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2005-10-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran official says US incapable of going to war

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Posted by Glomolet Shaper7696 2005-10-09 14:32|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The above is mine. Lost my cookie somewhere, but found a new one.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-10-09 15:38|| 2005-10-09 15:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Another country playin' the same ole' "look at the US" in an attempt to hide their own disgrace. Those mad mullahs are losing control of their own country. Look at the US don't look at Iran's drug problem. Look at the US don't look at Iran's aides problem. Seems to me is close to imploding in the near future...

Posted by macofromoc 2005-10-09 15:46|| 2005-10-09 15:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Iran doesn't apperent understand the tactical use of a CBG. We can destroy Iran without putting one US body on Iranian soil. Pretty soon the fecal matter will hit the spinning baldes.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-10-09 16:03|| 2005-10-09 16:03|| Front Page Top

#4 I agree there will not be a new war or a new front. Everyone has lost patience with the MM's. It will be so decisive they will never know what hit them End of matter.

Posted by Danielle 2005-10-09 17:49|| 2005-10-09 17:49|| Front Page Top

#5 CBG?

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-10-09 18:00|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-10-09 18:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Carrier Battle Group. - Aircraft carrier (80+ planes), cruiser, destroyers, submarine and support ships (definition is flexible).

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-10-09 18:18|| 2005-10-09 18:18|| Front Page Top

#7 I am almost certain that the Iranians intend to use their nukes *first* at a US CBG. As with Pearl Harbor, their military will be focused on our military. The attack, either by nuclear naval mine, nuclear fire ship, or missile, will have to be immediately followed by an attack into southern Iraq, to "bog down" US forces there.

The strategy there would be to keep strong defenses in the North of Iran, to force the US to first recapture the South of Iraq before it could advance towards Iran.

Conventional missiles would be fired at US airbases in Iraq and Afghanistan, to temporarily disable them, costing the US much air remaining air support. They would be throwing conventional and some nuclear missiles every which direction for maximum chaos.

They might even coordinate missile fires with North Korea to open a second front.

Please note that this is possibly *their* scheme, and *not* one I would recommend for success.

However, the counters to such an attack are dependent on several things. First of all, the US must have massive, layered missile defenses in the region.

Our CBGs will hopefully be very alert to the biggest threats in the closed quarters, those being nuclear mines and nuclear fire ships, though terribly hard to defend against. Calculate out a probable 25-100kt warhead as the maximum size the Iranians will be able to build.

While the Iranian army could probably advance strongly into southern Iraq, they already would face a formidable and motivated Iraqi army, for sheer numbers, and incredibly lethal US combat systems. Once our divisions were fully in play, they would be cut to ribbons.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-09 21:13|| 2005-10-09 21:13|| Front Page Top

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