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| Iranian general: War with the US would be 'no big deal' | |
| 2015-05-08 | |
| [TIMESOFISRAEL] Two top Iranian generals on Thursday taunted the United States, saying the much-discussed military option to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities is "ridiculous," that Washington knows it can't be done, and that their country "welcomes war with the US." That's what Tojo said. The saber rattling came as Western powers prepared to sit down for another round of negotiations with Iran to reach an agreement on putting curbs on Iran's nuclear program. Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, said in an interview on state-run television that a battle with the US would only serve to highlight Iran's strengths. "We welcome war with the US as we do believe that it will be the scene for our success to display the real potentials of our power," he said, according to a report by the semi-official Fars news agency. "We have prepared ourselves for the most dangerous scenarios and this is no big deal."
"We warn their pilots that their first flight [to attack Iran] will be their last one and no one will be allowed to go back safe and sound," he warned. The commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, gave similarly belligerent warning during a ceremony in the city of Semnan, in the north of the country. Jafari reasoned that if the West really thought it could attack Iran at will, it would have done so already; instead world powers "kneel" before Iranian might, he boasted. "The military option that the Westerners speak of constantly is ridiculous and they know that if the military option could have produced any result, they would have already used it many times, and today they have shifted their focus to other types of threats and to the soft war front," Jafri said. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Spoken like a true Warrior of Allen. How the heck can you defeat an enemy who professes no downside (and a strong possibility of an upgrade) to dying? Is this the big "bluff," or must Muslims be sorted out (good luck with that) and the jihadists torn out by the root? |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-05-08 22:32 |
| #11 As to why RISING IRAN = RISING CHINA? PUTINIST RUSSIA? [Other?] IS CONFIDENT ... Lest we fergit, * TOPIX > [RWN.com] COWARDLY OBAMA ORDERS US NAVY TO RUN AWAY FROM IRANIAN SHIPS + PLANES OFF YEMEN'S COAST. * SAME > [Gateway Pundit] ITS AN OBAMA WORLD: IRANIAN NAVAL FLEETS CHASES OFF US WARSHIP OFF COAST OF YEMEN. I have to disagree wid any notion that POTUS Obama is a coward - AFAIC or IMO, the Bammer is an Anti-American Amerikan = Anti-US US OWG Globalist whom is INTENTIONALLY/DELIBERATELY following a pre-planned/determined, dedicated Agenda. I ALSO DISAGREE WID THE NEED FOR A VIOLENT 9-11 EVENT TO CARRY OUT THE ABOVE, IN ADDITION TO US-WORLD OWG GLOBALISTS NOT BOTHERING TO ASK ORDINARY/MAINSTREAM AMERICANS VIA NATIONAL REFERENDUMS = ELECTION QUESTIONS AS TO IFF THEY WANT OWG-NWO, SOCIALISM IN THE US, ...@ETC. WHY, YOU ASK THIS SUNNY GUAM AM ... * CNN AM > MUQTADA AL-SADR WARNS HEZBOLLAH + OTHER SHITTE MILITIAS WILL ATTACK US INTERESTS IN THE ME [ + Anywhere, including CONUS] IFF THE US PROCEEDS WID ARMING THE KURDS. WOLF BLITZER INTERVIEW WID ED ROYCE, CHAIR OF US HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CMTE = Chairman Royce ... > labeled Muggsy's comments to attack US interests as utterly "BRAZEN" IN ITS DIRECTNESS + AUDACITY. > Muggsy's statements made it clear to him that IRAN-N-ONLY-IRAN INTENDS TO THE ONE-N-ONLY LEADER IN IRAQ + POSSIBLY ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST, where no one save Iran + proxies, i.e. Hezbollah + Iran-controlled Iraqi, etc. Shiite Militias, are allowed to have Arms. IOW, IRAN WANTS TO BE A "SOLE" OWG "US-STYLE" CO-SUPERPOWER WID ITS OWN, UNCHALLENGED "SPHERE OF INTEREST" IN THE ME + PERSIAN GULF + CENTRAL ASIA. CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA? Perhaps more importantly, GLOBALIST? IRAN = IS WILLING TO WAGE WAR AGZ GLOBALIST AMERIKA IFF NECESSARY TO BE THE ABOVE SAIDSAME "SOLE" MIDDLE EAST + GULF, ETC. SUPERPOWER = "CO-SUPERPOWER". SUB-IOW, THE "GREAT GAME" - Why should Iran = China = Putinist Russia, etc. settle for "second-tier/fiddle" when they can be EL SUPREMO, MORESO WID A ANTI-US US POTUS + ALIGNED, SUCCESSOR(S) ENGAGING ANDOR FAVORING WORLDWIDE UNILATERAL = SELF-IMPOSED US STRATEGIC RETREAT. Iff OWG Globalist Amerika CAN'T OR WON'T DEFEND ITS INTERESTS + TERRITORIES, WHY SHOULD IRAN = CHINA = PUTIN RUSSIA OR OTHER N-O-T TRY TO TAKE IT OVER FOR THEMSELVES??? BECAUSE THE WEAK NEEDS THE STRONG TO DEFEND THEM, BUT THE STRONG CAN'T DEFEND THE WEAK IFF THE STRONG ARE NOT IN CHARGE. OOOOOOOOPPPSIES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-08 20:30 |
| #10 The manned pilots to hit whatever else we decide to target the second hour As we shouldn't be concerned about collateral damage, a squadron or two of BUFFs in the third hour for 'cleanup detail'. Still time for lunch in there somewhere. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2015-05-08 17:09 |
| #9 Ha! He looks like Billy Batts. Did he tell Obama to go get his shine box too? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2015-05-08 14:50 |
| #8 Typically the first wave is stealth and missiles to take out enemy radar and defenses. What would happen if the first wave was a large flight of drones. They are cheap and if you lose a few hundred who cares. Follow that up with missiles and stealth. The manned pilots to hit whatever else we decide to target the second hour. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-05-08 14:41 |
| #7 I think he meant war 'with' US such as together against Israel. |
| Posted by: airandee 2015-05-08 13:12 |
| #6 A certain Mr. Saddam Hussein used also to think in that vein, True, but Saddam didn't have Bush on his side. Obama is on the same side as the Mullahs. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-05-08 12:27 |
| #5 "War with the US would be 'no big deal'" True, it would not even interfere with chow time on our War ships. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-05-08 11:36 |
| #4 Yeah sure, the quickest way to suicide, |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-05-08 11:07 |
| #3 An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions. - Napoleon |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-05-08 08:42 |
| #2 Got Obama's number, have they? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-08 01:50 |
| #1 Yeah - and any ship can be a minesweeper - once. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2015-05-08 00:39 |