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2008-07-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran's Revolutionary Guards hold war games

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Posted by Steve White 2008-07-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Beer run?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-07-08 10:02|| 2008-07-08 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 We all get some visceral pleasure from downplaying these guys as "assclowns," but they could be a very serious problem for our Navy and world commerce once they set their collective, though distorted, minds to it. They are every bit as professional and determined, in their own right, as our military assets, and must be treated with a wariness similar to that which we would use with a stray pit bull...

Posted by OyVey1 2008-07-08 11:11|| 2008-07-08 11:11|| Front Page Top

#3 "They are every bit as professional ......"
OyVey is right. I'll believe this when I see it.

As far as I can tell the Iranians have a marked similarity in professionalism to the Saddam era Iraqis.....(aka none).

Posted by AlanC 2008-07-08 11:58|| 2008-07-08 11:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Stratego?

Posted by jds 2008-07-08 16:08|| 2008-07-08 16:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Nuclearizing Iran doesn't want nor needs war agz the US-Israel right now, whereas the Militants need to save resources to rebuild locally in ME plus espec for new destabilizations in Central Asia.

*2008-2010 > Many Perts are anticipating Iran to detonate an indigenous test nuke NLT 2010. Tehran's worse fear is likely that one or more Militant Groups inside Iraq or Lebanon will do something asinine agz US-Israeli interests = high-profile/value targets to induce a major attack or war agz Iran. AS LONG AS THE USA STAYS PUT IN IRAQ-AFGHANIS = CONTAINS ITSELF, ANDOR EVEN UNILATERALLY DOWNSIZES ALA A POTUS OBAMA ADMIN, TEHRAN BELIEVES IT WILL STILL GET ITS DESIRED NUKES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-08 21:38|| 2008-07-08 21:38|| Front Page Top

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