I hate it when military preparations are broadcast on international news--by American media. It's not proposing censorship that they show a little restraint.
For example, here's a story about B-2 bombers being retrofitted to carry bunker buster bombs. They'd work great, especially on sites like Iran's nuclear facilities.
That's why the headline of the story, "Is Iran Busted?" bothers me so much. Not only are the preparations spelled out, but a direct link to Iran is drawn quite clearly by the story. Ironically, the story goes on to spell out some very specific (and surprising) reasons why attacking Iran would be justified and prudent. To quote:
Iran has so far ignored pleas that it suspend nuclear development. It has also flouted two sets of international sanctions intended to make Iran's government comply with United Nations resolutions requesting it to shut down its program.
Iran is clearly linked to terrorists in the Middle East who are killing innocent civilians and U.S. troops in Iraq.
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declared war on America in 1979 after Islamist students stormed the U.S. embassy and took hostages.
Tehran has threatened the existence of Israel, a nation that poses no danger to Iran, accords equal rights to its Arab citizens and, until recently, had the only freely elected government in the Middle East.
Iran supports the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas, both of which produce an unhealthy instability in the region.
Now, imagine the world with a nuclear-armed Iran.
That just about sums it up. Just hush up a bit about US military planning, would you?
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