INTELLIGENCE FAILURE by Jon Sedran

Author:Jon Sedran [Sedran, Jon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-05-27T23:00:00+00:00

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At NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium NATO leadership met to discuss the American request for NATO assets to augment possible U.S. military operations against Iran in the Persian Gulf. The NATO Secretary General had just received a hard-copy of the request and was reviewing it. The Joint Chiefs had asked the President to make the request, deciding it would be likely hostilities would break out soon as a result of the sinking of the Iranian destroyer.

The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee was also reviewing the document and looked over maps of the area. “Gentlemen, while we have numerous agreements binding NATO to come to the aid of a member country if a member country is attacked, in this case the Americans weren’t attacked.”

“Yes, it appears the Americans did the attacking,” offered the German senior NATO naval officer.

“They say they attacked pre-emptively in the face of reckless Iranian provocation,” responded a British admiral on the committee.

“They have offered little proof,” added a French NATO general.

“It appears the Iranians were clearly trying to provoke a response, which they succeeded in doing…they were just unaware of the American sub nearby. At any rate, I am not prepared to challenge the American version of events. Let’s move forward with preparations,” directed the Secretary General. He glanced down at a contingency plan. “If this does turn into something on a large scale, it will certainly disrupt oil supplies. We must be prepared respond quickly or economic chaos will quickly result throughout Europe.”

In London the American request for NATO air and naval assets to augment U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, was being also reviewed at the highest levels of government.

“The Americans are expecting they may have to create a no-fly zone over all of Iran and will need us to help them enforce it,” the British Prime Minister announced to his military staff.

“Mister Prime Minister, we estimate that will take nearly one-hundred aircraft…and first Iran’s numerous air defences must be completely suppressed, including their advanced Russian-made surface to air missiles,” stated the Chief of the Defence Staff.

The Prime Minister quickly looked over the American request. “They have already ready begun to deploy their aircraft and will furnish at least seventy-five fighters and bombers, and hundreds of cruise missiles and advanced drones,” replied the Prime Minister.

“They are asking other NATO countries to supply at least another fifty,” reported the Air Chief Marshall, looking over the request and adding, “They want us to provide mostly front-line fighter support. They will also provide around-the-clock AWACs theater asset coordination.”

British Admiral York reviewed the request in hand. “And I see they want us to further augment their Fifth Fleet naval assets, as well…what about those damned mines the Iranians love to deploy?” he asked, shaking his head.

“Sir, no reports of any mines being laid yet,” reported a senior naval staff officer.

“Thank you, but our intelligence shows the Iranians have stockpiled several thousand more of the easily deployable mines, replied York, adding, “I don’t want our ships resting on the bottom.

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