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Iran says army can fend off any attack
2006-04-19
The president of Iran has said that his country will cut off the hands of any aggressor and that the country's military has to be equipped with the latest modern technology.
Neatly done: a reference to your own barbarism couple with a hat tip to modern technology...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the remarks on Tuesday to commemorate Army Day. "Today, you are among the world's most powerful armies because you rely on God," Ahmadinejad told military officers before a parade of the armed forces in southern Tehran.
They rely on God because they can't rely on maintenance...
"Iran's enemies know your courage, faith and commitment to Islam, and the land of Iran has created a powerful army that can powerfully defend the political borders and the integrity of the Iranian nation and cut the hands of any aggressor and place the sign of disgrace on their forehead," he said.
Yes. They can be bravely pounded to paste. The U.S. military is not Sammy's army, which used to be the Fourth Largest Army in the World™.
Ahmadinejad said Iran's army "has to be constantly ready, equipped and powerful. It has to be equipped with the latest technologies, recognise the enemy and constantly be vigilant". However, he said Iran's army would "serve peace and security for mankind especially the region and its neighbours. Power of our army will be no threat to any country. Our army carries the message of peace and security ... it is humble towards friends and a shooting star towards enemies."
Posted by:Fred

#10  middle of the dread Iranian Summer™, a country without power is a country without air conditioning, and tempers grow short...the mood to hang a mullah grows long...
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-19 22:32  

#9  I hate to stir up bad memories, but wasn't the Iranian army the one that fought to a standstill against Saddam in a war that was eventually called on account of neither side being able to field enough players? The same Saddam whose army was steamrolled by Coalition forces in an engagement that set a new record for yards gained on the ground?

Here's a hint: the coming dust-up is going to be an air campaign. Unless, of course, those armor thrusts and special ops aren't simply a diversion. Hope you have lots of spare parts for the Shah's leftover Tomcats and the MiGs you poached from Saddam. Remember, a country without electric power is a country without a uranium enrichment program.
Posted by: SteveS   2006-04-19 20:34  

#8  Dunno. This guy's not smart enough to be Pinky and his ego's too big to be Brain.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-19 19:50  

#7  I dunno. It's all so very much Pinky and The Brain to me.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2006-04-19 19:28  

#6  The Black knight...

Script

"I'll bite your legs off!"

"What are you going to do, bleed on me?"
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-04-19 13:13  

#5  We need a photo here from the Monty Python sketch of the knight with his arms and legs chopped off, still spouting belligerancy to his opponent.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2006-04-19 11:18  

#4  You might have a point 3dc. Are they taking their cues from old DC/Marvel comic villians? To listen to them you expect them to be meeting with Solomon Grundy in a helmet-shaped building in a swamp like on "Superfriends".
Posted by: whitecollar redneck   2006-04-19 07:50  

#3  Let's see them fend off this:

Posted by: DMFD   2006-04-19 01:52  

#2  What's with this latest crop of dictators? They are more archtypical then the comic book fiends.
Ahmadinejad, Kimmy, Chavez classic super villains.
Posted by: 3dc   2006-04-19 01:41  

#1  Rightists-Fascists do the chest- and drum beatings - meanwhile, Purge/Holocaust-happy Commies are quiet as crickets and winds on a clear night, ala Ollie Stone's PLATOON. FNC's Mary Kellogg interviewed an Iranian? diplomat-official this AM, and whom said that Iran's oil will be gone in 20-25 years - roughly ditto the same timeline the Russians have given for their own domestic reserves.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-04-19 01:08  

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