http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...1-6-2008_pg4_7


Good.
Have to prepare for the reality of the situation or the worse spectacle of Obama and the USA being defeated and running away throughout the region.

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Anybody know if these guys can get to Iran without running Iraqi airspace?

They can go north through Syria and Turkey.

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Exercises are usually used to warn another country, not as a preparation of actual intervention.

I don't think we'll really have to worry about Israel attacking Iran for the time being.

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If you don't want an air strike from Israel vote McCain b/c if Obama is elected I bet Israel will wip them out.

It is really up to the Iranian government whether or not they get bomed.

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Israel isn't attacking anyone.

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Israel doesn't trust nor like Obama and they are more willing to deal with mccain and probably less likely to attack with mccain, that said mccain is more likely to help in an attack than obama. i'd rather help than have israel go at it alone.

The main impediment to Israeli military action will be the difficulty of securing a route for the striking aircraft. This would require serious discussions with Turkey.

The IAF already flies to Turkey to use the Anatolian bombing ranges. Turkey doesn't want Iran to have nukes either because it fears them attacking secular Muslim regimes like Turkey's.

The scenario would be as follows I believe~
The IAF strike package will have to include other aircraft besides the F-15Is. Once they enter Iranian airspace, the Israelis will have to suppress Iranian air defenses.

This would most likely be accomplished by F-16Is in the "Wild Weasel" role. On the way to the nuclear facilities, separate strike packages would have to neutralize the Iranian air force's (IRIAF) 3rd Tactical Air Base at Hamadan in order to prevent its F-4 fighters from interfering with the raid.

On the way out, the IRIAF 2nd Tactical Air Base at Tabriz, with its F-5s and MiG-29s, would have to be neutralized. All of these strike aircraft, those sent against the nuclear facilities, the Wild Weasels and those sent against the Iranian air bases, would need their own fighter escorts as well.

It would be daunting task to accomplish, but the Israelis have shown resourcefulness in the past.