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2019-09-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran says it's ready for war with US after Saudi oil attack accusations
Tough talk from towelheads with a collapsing economy
[Sky] Iran has dismissed US accusations it was behind drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil plants, and warned it is ready for a "full-fledged" war.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Washington had adopted a "maximum pressure" strategy against Iran, but because of "its failure [the US] is leaning toward maximum lies".

His remarks came as a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards said America's military bases and aircraft carriers, which are stationed up to 1,243 miles around Iran, were within range of Iranian missiles.
Posted by Frank G 2019-09-15 11:43|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran Proxies 

#1 Iran has dismissed US accusations it was behind drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil plants...

What? You thought they'd admit it?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-09-15 12:06||   2019-09-15 12:06|| Front Page Top

#2 and warned it is ready for a "full-fledged" war.

No, you're not.

Please, please believe me. No, you're not.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-09-15 12:15||   2019-09-15 12:15|| Front Page Top

#3 On the contrary, please believe within your stone cold hearts that you are ready, and that yes you can do this.

I want the Iranian/Persian people out from under the boot heel of these fanatics.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2019-09-15 12:45||   2019-09-15 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Iran: Like North Korea only nuttier.
Posted by jpal 2019-09-15 12:54||   2019-09-15 12:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Why would the US be involved in a war over this? It's Saudi Arabia they should be worried about! Saudi Arabia has a much more capable military than Iran does.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-09-15 13:32||   2019-09-15 13:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Surely it will work out just as well as the last time we interfered with Iran's government. You remember, in 1979 when we abandoned the Shah, as he was a human rights violator. The Ayatollahs took over in a completely surprising move. Especially seeing as we had met with them before we gave the green light to them.

Or it will work as well as the time we meddled in Iran in the 50s. That was when we overthrew the elected government for the crime of wanting to share its oil wealth with its people. Bad wrong doubleplusungood! We installed the Shah.

You maybe get the idea that American meddling in other countries that are no threat to us is the entire problem?
Posted by Herb McCoy  2019-09-15 14:20||   2019-09-15 14:20|| Front Page Top

#7 "That are no threat to us". You're a special kind of stoopid, aren't you?
Posted by Frank G 2019-09-15 14:30||   2019-09-15 14:30|| Front Page Top

#8 For a doorbell ring vaporize this:
Posted by 3dc 2019-09-15 14:43||   2019-09-15 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 You maybe get the idea that American meddling in other countries that are no threat to us is the entire problem?

Keep telling yourself that when the fallout gets here.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-09-15 15:09||   2019-09-15 15:09|| Front Page Top

#10 "Herb McCoy"'s keyboard delete key has a much higher IQ than the keyboard's operator. Poor thing.
Posted by Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-09-15 16:34||   2019-09-15 16:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Herb, nobody chooses to go to war for kicks. States that value and wish to keep their international interests and alliances secure are eventually forced to act to preempt the actions of other States on a collision course with them.

States that do not preemptively act often find themselves beset by actors who then get to become quite a bit of a bother.

If America has failed Your knowledge of that is encyclopedic. in any regard at these conflicts or political screwups have been caused, it's because of several factors that impinged upon every respective situation, not because the decision to act itself is flawed.

You can't simply collapse your entire intelligence apparatus, become deaf to alarms from your spies, close your eyes to armed State leaders who declare war on 'America the great Satan', and call it a day.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-15 17:07||   2019-09-15 17:07|| Front Page Top

#12  Pence just arrived at the White House"
Posted by 3dc 2019-09-15 17:27||   2019-09-15 17:27|| Front Page Top

#13 Is Kharg operational? I thot India was refining gasoline for Iran.
Posted by The peanut gallery 2019-09-15 17:47||   2019-09-15 17:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Nope. India did buy around 24 million tonnes of crude though. I think the waiver by Trump expired in May this year. Since then the imports fell by 24% and a new waiver is being negotiated until deals with alternate sources can be struck.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-15 18:15||   2019-09-15 18:15|| Front Page Top

#15 Boosh cartel can't drive policy to protect their Saudi paychecks anymore. Fun time.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-09-15 18:20||   2019-09-15 18:20|| Front Page Top

#16 Thanks D66046.
Posted by The peanut gallery 2019-09-15 18:30||   2019-09-15 18:30|| Front Page Top

#17 I'd like to see drones used to take out Iranian leadership. WE should always go after leadership so their replacements will be a bit more cautious of their own skins in a way you don't see when the grunts are slaughtered.
Posted by ruprecht 2019-09-15 18:30||   2019-09-15 18:30|| Front Page Top

#18 “The mother of all battles!”
Posted by CrazyFool 2019-09-15 18:35||   2019-09-15 18:35|| Front Page Top

#19 Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!
Posted by 3dc 2019-09-15 19:10||   2019-09-15 19:10|| Front Page Top

#20 "Tough talk from towelheads with a collapsing economy"

Also a fitting description of the Taliban in late 2001.

For them tough talk and defiance was a winning strategy.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-09-15 21:38||   2019-09-15 21:38|| Front Page Top

#21 Keep in mind the Democrats and deep state would love to get us into another war before the election. Iran is just helping them. Now wonder what the DNC had promised Iran in return.
Posted by CrazyFool 2019-09-15 21:41||   2019-09-15 21:41|| Front Page Top

#22 Didn't some Demon visit Iran recently. Kerry?
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2019-09-15 23:26||   2019-09-15 23:26|| Front Page Top

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