You cannot negotiate with a terrorist. This is the message they wish to deliver to America.
Posted on 11/05/2008 8:27:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
Civilian officials cautiously welcome the results while the military issues a postelection warning on airspace breaches. Some analysts say Obama's win will take the wind out of hard-liners' sails. By
Reporting from Beirut -- Instead of extending an olive branch to President-elect Barack Obama, who says he is open to talks with Tehran, Iranian military officials Wednesday delivered what could be interpreted as a sobering message to America.
Leaders of the armed forces issued a notice warning U.S. forces that any violation of Iranian airspace would be met with force.
"It has been observed that helicopters of the U.S. army were flying a short distance from the Iran-Iraq border," said a statement issued by Iran's military headquarters. "Iran's armed forces will forcefully respond to any attempts to violate the Islamic Republic of Iran's airspace."
The notice probably stemmed from fears that U.S. commandos might stage an operation in Iran like the recent American incursion into Syria. But it also represents what some analysts consider a desire by hard-line political factions in Tehran to continue the standoff between the two countries even as Obama may represent a chance for diplomacy.
"The radicals aren't happy about Obama's victory," said Saeed Leylaz, a Tehran analyst and newspaper editor often critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government. "To the radicals this change is not to their advantage."
With its ambitions of becoming a regional superpower and its drive toward mastering sensitive nuclear technology, Iran stands as one of the thorniest foreign policy issues Obama will face. Its byzantine domestic political squabbles often determine the tone and direction of its foreign affairs.
Iranian officials cautiously welcomed Obama's election as a repudiation of the Bush administration.
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We and Israel need to attack. Now. before Hussein Obama has any say in the matter.
Can’t say I’m all that optimistic about things right now.
“Can’t say I’m all that optimistic about things right now.”
Me either. We’re not alone.
The regime is very happy about Obama. They’re just afraid that Pres. Bush might do something before he leaves office.
I say let Israel take care of things. They are very capable and that leaves Hussein in limbo. Let him figure it out.
And so it begins...These are going to four very dangerous years for America and her allies.
Bets on whether it will contain an escape clause calling off the fatwa if Obama returns to Islam in some short time?
You cannot negotiate with a terrorist. This is the message they wish to deliver to America.
Iran can’t OPENLY welcome his win, that would be TOO OBVIOUS!
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