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Originally Posted by citanon
What I meant was they are now openly declaring that they are preparing attack plans. You can plan. Doesn't mean you will attack.
However, the fact that you disclose you are doing planning is significant. As we can see from earlier articles in this thread, planning has been going on for decades. Disclosure and confirmation happened some time around April 29, 2008, along with disclosure that the State Department is drafting an ultimatum. This was CBS News, and there was no official denial. That's significant.
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You just might want to go back and review Operation El Dorado Canyon:
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Later, when detailed speculation in the Western media lessened the probability of surprise, attack plans were changed to include support packages that would carry out suppression of enemy air defenses. These packages were to comprise Air Force EF-111 electronic warfare aircraft as well as Navy A-7 and EA-6B aircraft. This was the start of an Air Force-Navy liaison that would prove essential in the actual mission.
However, all the 48th's plans had been rendered obsolete by April 1986. Continuous media coverage, apparently fueled by leaks from very senior and knowledgeable sources in the White House, had rendered surprise almost impossible. Moreover, the US was having serious trouble with its Allies. Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher approved US use of British bases to launch the attack. However, Washington's other Allies lost their nerve. The fear of reprisals and loss of business caused France, Germany, Italy, and Spain to refuse to cooperate in a strike.
The faint-heartedness of these countries forced the US to prepare a radically different attack plan. USAF F-111s would now navigate around France and Spain, thread the needle through the airspace over the narrow Strait of Gibraltar, and then plunge on eastward over the Mediterranean until in a position to attack.[emphasis mine]
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Obviously you aren't military, otherwise you would know it's standard policy
"to neither confirm nor deny" information pertaining to on-going plans and operations.
The fact that there was no official denial means nothing.