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Covenant? What Covenant?
A recipe for putting Iran in its place — in a gripping book you won’t be able to put down.
Iran Covenant, by Chet Nagle
(BookSurge Publishing, 306 pages, $16.95 paper)
Plan B for Israel, as it turned out, was the three-week operation to stop Hamas from firing rockets at it. It may have discouraged Iran temporarily from supplying Hamas with the rockets, but it was no substitute for Plan A: crippling Iran’s nuclear weapons development program.
Plan A never took off because our government turned down Israel’s request to buy bunker-buster bombs. If there ever had been an Iran Covenant between the United States and Israel — that is, a promise to work together in the face of an Iranian threat to Israel’s existence — it was put on the shelf in the final weeks of the Bush Administration.
An air attack on Iran would never work, said numerous pundits. Israeli aircraft wouldn’t be able to refuel for the mission; one attack would not be enough; Iran’s nuclear facilities were too dispersed; and, finally, the U.S. would be blamed for the attack and if we, ourselves, launched it, we would be drawn into a ground war. The pundits’ bottom line: if tried it would fail; it would not halt the inevitability of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Only (surprise) diplomacy would do.
Those pundits should get a copy of Iran Covenant by Chet Nagle, a former Naval officer with extensive experience in the Middle East and, for many years, one involved in international intelligence. His 306-page book is a recipe for successfully damaging Iran’s nuclear program and setting back its hegemonic impulse. This “recipe book” takes the form of a novel, a gripping novel that is the kind of stay-up-late-until-its-finished book that doesn’t come along often.
The actual recipe begins about Page 272, but don’t cheat. Start with Page One. In time you’ll get to the recipe which you will conclude shows that its planners have thought through every detail.
First, though, you will meet Jeremiah (Gerry) Adams, an American intelligence agent, and his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Karski. Just as the author does, these two know Iran and Iranians. One who particularly holds the attention of Adams and Karski is Morteza Dehash, the man in charge of Iran’s plan to destroy Israel.
If you thought that Mr. Green, the eco-terrorist villain in the latest James Bond film was evil, Dehash trumps him. He derives pleasure from a variety of depraved and ghastly tortures. He is fond of having some of his victims dismembered with parts of them pickled in jars for the shelves of his library. He enjoys these trophies whilst sipping expensive French wines.
He contrives a cluster of interrelated plans to draw the United States and Israel into a shooting war with Iran. One involves spreading a smallpox epidemic in Israel. There are plots within plots, all designed to deflect attention from the ultimate plot. By the time you get to that one and to the “recipe” for crippling Iran’s nuclear program and its economy, I guarantee you that no matter the hour, you will not put this book down until you have finished it.
In her Senate confirmation hearing the other day, Hillary Clinton hinted that, as Secretary of State, she would launch a fresh diplomatic initiative toward Iran. If so this would be the eleventy-seventh over the last five years, with as much chance of success as its predecessors. While this is going on, let us hope that the right people in the Pentagon are reading the dose of realism that is Chet Nagle’s Iran Covenant. The publisher is BookSurge, a unit of Amazon. The book is available at amazon.com and www.irancovenant.com.
Mr. Hannaford is a member of the Committee on the
Present Danger.
About the Author
Peter Hannaford was closely associated for a number of years with the late President Reagan, beginning in the California Governor’s office. His latest book is Presidential Retreats.
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Stuart Koehl| 1.22.09 @ 6:56AM
Since the United States learned to make "bunker buster" bombs from Israel, the argument that our refusal to sell the BLU-109 and similar bombs to Israel prevents Israel from bombing Iranian nuclear facilities is specious. Israel can build a deep penetration weapon as good as any in our inventory in a matter of weeks.
The real impediment was the refusal to allow Israeli aircraft to overfly Iraq on their way to Iran, and in view of the delicate political situation in Iraq, this was undoubtedly the right decision.
Israel will eventually develop a mission plan that circumvents this problem, but until that time, there are still many things short of bombing Iranian nuclear facilities that can hinder or halt the Iranian uranium enrichment program (and I am not talking about vacuous resolution or porous economic sanctions). It is also unclear whether, in light of its rapidly deteriorating economy, Iran even has the resources to finish its bomb, or even bring it to the stage of a workable "device"--and a device is not a weapon.
Jeremiah| 1.22.09 @ 9:21AM
Shame on you, fascists warmongeroids! Iran is a democratic nation with a regularly elected president and Islam is a peaceful religion. Barack Obama will negotiate a peace treaty with Iran that will be an example for the generations to come.
Baz| 1.22.09 @ 9:24AM
Why should Iranians be a threat to us? I live in Manhattan and my cat protects me from flying rhinos. Let's bomb Somalia instead, those jerks look ugly.
Interloper| 1.22.09 @ 9:26AM
The Iranian are buiding a nuclear device? Are you sure or is it something that Bush just made up?
Bob| 1.22.09 @ 9:27AM
What is a nuclear device?
Obama Rules| 1.22.09 @ 9:31AM
If Barack Obama bombs Israel as Louis Farrakan expects Him to do, most of the problems we may have with Iran will disappear.
Daniel Stiles| 1.22.09 @ 1:27PM
Iran's time to 'reap the whirlwind' is coming. The only question is; when it will happen and who will do it?
Michele San Pietro| 1.22.09 @ 3:07PM
My dream is too see the murderous Iranian regime fall because of a revoke by the Iranian people himself, just like Rumanians did in 1989 when they overthrew Ceausescu, one of the most heinous tyrants in history.
David Govett| 1.22.09 @ 3:22PM
Westerners do not want Iranian nukes.
Iranians do not want mullahs.
Nuke the mullahs. Q.E.D.
Michele San Pietro| 1.22.09 @ 3:27PM
I think it would be wrong to wage a war against Iran; in my view, it would be much better to help the Iranian opposition as much as possible.
Jeremiah| 1.22.09 @ 8:32PM
Michele, ma che cazzo dici? They are muslims anyway, you just can't trust them! The ones who are OK have fled elsewhere. Let's vaporize them and pump their oil before Putin steals it.
Alan Brooks| 1.22.09 @ 8:48PM
everything will work out just fine in the mideast; no war with Iran.
you can bank on it.
Alan Brooks| 1.22.09 @ 8:53PM
Interlopers rhetorical question is correct. Iran has no intention of building any nukes.
and Iranian opposition is healthy, secure, confident-- morale couldnt be better, oppositiuon is ready to spring into action at the drop of a dime.
you can bank on it.
Jeremiah| 1.22.09 @ 9:04PM
sounding good, Alan... But will the very powerful christian community in Iran agree with the peace process?
Michele San Pietro| 1.23.09 @ 3:28PM
I disagree with you, Jeremiah, and there's no need to use such a vulgar Italian expression, taking advantage of the fact most people here don't understand it. I have nothing against the Muslim religion as such, whereas I am all against any fanaticism. I am in contact with a lot of Iranians through Facebook, and they are nice and friendly people. Unlike their political leaders, who must be stopped and destroyed before it is too late.
Jeremiah| 1.23.09 @ 9:51PM
Scusame Michele, mica ti volevo offendere. Io devo tanto all'Italia che qualche volta I get carried away. Non fidarti degli Iraniani. They're muslims and we're not, they come from a regime with a dangerous view of western civilization. The only ones you can trust are the ones who obviously treat their ladies right. Otherwise you're getting fooled ossia ti stanno fregando!
Stammi bene.
Michele San Pietro| 1.24.09 @ 3:58PM
I am glad that you owe a lot to Italy. I also owe a lot to the United States. What you say about Iranians is right when you mean the Iranian rulers, but common people in Iran aren't much different than in the West. Of course, if I bump into an Iranian who says he supports terrorism, as well as destruction of the United States and Israel, I immediately send him jump in the lake! Take care.
Chet Nagle | 1.27.09 @ 1:34PM
Some blogs above are nonsensical, but comments by Stuart Koehl deserve serious reply. Even putting the best face possible on Koehl’s cavalier dismissal of Israel’s offer to use the military option to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program, I must conclude he is misinformed at best, and disingenuous at worst.
Specifically:
1. The BLU-109 “bunker buster” dumb bomb was developed by Lockheed in 1985, and the designers would be surprised to learn Israel guided their hand. In any event, the weapon of choice would likely be the GBU-39, a smart bomb with a stand-off range outside the Russian TOR point defense systems. That Israel could develop such a sophisticated weapon in a “matter of weeks” is nonsense.
2. Overflight of Iraqi airspace would have little impact on the “delicate political situation” on the ground there, even if the US and Israel admitted it had happened.
3. I agree that Israel will develop and execute a plan to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program. But that Iran might lack resources to finish its bomb is whistling past the graveyard. North Korea is starving – and building more bombs.
4. Reference to mysterious things that can “hinder or halt” Iran’s program reminds me of the old joke: “If I told you what I know, I'd have to kill you.” Has Mr. Koehl done such things, or does he just ‘consult’ to those who execute covert ops?
Finally, of course a “device” can be a “weapon.” Read Iran Covenant, Mr. Koehl, and see how a nuclear device becomes a deadly weapon.
Jimael| 3.30.10 @ 12:29PM
Vastaanotolla tehtävässä vaalennuksessa käytettävät aineet ovat vahvempia. Näitä käytettäessä ikenet, kieli ja huulet ovat suojattava huolella valmistajan tähän tarkoitukseen kehittämillä menetelmillä. Vaalennusgeeli joko sivellään hampaiden pinnalle tai viedään vaalennuskiskossa ja annetaan vaikuttaa puolesta tunnista kahteen tuntiin menetelmästä riippuen. Aineen vaikutusta voidaan tehostaa kohdistamalla alueelle voimakas erikoislamppu tai lämmittämällä ainetta siihen kehitetyllä laitteella. Yleensä 1-2 käsittelyä riittää ja hampaiden valkaisun ylläpitokäsittely on tarpeen useimmiten ½-2 vuoden kuluttua riippuen potilaan ruokailutottumuksista. Esimerkiksi kahvi, tee, tupakka sekä punaviini ovat hampaita helpommin värjääviä tuotteita. Hampaiden vaalentamisen katsotaan olevan turvallista kunhan noudatetaan käyttöohjeita. Yleisimmät potilaiden kokemat sivuvaikutukset ovat olleet hampaiden kylmänarkuus ja ikenien ärtyminen. Nämä oireet menevät kuitenkin parissa päivässä ohi.
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