Iran issues stark military warning to United States

AFP on Yahoo ^ | 4/14/06 | AFP

[Rider on the Rain]

This is a much bigger threat than Iraq ever was!

Well, Sir, so what? If you're wise enough, and brave enough, and don't put politics above our national interests, and indeed our very survival, then does it matter which arm of the axis of evil we take down first?

Those ROP Iranians are making the same mistake as Norieaga did. They have essentially declared war on us. Make no mistake about it Iran will be dealt with. When the time comes, and it's rapidly approaching, all hell will be let loose on them.

[Rider on the Rain]

This is a much bigger threat than Iraq ever was!

Well, Sir, so what? If you're wise enough, and brave enough, and don't put politics above our national interests, and indeed our very survival, then does it matter which arm of the axis of evil we take down first?

Those ROP Iranians are making the same mistake as Norieaga did. They have essentially declared war on us. Make no mistake about it Iran will be dealt with. When the time comes, and it's rapidly approaching, all hell will be let loose on them.

[baa39]

Interesting point, do you think that was part of the strategy? So as long as all those bases and things are established, we should take care of Syria too.

[onedoug]

"Start a war"? Only an idiot would think it hasn't been on for several years now.

[the invisib1e hand]

"I would advise them to first get out of their quagmire in Iraq before getting into an even bigger one," General Safavi said with a grin.

Been reading the NY Times or watching the Today Show too much.

[NormsRevenge]

agreed, it took 'em 2 attacks but they brought the towers down.

if that is not an act of war, what the hell is?

The road to tehran and damascus leads thru Baghdad, it's about time we repaved it with the heads of those who seek to wage war on all free peoples.

[Stentor]

This is a much bigger threat than Iraq ever was!

Ya think? Did it ever penetrate that Iran is what Iraq is all about. Never mind. return to sweaty fear.

[Buffettfan]

This raghead POS general has forgotten about our massive USAF back here in the USA that is just waiting to take a giant shi$t on him and his terrorist ilk.

Semper Fi'
Jarhead

[Stentor]

The road to tehran and damascus leads thru Baghdad

Exactement, to use a dead language.

[JmyBryan]

I hope he's ready for us, because Israel could take Iran without our help.

[bill1952]

I do believe that we clearly identified the problem areas - despite what the media says - and, after being attacked, started taking down those target areas.

I also believe - despite what the media says - that we have achieved superb results with very few losses.

Heck, the old armchair experts predicted 2,000 - 5,000 casualties in the push for Baghdad alone, and media savants were solemnly muttering about "Stalingrad."

We kicked the Taliban clear out of Afghanistan, and decimated the ranks of AQ first in Afghanistan, and now in Iraq.

Before, Pakistan was our sworn enemy.
Now they are hunting down AQ and Taliban members and Killing them, or turning the survivors over to us.

Before, the entire Iraqi army was aimed against us.
Now thousands of trained Iraqis are fighting AQ and Syrian terrorists.

Now we have huge military bases squarely positioned in the ME, much to the horror of every Islamo terrorist in the world.

There is no credible threat to our military.

Are there problems? Of course there are. Many of them, and they aren't going to just fade away.

But to say that all of these facts are just simple coincidence strains logic. - But the media would have you believe that these are all, in fact, failures.

We have a score to settle with Iran, - and Syria - we are in position on both sides of Iran, and they are in real danger of meeting our armed forces in person.

When the 06 elections are over... well, think about what happened to Fallujah, and when it happened.

[oldbrowser]

This is a real problem. The Iraqi conflict has sapped the US will for action when necessary. If the US or Israel don't take action soon, it will be too late. This is a much bigger threat than Iraq ever was!

It is the same threat that Iraq was. It's like peeling an onion, Afghanistan was first, Iraq was next, and there will be other layers .

Along the way we may deal with several more of the countries in the Middle East and who knows what we may find at the core.

This is a high stakes game of world politics and every country has to play.

[Post-Neolithic]

Now that's the ticket.

[CarryaBigStick]

Actually, I'd like to put a very long knife through his black heart and look him right in the eye while I twist the blade.

[TNdandelion]

Are you surrendering? Already? Are you French by any chance?

[randog]

Ya think? Did it ever penetrate that Iran is what Iraq is all about. Never mind. return to sweaty fear.

LOL!

Some Friday night musings on that topic....

1) Iraq is settling down as the Iraqi forces come online and take over the mop up. You can be guaranteed that they're not handling the situation with kid gloves.

2) Iran tried to de-stabilize Iraq with "insurgents", but notice how they didn't take advantage of Iraq's weakened position after the US invasion. If they really wanted to tangle with Uncle Sam, why not invade Iraq now? Because they know they'd get their @sses handed to them.

3) Iran is pinched by US forces on two sides now--Iraq and Afghanistan.

4) With the Iranian "insurgency" in Iraq failing, Iran is getting nervous and talking smack. They know the clock is ticking, so they crow about super missiles and enriched uranium in the hopes that the US will not call its bluff.

5) Syria is just plain scared silent.

[Tarpon]

Nope, the Democrats are the ones sapping.

Agree it has built into a bigger threat, with dems help Iran sees their opening.

[familyop]

"Why does all this crap keep coming out of the associated French press??"

I guess it's all according to whether one wants the Iranian leaders to look like the good guys or to look more the way they really are.

Here's a piece that attempts to make them look like the good guys.

"Hamidreza Babaei, a member of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Commission in Iran's parliament, said....'We want, without creating tensions or threats, to defend our national interest - which is to have the nuclear fuel cycle in our country for production of fuel for our reactors.'" --Roxana Saberi, BBC News

[familyop]

"People I know that KNOW say we are not as thin as our enemies like to believe."

Yes. We avoid publicizing any numbers near our real strength these days, but a very small part of our forces are in Iraq and Afghanistan--far less than 1/10th.

I'll put it this way. About three of our carrier groups could secure China, naval-wise, and we have about a dozen, IIRC.

[Theophilus]

The road to tehran and damascus...

I like to say: the fastest way out of Iraq is through Tehran and Damascus.