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2010-02-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Russia, you are pissing me off again and it's too soon.

Persia is not in your view.

Posted by newc 2010-02-18 01:21|| 2010-02-18 01:21|| Front Page Top

#2 So what DID the Russians DO when we first went into Iraq? ( AND Saddam was gonna give us the Mother was he? The Moslem Mother? Yeah..so does Iran)
I seem to remember a Russian Embassy Convoy fleeing toward Jordan being shot up on the highway when they tried to drive through an American checkpoint without slowing down and saying who they were.

Russia has a border with Iran. But WE dont need to go there or even close. Just rip off Khuzestan Province (its just outside Kirkuk anyway) and 87% of Iran's wallet in Oil and THEN occupy it with lots of Iraqis who get a big cut for their co-operation.
Cede it to them to keep.

I think we can step into the backround while they "stabilize" the place. Let the Moslems police the Moslems. Ahvaz isnt full of Persians anyway.

We will be busy hitting all the passes over the Zagros Mts. ( there are only about seven narrow roads up there and bleeding the Iranian relief columns white.

Land Marines and take Bandar Abbas and take control of the Straits of Hormuz (NEVER give that back EVER just like the Brits still have Gibraltar.)..And bomb the only gasoline refinery and the only major N/S railway line from the Caspian to the Gulf to open holes and trestle rubble.
Then watch Iran solve the problem of moving military relief south to Bandar Abbas the hard way.

Leave the entire country to rot and smoke after that..let 'em keep the rest. Set up Base and lay out the wire. Tell 'em to come and take it back. Hi there, Big Nose.

No need to occupy it. Just take those two pieces of Real Estate and stop and let them come on. Chew them to hell on the roads with air strikes. No Oil, no gasoline, no rail transport, no air cover....wave and blow them a kiss.

No need to occupy them. Russia can have what they want if they want any. Help yourself....and say hello to the buzzards.

You want to "negotiate"? Sign here.

Posted by Bullithead 2010-02-18 04:47|| 2010-02-18 04:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Nice rant!

but i lol'd ..

Posted by Oscar 2010-02-18 05:17|| 2010-02-18 05:17|| Front Page Top

#4 The consequences, I believe, would be dreadful for Iran, as well as Russia, the entire Asia-Pacific community

And the problem is? That sounds like a feature not a bug.

Posted by AlanC 2010-02-18 07:18|| 2010-02-18 07:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Bullithead for President!

A beautiful plan. I'd let Kurds take their portion, Azeris theirs and Balochis theirs as well.

Posted by twobyfour 2010-02-18 08:56|| 2010-02-18 08:56|| Front Page Top

#6 All I had to read was this: Iran Press TV Latest
That is all I needed to see to understand its another steaming pile of Iranian excrement

Posted by Crusoper the Elder3416 2010-02-18 12:23|| 2010-02-18 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Build nuclear plants and convince the Chinese to do the same. Convince the Brazilians to push their ethonal engines to the third world and get the US in place to sell flexi-fuel engines to enable current cars to convert over.

Get as many people out of the oil buying business and let the middle east eat sand (and buy Russian weapons with sand).

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-02-18 15:10|| 2010-02-18 15:10|| Front Page Top

#8 No need for a warning, Obumble's not going to do a thing (other than stern letter or three).

Posted by DMFD 2010-02-18 22:52|| 2010-02-18 22:52|| Front Page Top

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