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Ahmadinejad: No power will dare to invade Iran
2009-09-23
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that Iranians offer a message of peace for all nations, while stressing no power will ever dare to think of invading Iran.

"No power will ever dare to think of launching an attack on the Iranian nation. Today, Iran is more experienced and powerful than ever before," said the president in a ceremony to celebrate the national 'Sacred Defense Week' on Tuesday.

"The Iranian nation seeks the establishment of peace and sustainable security based on justice. Our people are strong to defend their rights and land," he added.

"Our powerful armed forces will cut the hands of every power who intends to shoot a bullet at us from anywhere."

Ahmadinejad, who plans to head to New York later Tuesday to attend the UN General Assembly meeting recommended bullying powers to "change their approaches and thoughts in favor of humanity and human values."

"It is unacceptable that those who came to our region from thousands of kilometers away brought nothing but insecurity and attempted destabilization of regional nations," he said.

"They came to our region to sell their weapons and provoke confrontation. They accuse other powers of interfering in affairs of regional countries and causing insecurity."

He urged US-led foreign forces to fully withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan.

"We advise you to go back to your own land and spend heavy military costs on resolving the woes of your own nations," said the president, adding " Regional nations have the ability to establish and defend their own security."

"Our region will never tolerate the presence of foreigners for any lengthy period."

"As you saw in Iraq and Afghanistan, people are against the presence of foreigners. It is impossible for foreign troops to have a stable base in these regions," added the Iranian president.

Iran holds special ceremonies on Tuesday to mark the first day of Sacred Defense Week' -- an annual commemoration of the 1980-1988 war imposed by Iraq under the late dictator Saddam Hossein.
Posted by:Fred

#5  WAFF > WSJ:OBAMA ND THE POLITICS OF CONCESSION...

ARTIC SUB-PARAGR [paraphased]= the USA = POTUS Bammer appears to be bent on delayng or cutting back on its ability to successfully intercept ballistic missles. vee "rogue" States [MilTerrs?], AT ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME THAT IRAN DESIRES TO DEV STRATEGIC NUCLEAR ICBMS.

Widin 3-5 Years, aka Year 2012 thru 2015???

IOW, ITS NOT CLEAR IFF HOW POTENT THE PENDING "STRATEGIC DEFENSIVE TRIAD" = FLEXIBLE MISSLE-SPACE DEFENSE [Flex Response] WILL BE CIRCA 2015 + NUKE-ARMED, MISSLE-ARMED,STRATWEAPS-ARMED IRAN + RADICAL ISLAMISM [Nukulaar Militancy-Terror]???

Thank goodness thats resolved.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-09-23 22:42  

#4  Sounding more and more like Ursus, the Gorillla General in the "Planet of the Apes" movies...

fixated borgboy
Posted by: borgboy   2009-09-23 16:19  

#3  I hate to be pedantic, but 'invade' is not precisely the same as 'bomb the crap out of'.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-09-23 13:13  

#2  Crosspatch,

Their people arent the problem get rid of Shortround and his mad mullahs and restore true democracy is the way forward.
Posted by: Paul2   2009-09-23 10:28  

#1  To a certain extent, that is true. Iran is a HUGE country, much larger than Iraq, and it is very rugged.

Iran is slightly larger than Alaska. Only the most ruthless invader could take it. You would have to go back to carpet bombing cities and breaking their will to resist. Their military could be defeated but under today's politically correct rules, they could never be occupied.

Now if you are willing to carpet bomb them for several years and kill an entire generation of their population like in the world wars, yeah, anything is possible.
Posted by: crosspatch   2009-09-23 02:35  

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