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2008-04-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 I can assure you that their foreign-supplied weaponry will be of no use to them if one day they make the decision to stand on their own feet, because they will not have access to the technology.â

Ah, like when your US weapons didn't see us after you broke with us? You didn't like that? It bothered you? You know, if you didn't break with us it wouldn't be a problem?

Do you think the Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Swedish and French Weapons you want to buy with see their makers without permission?

Posted by 3dc 2008-04-22 00:10|| 2008-04-22 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 See TOPIX > ARMY OFFICER:US HAS NO WAY OUT IN AFGHANISTAN; + FORMER OFFICERS DISCUSS WAR.

Collectively, OFFICERS are directly or indir basically arguing for a larger LOCAL/REGIONAL-BASED US military presence, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BY US-SPECIFIC NATIONAL DRAFT AS NECESSARY/REQUIRED TO SUPPOR US FOREIGN POLICIES-ALLIES + US-LED "NATO" STYLE Regional Organz = Mutual Defense inter-nation Agreements for the ME/CENASIA.

IOW, COLD WAR-STYLE US "STANDING/PERMANENT FORCE" PRESENCE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-22 00:19|| 2008-04-22 00:19|| Front Page Top

#3 SUB-IOW > the US-ALLIES = USA WILL DOMINATE AND RETAIN DECISIVE INFLUENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA = EURASIA = MACKINDER'S WORLD ISLAND.

That'll leave only HUGO, FIDEL-RAUL, and AFRICA, besides the NORTH-SOUTH POLES, Sharks Whales LUNA/MOON + Space Alien Worlds, etc.

Milyuhns and Zilyuhns of Leftist University textbooks and maps will have to revised to focus on ROME, USA + PAN-AMERICA???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-22 00:33|| 2008-04-22 00:33|| Front Page Top

#4 We can hope Joe. It sounds good.
Leftist textbooks my not need revision as they have become very good at denying what is clearly visible right in front of their eyes.

Posted by 3dc 2008-04-22 01:06|| 2008-04-22 01:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Baghdad Bob may need to come out of retirement.

He can recycle some of his best lines:

"We have them surrounded in their tanks"

"God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis."

"Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We chase them here and they chase us there. But at the end we are the people who are laying siege to them. And it is not them who are besieging us."

"I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have
started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We
will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly."

"We will kill them all........most of them."

"They're not even [within] 100 miles [of Baghdad]. They are not in any
place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion ... they are
trying to sell to the others an illusion."

"They are not in Baghdad. They are not in control of any airport. I tell you this. It is all a lie. They lie. It is a hollywood movie. You do not believe them."

Yeah, right ..... Bob ......

Posted by Lone Ranger 2008-04-22 02:32|| 2008-04-22 02:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I seem to remember a certain Syrian reactor going offline rather...unexpectedly.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-04-22 02:58|| 2008-04-22 02:58|| Front Page Top

#7 The Mighty Mad Mullah Mighty Macho Military Machine (M7)has stuff so secret, even I don't know what it is. But it is undefeatable!

Inshallah.

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-22 06:19|| 2008-04-22 06:19|| Front Page Top

#8 The Iranians fought the Iraqi Army to a standstill over eight years.

The US Army was in Baghdad in three weeks.

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-22 06:46|| 2008-04-22 06:46|| Front Page Top

#9 beware the Teenage Mine Detectors!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-22 06:53|| 2008-04-22 06:53|| Front Page Top

#10 10-1 that the US military takes most of Iran's CnC and support infrastructure off-line in 5 days.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-22 07:37|| 2008-04-22 07:37|| Front Page Top

#11 highly sophisticated military equipment that has not yet been ~~developed~~ unveiled
Ah! Double, secret military equipment. That's the best kind.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-04-22 08:17|| 2008-04-22 08:17|| Front Page Top

#12 If the equipment hasn't yet been unveiled, how can the Iranian troops use it to remain sophisticated and undefeated?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-22 08:48|| 2008-04-22 08:48|| Front Page Top

#13 From In From the Cold:

We've had a look at some video from Iran's air parade, held yesterday as part of the annual Army Day celebration. Call us underwhelmed, at best. According to the Tehran Times, at least 200 aircraft took part in the event. That would be more than the number expected, if the paper's estimate is correct.

But, as we noted in our preview of the air parade, the aircraft displayed were decidedly old. When the highlight clip begins with 35-year-old F-4 Phantoms, well, your "parade" is more a heritage flight than a display of military might. And sure enough, the Phantom fly-by was followed by other aging aircraft, including U.S.-built "Huey" helicopters.

As expected, the Iranian Air Force used the event to showcase its "new" Saegeh fighters, but that jet is nothing more than a rebuilt F-5 (acquired from the U.S. in the 1960s), with slightly upgraded avionics and a second vertical stabilizer. A highlight clip from the parade (courtesy of the MediaLine) shows three of the "new" fighters, which may represent most of Saegehs currently operational in the Iranian Air Force.

Along with the aircraft, this year's Army Day parade also featured other types of military equipment, including battlefield missiles and rockets, and at least one Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile, capble of striking Israel. From the video clip, we couldn't tell if the transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) vehicle was a new model, or one of the older ones.

The distinction is important; according to western missile experts, Iran's early Shahab-3 TELs could not elevate a fueled missile to the launch position. That would require Iranian crews to erect the missile and fuel it before firing, lengthening the launch cycle and increasing their vulnerability to detection and attack.

Friday's event also featured a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, filled with the usual blather. Here are a few "highlights." Spew alert: put down your glass or swallow your beverage before you read these howlers:

Addressing the ceremony, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad described the army as a strong citadel and unrivaled defensive power against the enemies threats.

He said, Iran is the most powerful and popular nation in the world whose efforts and achievements are at the service of human excellence, peace, and friendship.

Iran is now so powerful that none of the worlds hegemonic powers are capable of threatening its security, he stated.

At least the rhetoric of Iran's president matched the equipment on display. Nothing new (as far as we could tell), and decidedly unimpressive.

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-22 09:03|| 2008-04-22 09:03|| Front Page Top

#14 I've always enjoyed the fantasy where the US develops a stealth cruise missle (kinda like the bomb in the Tom Clancy story).

We wait until all the mad mullahs are attending their parliment or whatever and then blow the whole place.

When someone says something we go "Wha??? Musta been a truck bomb."

See who takes over then, rinse and repeat as necessary.

Posted by AlanC 2008-04-22 09:27|| 2008-04-22 09:27|| Front Page Top

#15 I've imagined the guardian council holding a meeting on national television, when an airborne Hogzilla crashes through the roof and smites them all in an orgy of porcine fury.

Hardly realistic, but you have to enjoy the image.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-22 10:02|| 2008-04-22 10:02|| Front Page Top

#16 Another nice possibility would be for a few Iranian-labeled explosive devices to be used by an anti Persian terrorist group (sunni, kurd or arab Shia) to blow up a mullah filled building in Qom.

Another would be for a self guided Persian helicoptor with explosives to similarly detonate.

Posted by mhw 2008-04-22 10:39|| 2008-04-22 10:39|| Front Page Top

#17 AlanC, we can drop cement bombs on targets. Then the only evidence is the guidance system. Hopefully someone is developing a way that the guidance system could detach or self-destruct just before impact.

Personally I'm a fan of taking a few mothballed F-14's and painting them with Iranian colors and rigging them to fly by remote control then using them as kamakazi's. Let the Iranian Air Force take the blame for the attack. We could probably gin up a fake suicide tape as well if we really wanted to make sure a particular person or group got credit.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-04-22 10:53|| 2008-04-22 10:53|| Front Page Top

#18 The Mighty Mad Mullah Mighty Macho Military Machine (M7)has stuff so secret, even I don't know what it is. But it is undefeatable!

It's M8, Bobby. You forgot Mustachioed.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-04-22 11:05|| 2008-04-22 11:05|| Front Page Top

#19 Whatt'd they do, buy the expansion pack to Supreme Commander? Upgrade from SP:III to SP:MBT?

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-04-22 12:32|| 2008-04-22 12:32|| Front Page Top

#20 RJS I like the kamikase F14 idea. Has a certain gennais se qua, a certain flair. Also it would start them fighting each other....a twofer.

Posted by AlanC 2008-04-22 13:40|| 2008-04-22 13:40|| Front Page Top

#21 I seem to remember a certain Syrian reactor going offline rather...unexpectedly

Obviously they weren't using Iranian equipment to defend themselves.

Posted by gorb 2008-04-22 13:53|| 2008-04-22 13:53|| Front Page Top

#22 Obviously.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-04-22 14:17|| 2008-04-22 14:17|| Front Page Top

#23 yeah i'm sure what the US in=vest in weapons and armor, i'm sure they have real good soviet built crap

Posted by sinse 2008-04-22 16:31|| 2008-04-22 16:31|| Front Page Top

#24 #18 - Sea - I'll have to stick with M7 - I can't spell the mustache word.

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-22 18:09|| 2008-04-22 18:09|| Front Page Top

#25 rjschwarz - a beautiful idea...
Of course I am still waiting for the Pakistan Hajj flight into the Kaaba to help balance 911.

Posted by 3dc 2008-04-22 20:15|| 2008-04-22 20:15|| Front Page Top

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