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| Iran vows to hit Western warships if attacked |
| 2010-01-20 |
| Iran's defense minister warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic could strike back at Western warships in the Gulf if it were attacked over its nuclear program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, while Tehran's forein minister cimed western powers were showing "traces of realism" after they failed to decide on new sanctions. Ahmad Vahidi said there were now more than 90 war vessels in the Gulf, a waterway crucial for global oil supplies, and that they had created a "military environment" there. They included submarines, aircraft carriers and destroyers, he said during a conference in Tehran on the Gulf. "What is the reason underlying the deployment of this many warships and what aim are they pursuing ... are they arrayed against Iran?" Fars quoted Vahidi as saying. "The Westerners know well that the existence of these warships in the Persian Gulf serve as the best operational targets for Iran if they should want to undertake any military action against Iran," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 A bit off subject, but interesting. some yeas ago working at a machine shop In Mobile Alabama, At lunch I was sitting next to a raving moonbat (Actually a nice guy, but highly Ignorant and believe the Moonbat Propaganda was truth) He was spouting off one day that "Nukleer was so evil that the entire crew of the Enola Gay committed suicide on the runway at landing" I Couldn't let this blatant lie stand so I told him the truth, When I lived in Montgomery, Alabama, General Tibbs (Promoted after the mission) was a friend of my father's, lived about ten blocks from us,(And quite literally across the street from my Now and Current Wife)and I met and talked with him as a child of 14 (Or so) I said Very Loudly HE DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE AND NONE OF HIS CREW DID EITHER, I knew the man ( He died in 2007) Turns out I knew his son. The friendly asshole was stopped in his tracks as I told him The above, and actually was stunned when I asked him "Who told you that lie" After that we were friends and when I had to go to the hospital he actually visited me (We weren't friends before the incident) Not a bad guy, just brainwashed. PS Tibbetts died at 93 in Ohio (Family home town) On November 1st, 2007 |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-01-20 14:19 |
| #4 I think theres been a mistranslation. What they really said was. If you hit us with nukes we'll fall apart apologising then die whining. (See WW2, Enola gay, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Immediate surrender of the Japanese Empire Following ) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-01-20 13:44 |
| #3 It's unsettling when one is walking down the street minding one's own business, and unshaven, grizzled, filthy, drunken, addled people lurch back into a fighting stance, screaming, "Don't you mess with me!" |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2010-01-20 11:33 |
| #2 It's been a while since some of our warship commanders have had the opportunity to go completely apeshiat with righteous rage at an attacker. But if their ship or fleet is attacked, they have a lot of ordnance, usually short of nuclear release unless really pushed. The Iranians would think they were in a large tumble dryer with irate wolverines. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-01-20 08:43 |
| #1 Hm. Why would he say that, is he developing nukes? Strange he should speak up just like that. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-01-20 05:29 |