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2011-09-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2011-09-05 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Don't think we are unable to, big mouth. there are two things holding the west back; you haven't crossed that line and at least in the US we are temporarily testicularly challenged by our facsimile of leadership.
that will soon change.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2011-09-05 10:56|| 2011-09-05 10:56|| Front Page Top

#2 It is probably correct to say the US is not capable of mounting a winning conventional attack on Iran right now, using current ROE. It is probably correct to say the US is not willing to mount an attack of any kind right now. But it is certainly not correct to say the US cannot destroy Iran in about 20 minutes, if something happens to cause the US to decide to do so.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-09-05 11:47|| 2011-09-05 11:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Back in the 80s, Iran and Iraq fought a prolonged war that ended in a stalemate when neither side could put a team on the field. In 2003, in US vs Saddam, the US military set a record for yards gained on the ground. Past performance is no guarantee, as the financial guys say, but the US military excels at ginormous set-piece battles.

I suspect the Iranians are backing up their bluster by stashing bug-out cash in offshore accounts. Just in case, you know?

Posted by SteveS 2011-09-05 11:59|| 2011-09-05 11:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Personally, I'm intrepreting this claim = Artic as meaning that Iran recognizes that radicla Islamism has a real chance to takeover the whole of the Muslim ME + Nord Affrique [North Africa], as per both PUBLIC GOVTS + NUCPROGS - AS SUCH, THE US = US-NATO/EU, Allied WILL LIKELY LOSE MANY OR ALL OF THEIR STRATEGIC FORWARD STAGING AREAS FOR THE PROJECTION OF MIL POWER.

Once Iran goes Nukies, i.e. acquires LR NUc Weapons + the reliable accurate means of delivery same agz an enemy in war, pro-US sovereign regional allies, e.g. TURKEY + SAUDIS + -STANS, ETC., will be reluctant to allow US MIlfors + logistics to transit thru their countries lest they invite Iranian nuclear retaliation includ PROXY NUC TERRORISM.

IRAN = IS ESSENS SAYING/WARNING THAT THE TIME IS COMING IN FUTURE WHEN THE US WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROJECT POWER LIKE IT DOES NOW.

The USDOD will have to rely on alternate, lun long Long LONG L-O-N-G LLLLLLLOOOOOOONNGGGG -distance routes.

Once again, to paraph WARD BOND = "THE SEARCHERS" = "D **** NG IT, LONG, LONG - SPELLED L-U-N-G - LONG"!

[BASE-TOO-FAR QATAR = "American Dunkirk" here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-09-05 19:32|| 2011-09-05 19:32|| Front Page Top

#5 As per #3, IMO until it does dev an effective LR Strategic Nucweaps arsenal [ICBMS, IRBMS] Iran will NOT attack - it will hold back defensively AMAP ALAP, + wait for the US-NATO/Allied to attack + attempt to invade it.

IOW, IRAN = TAIWAN, ETC. = IT WILL TRAIN ITS ARMY TO DEFEND MOSTLY AGZ MASSED ENEMY AIRBORNE ASSAULTS [Paratroops, Mechs]IN PREEMPTIVE OR FIRST-STRIKE SUPPORTED BY FOLLOW-ON ABN + AMPHIBWAR FORCES. It has already times stated that any mil attack on Iran by the US andor Israel will be treated as an attack on Iran by the other, inviting an Iranian mil or proxy terror counterresponse agz BOTH.

Besides its on-going econ troubles + GWOT elsewhere, US is likley to be troubled vee ...

* NEWS KERALA > [WAPO] AMERICANS LIVING IN ERA OF "ENDLESS WAR" DECADE AFTER 9-11.

* E.g. INDIA = The COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA [CPI, CPI-M] is heavily divided oer Indjuh's post-9-11 relations wid the US, espec as per the GWOT + US Policies in AFPAK.

INDIA'S COMMIE-LED "ISOLATIONISM" = FUTURE FOR US?

FYI aka COMMIE-SOCIALIST "PERMAMENT/ETERNAL WAR", which in turn "justifies' or validates TOTALITARIAN REGULATORY COMMIE-SOC GOVT IN AMERICA = AMERIKA, AS SAID GOVT. IS ORGANIZED + OPERATES UNDER PRINCIPLES OF "PERMANENT/ETERNAL WAR", AGZ FOREIGN STATES OR EVEN AGZ ITS OWN PEOPLE.

Ordinary Amerikans of the OWG Mighty USSA = OWG Weak USRoA Global SSR as NONCONSENSUAL STATE EMPLOYEES have the "right to have no rights", + "to be permanently poor but optimistic" + to serve as Cannon, Econ fodder at the Party-Govt's discretion.

IOW PART II, AMERICA = AMERIKA WILL BE TOO POOR TO WAGE WAR.

ECON POOR AMERIKA + WAFFLING/WEAK NATIONAL LEADERSHIP = WANNABE "RISING IRAN" IS ALL-BUT-ABSOLUTELY/GUARANTEED SAFE FROM EXTERNAL MIL ATTACK, + WILL GET ITS NUKES.

As time goes on, iff attempts at "Regime Change" fail [ARAB SPRINGS], the US, etc. will have NO REAL OPTION AGZ IRAN SAVE FOR THE MIL/WAR OPTION, which pragmatically it must do or exercise SOONER THAN LATER.

After 2012 = 2012 NLT 2015 maxima?, it will be all but impossible for the US + UNO to stop the rise of a de facto Nuclear-armed Iran, + by extens simil Nuclear-armed Islamist = MilTerr Groups.

Nuclear Iran + Nuclear Radical Islam win.

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* WAFF > IRAN WARNS TURKEY, MUSLIM STATES: DO NOT BE TOOLS [proxies = slaves] TO [US-led]NATO.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > POSTER Thread = NON-ARAB MUSLIM NATIONS MUST UNITE?

* SAME > {Wash Times] IRAN'S LINK TO CHINA INCLUDES MISSLES, + "criticial technologies".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-09-05 21:57|| 2011-09-05 21:57|| Front Page Top

#6 More ...

* WAFF > ["GLOBAL TRENDS" Final Report]INDONESIA, IRAN + TURKEY WILL SHAPE NEW PATTERNS IN MUSLIM WORLD UNTIL 2025.

Yeeeeuuuuppp.

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > US GOP BILL THREATENS US FUNDING TO UN | US HOUSE FOREIGN COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN ILLEANA ROS-LEHTININ [R-FL] HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RADICALLY ALTER US PARTICIPATION [$$$ contributions] IN THE UN.

US to consider "selective/niche" funding for ONLY specific UNO activities.

Iff none or much-reduced US funding for UNO, that leaves T-Bill happy CHINA + Oil-Rich OWG NUCLEAR CALIPHATE > EX-US OWG-NWO? = PRO-CHINA OWG-NWO = PRO-NUCLEAR ISLAMIC OWG-NWO???

Which in turn, of course, may or may not have any detrimental effect as EFFEC FUTURE OWG = GLOBAL SPACE DEFENSE + COMET APOPHIS 2029-2036 = GUAM, EARTH-OBSERVED MOON EXPLOSIONS.

Just sayin'.

* SAME > MAX KEISER: AMERICANS ARE LOSING THEIR COUNTRY.

* SAME > US CBO: HIGH UNEPLOYMENT RATE COULD LAST FOR YEARS, perhaps Decades!?

* SAME > FOOD INSECURITY AFFECTS UP TO 17.0MILYUHN US KIDS.

* WORLD MIL FORUM > PEOPLE'S DAILY: US 2011 REPORT ON CHINESE MIL POWER COULD HARM SINO-US MUTUAL TRUST.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-09-05 23:21|| 2011-09-05 23:21|| Front Page Top

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