According to this article, the US is preparing to strike Iran, and soon.
This would be a continuation of the "blood for votes" policy of the Bush administration, sacrificing the lives of the common clay, for the benefit of the real people.

Dutch intel: US to strike Iran in coming weeks | Iran news | Jerusalem Post

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Ssssssshhhhhh! It's a secret!

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I just think it's neat that the Dutch publicly announce their intelligence service's findings and their intentions to attack foreign powers.

Nothing fishy about that. Nothing at all. Perfectly believable.

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Actually, they might just be believable. According to the article, the Dutch intelligence seemed to have their operation under control until someone came in and told them no, it's an American airstrike. They may just be hacked off enough at our interference in their operation that they figured they would leak it. Just saying it's a possibility.

Anyway, there's no chance of an airstrike now, if one was planned.

Or, it could be disinformation. Lot's of possibilities.

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A reliable intelligence agency would never admit to having commited espionage in a foriegn country. I call hogwash.

Could be. I'm not ruling that out at all. But, if true, it makes me mad. The Dutch had it under control and covert, yet pressure to stop it for something not covert? I'm not comfortable with that - IF TRUE, that is.

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Yep...

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Disinformation from Isreal. Meant for Iranian consumption. Keeps them guessing. Gives goober something to do.

Enough said.

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Andy
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I'd rather believe the dutch intelligence than the CIA, which supported starting a war by providing "proof" that non-existent weapons of mass destruction existed.

That Iraq-CIA-WMD-spin has ruined the US' intelligence credibility for the next 20 years.

So I'm going to believe the dutch this time. Let's wait for that air strike.

Finally, some more war would show the voters the decisive and aggressive stance of republican presidents defending the US against all evil, and could reinforce the will to vote republican. Or so.

DaGerman

As chemical weapons were found in Iraq, your claim that the weapons were non-existent is incorrect.

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What you are choosing to believe here is a story in a newspaper. Neither the CIA nor Dutch Intelligence issue press releases when they have a success, or even if they have, or had, an operation. You will only find out about their failures so any determination of credibility are, well, not very smart.

Clearly you don't know the mood of the country. Any strike on Iran before the election, without a significant casus belli, would be a disaster for Republicans.

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Since Goober posted this, I have been looking for a corroborating stories about this. In looking for them, I found nothing but the De Telagraaf article which came out on Friday. I should think that something would be out to support this in three days. It's a pretty hot item. However, the original article only states that they got their information from some "well-informed sources" (and no names of those sources). I know for a fact that the media really hates to put articles out there with unnamed sources. They will, if there is other information to back them up. This article has none.

Even so, other media outlets have had three days to find additional information. They haven't done so in three days.

It's looking mighty suspicious at this point. It's weak, at best.

Here is a translation of the De Telagraaf story (that the Jerusalem Post, linked to in the OP, subsequently used as a source): Dutch Spies Quit Iran Due to 'Imminent U.S. Attack': From De Telegraaf of The Netherlands

Decide for yourself if this three-day old story without any corroborating stories since, is worth a second look. My take at this point is I've given it as much attention as I should.

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is this the impending attack that's been coming for years????

Not according to the White House.

If this is true, the Dutch Intel Services have some serious house cleaning to do.

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