[laststeamtrain]

10. Ask the 'Filipino Monkey'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_monkey

[HCE SuiGeneris]

11. It was called off so you could write gloating OP's like this one.

:eyes:

[sam sarrha]

12. i think the Pentagon told then to screw themselves..

[kas125]

13. I saw Scott McClellan speak last night and he said

that the NIE is a total lie that probably originated in Cheney's office. He predicts (and he was right about Iraq when everyone said he was nuts) that the NIE almost ensures that there will be a war with Iran probably within two to four months from now. He said that the U.S. is building hangars on the island of Diego Garcia so that they can accommodate bombers equipped w/ bunker busting weapons. He points to the 2006 National Security Strategy, in which Iran is mentioned 14 times as the biggest threat to the U.S., as more evidence that the Bush administration is intent on going to war with Iran. Ritter said that our military is too spread out for another ground war and nuclear weapons will be used by the U.S.

If he's right, we need to mobilize NOW to stop this.

[mvccd1000]

14. He's a bit behind the times...

Diego Garcia has hosted big bombers for decades (in fact, "Coalition aircraft at Diego Garcia dropped more ordnance on Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan than any other unit during the war on terror," according to Global Security.org)

The hangars they are building have been in the works for most of this decade, having been started at least back in 2002. I think he's mixing and matching some pre-existing facts to support his position.

See:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/diego-garcia.htm

[kas125]

16. I hope he's wrong about the rest, then.

But I really fear that he isn't.

[KG]

20. and mcclellen has been a reliable source of info since, when?

[kas125]

26. How on earth did I type THAT name???

I don't know where my brain was, I meant to type SCOTT RITTER. Sheesh.

[KG]

28. heh. just sayin'!

[Lil Missy]

15. It has been in the works for a long time and will still happen. cheney is not out of office yet.

[Marrah_G]

17. I thought for sure he was going to attack Iran the last part of 2007

I'm now just hoping we can get to January 2009 without attacking any more countries.

[catmandu57]

18. The checks bounced

and the operatives quit screaming invasion. We have went through this a couple of times now, people screaming we're going to invade Iran, yeah right chicken fucking little.

[L. Coyote]

19. Those of us saying it was LIES and distraction were right and outed them!

[tuckessee]

21. It's still in the works.

There were some who said that US would eventually invade Iraq after the First Gulf War.

It took a while, but they were correct.

The Powers-That-Be are significantly more patient & foward thinking than your average Joe.

[The Straight Story]

22. We're still waiting on Fitz

:rofl:

[onenote]

23. we here at DU singlehandedly stopped it by blowing the whistle

:sarcasm:

or maybe it was just some doom and gloomers getting it wrong...again.

[Individualist]

24. The fat lady hasn't sung yet

The threat of an invasion of Iran won't be over until the neocons leave the White House.

[IDemo]

25. Bolton, Podhoretz, and Cheney are all still calling the NIE a politicized fable

And making sure everyone knows nothing has been removed from that table, anyway.

My guess is Israel will stage a 'surprise' attack this summer, followed by US bombing to "support our allies"

[Junkdrawer]

27. I still stand by my analysis:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=527615