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Iran Threatens U.S. With 'Harm and Pain'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/nuclear_a...kxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Expect a lot political bullshit that will end in embargos and threats of war for the next month or so. Jam it back in, in the dark.
"You can't win, Pilate. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."-Jesus
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Moved to Political Palace for being Political Palace material.
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Iran reminds me of a WWF promo.."We're gonna kill ya..." blah blah blah..unfortunatley, its becoming obvious that they're going to have to be dealt with sooner or later. They have missles that can hit most parts of Europe, and even with conventional warheads this can wreak havoc. Their Su-24 Fencer bombers are very effective low level attack jets that can esily hit Israel and beyond, not to mention U.S. carrier groups. They on't be the pushover that Iraq was.
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*sigh* Sounds like another day at the office for this big old world of ours. It is obvious that Iran is intending to make nukes. I just hope the UN can do the right thing and slap a rock soild, non-compromising embargo on Iran before it is too late.
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Of course the UN will do it right. America wants something done.
I was speaking idiomatically.
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Coalition Casualties: 2,511 (2,302 US) Coalition Wounded: 16,653 What a pushover. Better luck with Iran. Figures from DoD. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
As if we could occupy Iran. Wesker was speaking militarily, that Iranian armed forces wouldn't be as easy to defeat as the Iraqi Army and Republican Guard.
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Jam it back in, in the dark. |
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That fact of the matter is, even if Iran had nukes, the US has several thousand warhaeds and ICBMs. Good luck to Iran. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
When it comes to fighting conventional warfare (read: army vs. army, navy vs. navy, air force vs. air force), America reigns supreme.
The fundamental difference between Iran and Iraq is that the threat from Iran is explicit and almost everyone is united against them. So if Iran tries some shit, it won't be just America dropping bows so to speak. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
When it comes to bragging about military power, America reigns supreme.
I wouldn't bet on the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force to be superior to, say, what China will be capable of soon. Their "defense" budget is already suspected to be thrice as high as the U.S.' Plus, they don't engage in pointless wars or costly occupation of and presence in foreign countries nor do they have a Democracy to get in their way. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
There will probably be a war against Iran within the year. As Bush has shown us, dipshit leaders do whatever the hell stupid stuff they want without any regards to logic.
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Amen to that, Rock. Except for one thing. The U.S. is a corporately sponsored Dictatorship with Democratic tendencies employed to project the image of representation. Either way. We're all going to die.
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After all of that, they'd have to face not just US forces, but porbably all of those velonging to NATO as well. All of this without their economy being help up by a massive trade defecit and unfair marketing practices. FELIPE NO |
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Jam it back in, in the dark. |
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
The goal here isn't occupying Iran, the goal would be to remove the nuclear threat, however, I doubt Iran would sit idly by and allow its facilities to be destroyed without a response. They could esily launch missiles at Israel and Europe or attack US forces in Iraq or hit Saudi oil areas. The size of Iran would make it difficult to take out all of their airbases and missile sites, but any attack on their nuclear facilities would have to include any known missile sites and airbases or their promise of "harm and pain" could be true for some.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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Even assuming that China has a defense budget three times as big as that of the United States, is that Per Capita? Would China be reducing the size of its Armed Forces to meet Americans on limited fronts? China, in case you haven't noticed, is pretty fucking big. The focus of the People's Army is to defend said big fucking country, not to become a projecting force. If anything, a modern Chinese Army would be one designed to protect itself from Western aggression, and their interests in South Asia. (particularly concerning India)
That said, an Amero-Chinese war would hurt both sides economically, but where America has a huge domestic market, China doesn't. Without anybody to buy the stuff that they make, the Chinese economy would tank. America, on the other hand, would still be in relatively good shape assuming the Chinese didn't invade Vietnam and Taiwan. The problem concerning Iran, as Wesker pointed out, is ending their nuclear capability, and since the Iranians aren't nearly as close to getting the bomb as people think they are, it's simply a matter of locating all of their nuclear facilities, and taking them out from the air. Not the easiest of tasks, but it's not as if we wouldn't have enough time. Wesker voiced concern that the Iranian Air Force would be capable of resisting the USAF somewhat, as well as being capable of delivering some nuclear weapon to Israel or Europe. Israel is all that counts, though, since they've got warheads pointed at everybody. That said, I really doubt that the Iranians would ever be able to acquire the money, planes, or training to ever go toe to toe with the USAF, or even the Russians. I was speaking idiomatically. |
Whats up with all the talk about the US. Doesn't Europe care at all what iran is doing? They try to act like that do but it seems they never have any threats to back it up. They're at more risk anyways. I really hope we don't attack Iran unless Europe agrees to help out. Not send 50 troops and call it quits but really help. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Invading Iraq for Oil is as the (American) Civil War was fought over slavery. No matter what incentives, causes, or objectives anybody has doesn't change the overriding circumstance, that we wouldn't have invaded Iraq if it wasn't for oil.
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It'll be interesting to see if China and Russia go along with sanctions against Iran or veto. They are both political and economic allies however it's believed that in the long-term Russia would lose benefits from not going along with the sanction and most don't seem to think that China would stand up alone for Iran.
One thing I've read that really bugs me too is that Iran feels that it is part of the NPT, but didn't a revolution happen after the treaty? Wouldn't it technically be a different nation? What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
Last edited by Kalekkan; Mar 9, 2006 at 08:51 PM.
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I read somewhere that Russia would use its power of veto to protect Iran, which makes sense because Russia has significant interests in that country.
Jam it back in, in the dark. |