Replies to post #296556 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[follylama]

Iran is no threat to the US altho the current admin prefers we live in fear. Iran does pose some threat to Israel tho -- that's if the Iranian PM's rhetoric is anything more than bluster... But Israel is a nuclear power, so I am sure they are able to fight their own battles. The bigger picture tho is that by taking out Saddam, we enhanced Iran's power in the region... That was a bad move.

[benzdealeror2]

Iran's counter attack in the event of a first strike by the US.


The president of Iran has issued a list of threats through Hussein
Shariatmadari, Editor of the daily Kayhan, and a key spokesman for the
radical Khomeinist faction.



"The Americans must be made to understand the horrible consequences of any foolish act

He then listed a series of warnings:




*** The Islamic Republic would attack American and allied troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq.



*** The Islamic Republic will stop the flow of oil through the
Strait of Hormuz, depriving the global market of 24 million barrels
each day



*** A storm of missiles will be unleashed against Israel, turning
that country into "an earthly hell before they go to the real hell."




*** Arab countries allied to the US will see their very existence endangered.



*** The peoples of Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and "parts of Arabia"
will be invited to state uprisings against their governments to take
revenge from their rulers.

[ieddyi]

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), mandated to investigate Iran’s nuclear programs, has concluded that there is no evidence that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program.

There's no evidence because they haven't looked hard enough

They would probably say the same thing about Syria. But I guess you really believe that it was an " abandoned military building " that the Israelis took out 2 weeks ago.

Amazing how Ritter and the lib moonbats will go through linguistic gymnastics to defend Iran and it's leaders who clearly have evil intentions towards Israel

designed to assist Hezbollah in deterring and repelling an Israeli assault of sovereign Lebanese territory.

So, shooting rockets into a country unprovoked is now called self defense?? Pathetic