You wouldn't dare... would you?
Is Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad getting worried? Maybe. The United States and Israel would not dare attempt a military strike of Iran's nuclear sites, Iranian military officials said Saturday, adding that they were confident that Tehran would easily repel such an attempt.Anyone else detect a little bit of worry from the Iranians? I mean, if they really weren't worried, would they be talking so much?
The United States, which has ships in the Persian Gulf, has not ruled out a military strike to thwart what it suspects is an Iranian nuclear weapons program. Iran denies its atomic program is aimed at making weapons.
Iran's ISNA news agency quoted an aide to the country' Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday as saying that Israel and the United States would never strike Iran, saying that "both the U.S. and Zionist regime face internal problems and they know that we make many troubles for them if they attack Iranian territory."
Yahya Rahim Safav told ISNA that Iran's armed forces were "fully prepared and enemies are aware of that, they do not have the power to take a political decision on the issue, because they know they can start the war but are not able to finish it."
"We need to be fully vigilant of these attacks, the enemy knows that it will regret if launches a land strike against Iran." Safavi said.
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General Morteza Saffari is quoted by the conservative weekly Panjereh Saturday as saying that troops aboard U.S. warships "are morsels for Iran to target in the event of any American threat against Iran."
In 2008, Iran put its most powerful military force, the Revolutionary Guard, in charge of defending the country's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, a vital oil route.
Speaking with the semi-official Fars news agency, Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that the increased U.S. pressure on Iran were prompted by Washington's desire to advance its "propaganda campaign "and gain control of the region.
Fars quotes Vahidi as saying that a military strike on Iran was unlikely, adding that Israel too was "uttering such remarks in a bid to reduce the growing international pressures through psychological warfare," Vahidi told Fars.
"We, too, advise them not to seek trouble and tension in the region through spoiling the atmosphere," Vahidi said.
Heh.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:06 AM
2 Comments:
I wanted to say typical Arab empty boasting, but of course Imadouchebag isn't Arab. Still, it reminds me of Nasser's vitriolic (and ridiculous, as it turned out) threats leading up to the Six Day War.
I guess it's a Muslim thing. I look forward to one day somebody zipping this idiot's lips permanently.
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They are not worried at all. If they were worried they'd stop building an a-bomb. They honestly don't think much of Israeli or American power. They still boast about winning in Lebanon in 2006. Still, I worry about talk that Syria might look at Turkey as a replacement for Iran, especially if Israel successfully takes out their nukes.
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