"Click on the YouTube video link below to see on your computer how we dropped food packages to Afghanistan refugees -- and see how proud our military guys were in doing it. It will make you sick to see what we are not doing while thousands of Haitian children and injured are dying in Haiti because they can not get the food delivered by trucks . How can the Pentagon chiefs forget this and say it is dangerous for starving people in Haiti?? The previous Pentagon chiefs even gave it a name. they called it the TRIADS SYSTEM. "
A second, the official said, was to send a clear message to the United States and other countries that Israel was prepared to act militarily if diplomatic efforts to stop Iran from producing bomb-grade uranium continued to falter.
But American officials were also told that Israel had prepared plans for striking nuclear targets in Iran and could carry them out if needed.
"They are clearly nervous about this and have their air defense on guard," a Bush administration official said of the Iranians.
Two sets of advance Russian-made radar systems were recently delivered to Iran. The radar will enhance Iran's ability to detect planes flying at low altitude.
Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, said in February that Iran was close to acquiring Russian-produced SA-20 surface-to-air missiles. American military officials said that the deployment of such systems would hamper Israel's attack planning, putting pressure on Israel to act before the missiles are fielded.
Iran is getting nervous about aircraft fying in the air corridors adjacent to their air space. Israel is making arrangments to remove the nuclear sites in Iran.