It has been twenty-five years in coming.
My guess is the hypothetical nation the exercise "Blinding Storm" is designed to fight (whether they call it "Orangeland" or something else innocuous)is Iran.
A practice 21st-century D-Day. How appropriate.
Does anyone know if this new suicide force under the Revolutionary Guards is a renamed version of the Qods (Jerusalem) Force, or is it a different department? They are likely up to their eyeballs in directing what is happening in Iraq, and have been involved in other past terrorism directed at Americans.
And they will likely be involved in some way in what happens next.
Iran [and islam] has declared war on us and we do nothing. Typical.
We are on our own, as we have all said so many times.
If we are not prepared as individuals and as families with our supplies and emergency list and our weapons, nobody else will save us.
Keep the powder dry.
Doctorzin might know the answer to your question. He's the resident Iran expert.
DoctorZin, would you know the answer to the question in post #4403?
"A practice 21st-century D-Day. How appropriate."
Appropriate and symbolic. We're in for quite a ride.
Please tell me what Orangeland means. I had the phrase "The Orange is on the Sun" come to me in I think '02. It has bothered me ever since because I do have a clue as to what it could mean butif I had greater understanding I might be able to pinpoint it.
You could ask Michael Ledeen, an expert on Iran -- not sure how often he checks in on FR however.
Maybe he has a email link on one of his articles.