Posted on 12/24/2023 6:55:34 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
Dec 23 (Reuters) - An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said the Mediterranean Sea could be closed if the United States and its allies continued to commit "crimes" in Gaza, Iranian media reported on Saturday, without explaining how that would happen.
Iran backs Hamas against Israel and it accuses the United States of backing what it calls Israeli crimes in Gaza, where weeks of bombardment have killed thousands of people and driven most of the population from their homes.
"They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, (the Strait of) Gibraltar and other waterways," Tasnim quoted Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, coordinating commander of the Guards, as saying.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group has over the past month attacked merchant vessels sailing through the Red Sea in retaliation for Israel's assault on Gaza, leading some shipping companies to switch routes.
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Are sea mines useful in the open ocean with strong currents in the area?
Not sure how many other ways that Iran could accomplish this, unless the mullahs are dippin into the hashish.
They are gonna put up a lot of float8ng “no tresspasing” signs of course
It’s past time for us to remind them what MOABs are for.
The mullahs better watch out for things exploding at home
Imagine an Iran confident in its established nuclear program.
Once spoke to an Iranian collegue who was active in the 1960-70s anti Shah movement as a left wing, anti American activist. He said that in his wildest dreams he never thought that if the Shah were actually deposed, that it would be the mullahs who would control the government. Now ironically he lives successfully in the US, his two sons are avid Republicans and he has come to the conlusion that only if Iran suffers a Germany/Japan type defeat in war will the people of Iran be liberated in his lifetime. Yet he will never admit the politics of his youth were flawed.
time to re-instate Trump’s sanctions on Iran that Biden removed and place a blockade on them. Biden has displayed a fear of Iran. They attack or troops, continue nuclear work, militarily support Hamas and Hasbullah(sp), and more; and Biden looks the other way. Is it actual fear, black-mail - what is it???
This is a big part of it: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/realignment-iran-biden-obama-michael-doran-tony-badran
They killed off the rejuvenating Roman Empire.
After the Communists in Iran helped the Ayatollahs to power, the Ayatollahs killed off most of them.
What the hell is the CIA doing during all this crap? Moonlighting as Tater Swuft concert security guards?
Bush and his cronies convince us to attack Iraq and Sudam Hussein, not Iran and not the saudis for 9/11. somethings rotten in Denmark from day one
I vote for a glass airport runway where Tehran used to be......
That was the opinion of two other Iranians who were on FR. now passed away.
Morocco and the British military may have something to say about to their Gibraltar plans.
Isn’t that what blood thirsty tyrants usually do?
Merry Christmas, allendale!
The US combat forces that defeated Japan and Germany fielded a 15-million man armed force made up of 106 Army divisions, 6 Marine divisions, and a 2500-ship Navy.
In the case of Germany, of course, most of the fighting was done by the USSR.
This, of course, begs the question of just who is going to inflict a defeat such as the one you speak of on Iran?
Working like mad to make sure Trump doesn't get back in.
The Royal Navy had 253 surface combatants in 1945. Today they have 19.
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