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2004-07-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran warns US of global retaliation to any attack
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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-07-07 3:15:03 PM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 US to Iran: I raise you one nuclear retaliation for your global retaliation.
Posted by virginian 2004-07-07 4:23:51 PM||   2004-07-07 4:23:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Awww they are getting nervous.Isn't that special.:)
Posted by djohn66 2004-07-07 4:56:26 PM||   2004-07-07 4:56:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hit us with your best shot, boys.

Then when you're done, light a cigarette and have a seat. You may as well be in a reclining position when we come for you.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-07 5:02:24 PM||   2004-07-07 5:02:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 To me the question is: are they acting nervous because we are about to do something or because they are? I'd like to think we have the initiative here, but don't see evidence of that fact.
Posted by JAB 2004-07-07 5:22:18 PM||   2004-07-07 5:22:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 These guys definitely need lessons from the KCNA. Their tripe comes across more as the bombastic, impotent seething of the Palestinians more than the frothing, spittle-spewing threats from the North. S2D2.
Posted by RWV 2004-07-07 5:44:05 PM||   2004-07-07 5:44:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the Iranian what-passes-for-government is starting to realize that a lot of its "fixes", sneaky tricks and tentacles around the world have suddenly become inoperative.
Like Japan in the 1930s, they have ambitions to do all sorts of things, mostly involving forcibly taking other people's stuff. Things like the Saudi oilfields, Iraq, and maybe even fomenting trouble up in Central Asia.
But with the invasion of Iraq, a lot of these programmes have gone up in smoke, leaving them with only what (they think) is their ace in the hole--nuclear blackmail.
Trouble is, that's like thinking you have a winning hand at poker because you have a single ace.
Posted by Anonymoose 2004-07-07 5:44:26 PM||   2004-07-07 5:44:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Better sooner than later.
Posted by Capt America  2004-07-07 6:04:14 PM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/]  2004-07-07 6:04:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 JAB... um how do you not see evidence of that? What do you think Iraq was?
Posted by Damn_Proud_American  2004-07-07 6:14:31 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com]  2004-07-07 6:14:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 All this bluster falls into the "methinks the man doth protest too much" category. Iran is finally under the magnifying glass and they are beginning to squirm, that's all. Their bellicose blather is a direct result of them knowing how complicit they are in much of the region's unrest. No amount of bravado can cover up the fact that they are completely helpless before America's military might.
Posted by Zenster 2004-07-07 6:46:06 PM||   2004-07-07 6:46:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I would think that the Iranians would have learned that GWB has done exactly what he said he would do in other military situations. The Black Turbans are hanging alot on the November elections, IMHO. If they cause too much trouble, even in this election year, they are going to get their asses kicked. Their oil flow can be shut down quickly and at no risk to us.
Posted by Alaska Paul in Lake Minchumina, AK 2004-07-07 9:15:47 PM||   2004-07-07 9:15:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Iran is no longer in charge of Iraq. Must not be a good feeling.
Posted by Anonymous5604 2004-07-07 9:29:10 PM||   2004-07-07 9:29:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 DPA, I agree 100% at the big picture strategy level. Just concerned with the tactical timing of this missive.

Maybe, as stated, NK no longer providing missile tech, just press release scripts. Maybe Tater was the best Iran has and the Army destroyed him. I want to be optimistic.
Posted by JAB 2004-07-07 10:16:37 PM||   2004-07-07 10:16:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 The United States knows that the Iranians need to test detonate an initial yield. The Iranians just want to be sure we don't go nuts afterward!! Israel will "drop bricks" if this happens, and we are straining the 'chains' to keep them calm. I hope it doesn't work!
Posted by smn  2004-07-07 11:26:35 PM||   2004-07-07 11:26:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 This definitely needs some "sea of fire" bits.
Posted by someone 2004-07-08 1:57:20 AM||   2004-07-08 1:57:20 AM|| Front Page Top

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