Wing decertified, COs sacked for nuke mistake

Wing decertified, COs sacked for nuke mistake

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The widespread disregard for nuclear weapons safety standards by airmen at Minot and Barksdale Air Force bases led to the unprecedented “Bent Spear” incident in which six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a B-52 and flown from North Dakota to Louisiana on Aug. 29-30, Air Force officials said Friday after an intensive six-week investigation.

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Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W. Bush administration official.
This is quite revealing. What this means is that Bush and Cheney have already tried to kick off a war with Iran but are meeting "bureaucratic resistance." This suggests that the bomber flying over the US with nuclear-armed cruise missiles really was intended to stage a false-flag attack to kick off a war, and was thwarted when someone in the chain of command leaked the tact of the plane's flight. - M. R.

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