It appears that the Administration is making all the preparations necessary to bomb Iran's nuclear infrastructure in the near future.Ed Lasky points to this ABC News article that reveals an interesting item in the recent budget request by the Administration for Iraq and Afghanistan operations; $88 million to modify stealth bombers so that they can carry the "massive ordnance penetrator" or, in military-speak, the MOP. There doesn't appear to be any potential targets for a bomb like that in Iraq. It could potentially be used on Taliban or al Qaeda hideouts in the caves along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, but there would be no need to use a stealth bomber there. So where would the military use a stealth bomber armed with a 30,000-pound bomb like this? Defense analysts say the most likely target for this bomb would be Iran's flagship nuclear facility in Natanz, which is both heavily fortified and deeply buried. "You'd use it on Natanz," said John Pike...(Read Full Post)