Iranian Alert - November 10, 2006 - Iran looks to Close Strait of Hormuz

Regime Change Iran ^ | 11/10/06 | freedom44

[RoadTest]

Closing the strait is an act of war. Let's roll!

[AliVeritas]

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[Publius6961]

if we are made subject to the sanctions, then naturally we can use some leverages, such as closing the Strait of Hormuz. Closing the Strait of Hormuz will seriously stop the flow of oil to the industrial states and they will face intolerable conditions. Of course, there are numerous other leverages that will be discussed later."

It boggles the mind to accept as real this level of stupidity from a spokesman for a real State.

The Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman are international waters. Any attempt to close the Straights of Homuz would be a) very short lived; b) Likely to trigger the destruction of all cities and towns along that portion of Iran, permanently.

Hard to imagine that all the oil-producing countries that use the gulfs daily, and the countries transporting the oil would allow Iran even one week's worth of disruption...

What are these nutballs smoking?

[Earthdweller]

He has added: "closing the Strait of Hurmoz can be one of the retaliatory reactions [of Iran]... . if we are made subject to the sanctions..."

Do it..don't just talk. Hehehe.

[maquiladora]

For a start, let's remember who made these comments, the editor of a newspaper.

Secondly, like North Korea, threats and overblown reactionary comments are two a penny and have to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Iran is capable of doing a lot of damage in the Strait in the short term, but they know that any action like that would trigger a war, and if they wanted a war that badly they would have started it already.

Iran wants to continue to develop their nukes, and they will use threats and diplomacy to buy the time they need to develop them.

[SusaninOhio]

After which, the allied countries will descend back into savagry and scratchy toilet paper.

When our backs are to the wall, we will find a way to keep up our standard of living. It might take a little while but Americans perform best when under fire.

I am so losing interest in anything that comes from the mouths of crazy ME people.

I feel sorry for the country of Israel, but in reality, their citizens are a whole lot more united behind their government than people in this country are.

1-2 years in the military for every young adult in this country wouldn't hurt them a bit. I have always admired the Israelis for insisting that each person participate in the defense of their country, even if only in a support capacity and not in a fighting capacity.

[freedom44]

# Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

This is the Supreme Leader He's not a Grand Ayatollah he's a mid-ranking cleric.

[xJones]

Iran knows it's strengths and weaknesses well. They have designs on a Caliphate - they want to unite the entire peninsula and north africa into an Islamic security group of likeminded nations and cooperative economy.

It's not quite that simple. Caliphates were always Sunni, Iran has always gone their own way as Shia Muslims. Shiites are only 10% of Islamic world and are at enternal loggerheads with the Sunni majority, particularly the Saudi Wahabbi strain of Sunnis who have the most money and influence. Study a little of the history of Islam, there's no way the Saudis would accept any Shia concept of a Caliphate.

[rjp2005]

"there's no way the Saudis would accept any Shia concept of a Caliphate."

Iran doesn't care - they will launch a war against the Saudis before the end of the decade.

Iran's current borders cross invisibly into Basra and right into northeast Saud by their infiltrated Shia population. They have been seeding those areas for a while and are probably trying to arm them as we speak. Rumors are they were involved in the Kuwait explosion. The Iranian Shiite Crescent is extending it's reach.

This is why the President recently increased our naval presence in the area. I have read Islamic history. This is the first time in their history, except for a brief Persian period, that they are in position to control the Muslim world that has been dominated by Sunnis for centuries.

Three years tops - Iran will make their move.

[sully777]

Nine world navies said NO in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. And that was during the Cold War.

The Straits will close when hell freezes over.

[Jet Jaguar]

[ridesthemiles]

they will face intolerable conditions""

Iran is headed for self- imolation, IMO.

I still say that "head of state" is the leader of the group that took the Americans hostage that were held for 444 days until Reagan got them loose.

[RightWhale]

It could be classified as a tragedy in progress if it were theater. That is, it is classical comedy now, but if it plays out as it appears it will be classical tragedy. Venezuela appears to be comedy beginning to end.

[sully777]

[xJones]

Three years tops - Iran will make their move.

I see your point, and you state it well. The House of Saud is weak, and Shia Iran is run by fanatics of the most dangerous sort.

[dgallo51]

I do not share most everyone's assessment that taking out Iran's regime will be a cake walk…it ignores Russia's significant military transfers allowed by one seriously criminal politician…here's HIS Inconvenient Truth


http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/102300Senate.pdf