Iran says may hit Western warships if attacked

Reuters ^ | 1 Jan. 2010 | Reuter source

[WellyP]

"TEHRAN, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iran's defence minister warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic could strike back at Western warships in the Gulf if it were attacked, the semi-official Fars news agency reported..."

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE60I0ZI.htm

[WellyP]

They are all blow and no go! They know they would be flatened!

[DonaldC]

Maybe, but we could get hurt in the process.

[fatnotlazy]

I don’t think this president has the guts to stand up to this bunch. I keep thinking that if Reagan were President, he would have slapped them around long ago. We will always have a problem with Iran, North Korea, et al if we continue the kumbaya approach.

[edcoil]

If someone does attack you - I would guess they would assume a counterattack or response.

This is just more middle-east babble.

[illiac]

We could answer the attack by dropping pork on them from drones.

[luvbach1]

This would be justification to pulverize them to a depth of [fill in the blank] if they struck us and we had not first attacked them. They must learn that Israel is not a surrugate of the US, nor we of them, especially under Oh-bummer!

[Cold Heat]

This is like the 10,000th time they have made this threat.

[dubie]

[Dewey Revoltnow]

if we continue the kumbaya approach.

With hussein and Islam, its more of a "compadre" approach.

[hennie pennie]

*bookmark*

[bert]

Harumph, harumph, harumph

bluster bluster bluster.

Meanwhile the Saudi special forces or the Mossad or the CIA or the Iraqi secret services or maybe all of the above is blowing up and eradicating your nuclear guys.

[UCANSEE2]

This is like the 10,000th time they have made this threat.

Once for each missile they have.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Take your BEST shot, Mr. Amadinnerjacket! PLEASE!!!

[SeminoleSoldier]

Outdated patrol boats with Russian technology versus nuclear submarines and carrier battle groups. Let me know how that works out.

[NoLibZone]

LOL!

Is counter attack a new muslim military war college position?

[BBell]

Operation Praying Mantis may have been over 20 years ago but the results would still be the same.

[BBell]

[jimmyo57]

I’m proud to say I was stationed on the USS Simpson FFG-56 on April 18th, 1988 when We sank the PTG Joshan!

[Robe]

IIR... it was a couple of A-6 intruders with cluster munitions that did all that ...

[WellyP]

I suspect this is for internal consumption as the nut jobs in power try and distract from the problems or rioting citizens and a crashing economy.