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Iran calls for formation of "Islamic military organization"
2013-01-27
[Xinhua] Iran's defense minister on Saturday called for the formation of a joint military organization among Moslem states, Press TV reported.
Good idea. That way they'll have a force to destroy civilians people in the streets terrorists.
"We have proposed the establishment of a military organization comprising Moslem countries' armed forces in order to defend the rights of the oppressed people" including Paleostinians, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying.
So that next time some Hamas megalomaniac decides to carpet bomb Israel with rockets and trigger another war the Moslem force can step in and turn it into a major regional conflict.
Moslem states should not be third-rate powers, but must turn into one superior military power and do not allow any aggressor to think about invading Islamic countries, said the Iranian defense minister.
There are several reasons that won't work.

  • The first is that even among non-Salafist Moslems the term "innovation" isn't welcome;

  • the second is that the majority of Moslem countries have clan- or tribal-based societies in which the big man on the block is a warrior. But soldiers, competently led and even half trained, beat warriors every time unless outnumbered 100:1 or so. It was disciplined foot soldiers who defeated the French warriors, the guys on the horses fighting for glory and esteem, at Agincourt and Crecy. The disciplined U.S. army defeated the Commanches and the Sioux, who were nothing if not great warriors.

  • Thirdly, "Moslem" isn't a synonym for "united." Lots of those countries -- and sects -- don't like each other, because of the way their inhabitants wrap their turbans.

  • Fourth, you can bet your next paycheck that the Medes and the Persians see themselves leading this putative Islamic force to glory, and we can guess how the Gulf Arabs, for one, would react to that.

    According to the report, Iran first called for the establishment of a defense treaty among Moslem countries in August 2012, with its defense minister saying that "If a strong and strategic defense alliance is formed among Moslem countries to defend Paleostine, the Zionist regime (of Israel) will have no choice but to accept the resolve and demand of the Paleostinian nation."
    Yeah. Sure you can bully them into accepting your non-negotiable demands.
    On Saturday, Vahidi described Israel as "the worst enemy" of Islamic countries and called for their unity against it.
    • Posted by:Fred

    #4  Meanwhile, not to be outdone by IRAN ...

    * WAFF > TURKIC [Muslim] MILITARY UNION FORMED, as composed of Turkey + Azerbaijan + Kyrgyzstan + Mongolia, wid HQ based in Ankara.

    * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ERDOGAN: TURKEY MULLING SHANGHAI-TYPE ORGANIZATION [SCO] AS ALTERNATIVE FOR EU.

    No headway/progress in Membership talks between Turkey + EU, so Turkey is now desiring to form its own Org.
    Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-01-27 22:16  

    #3  1990's "ISLAMIC MILITARY UNION" returneth.

    "Muslim States should NOT be Third-Rate powers, but must turn into One Superior Military Power" > which once again shows why fickly Secular Leftists-Socialists are taking a very dangerous risk in colluding wid fickly ambitious Theo-Socialist Radical Islam.

    WHAT THE LEFT HAS DONE IN AMERICA = AMERIKKA AS PER "UNIVERSALISM" = "STRATIFICATION" FOR DEMOGRAPHIC MINORITIES, IT CAN DO FOR MUSLIMS + LEGAL SHARIA IN AMERIKKA.

    Attorneys + Litigation, NOT the Hard Boyz + AK-47's.
    Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-01-27 20:28  

    #2  Part of this is posturing. But part of it is the overall recognition that there is no clear leader in the Muslim world. Ergodan and his Turkish party are trying and not doing well. The Saudis are having problems with their Sunni Shiite population; they will likely face problems with jihadis in the next few years. Qatar is playing the "long game".

    We're somewhat lucky in that there isn't a grand emir at this point. Doesn't mean that there won't be one after a long and nasty fight about it.
    Posted by: Pappy   2013-01-27 15:46  

    #1  Just like Argentina. Change the subject while your economy implodes.
    Posted by: dacama   2013-01-27 08:41  

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