Iran Threatens U.S. Aircraft Carrier: Don’t Come Back To Persian Gulf
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(The Blaze/AP) — Iran‘s army chief on Tuesday warned an American aircraft carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf in Tehran’s latest tough rhetoric over the strategic waterway, part of a feud with the United States over new sanctions that has sparked a jump in oil prices.
USS Stennis
Gen. Ataollah Salehi spoke as a 10-day Iranian naval exercise ended near the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf. Iranian officials have said the drill aimed to show that Iran could close the vital oil passage, as it has threatened to do if the United States enacts strong new sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program.
The strait, leading into the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, is the only possible route for tankers transporting crude from the oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf to markets. A sixth of the world’s oil exports passes through it every day.
Oil prices rose to over $101 a barrel Tuesday amid concerns that rising tensions between Western powers and Iran could lead to crude supply disruptions. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for February delivery was up $2.67 to $101.50 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The jump came a day after Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile as part of the maneuvers, prompting Iran’s navy chief to coast that the strait is “completely under our control.”
USS San Jacinto
Salehi’s warning for the U.S. aircraft carrier not to come back seemed aimed at further depicting the strait and the Gulf as under Iran’s domination, though there was little way to enforce his warning without military action. The strait is divided between Iran and Oman’s territorial waters, and international law requires them to allow free passage through it.
“We recommend to the American warship that passed through the Strait of Hormuz and went to Gulf of Oman not to return to the Persian Gulf,” Salehi was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA.
He said Iran’s enemies have understood the message of the naval exercises, saying, “We have no plan to begin any irrational act but we are ready against any threat.”
The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and another vessel exited the Gulf through the Hormuz Strait a week ago, after a visit to Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, according to the U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet. The Fleet did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Salehi’s warning.
Iran’s sabre-rattling over the strait and the Gulf has come in response to U.S. preparations to impose tough new sanctions that would ban dealings with Iran’s Central Bank. That would deeply hurt Iran’s oil exports since most countries and companies use the bank to conduct purchases of Iranian crude. Iran relies on oil revenues for around 80 percent of its budget, meaning a cut-off would be devastating to its already weakening economy.
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President Barack Obama has signed the sanctions into law but has not yet enacted them. The sanctions would be the strongest yet by the U.S., aimed at forcing Tehran to back of its nuclear program, which many in the West say is intended to produce a nuclear weapon. Iran denies the claim, saying its program is peaceful.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday that is country wants Europe to agree on similar sanctions against Iran by Jan. 30 to show its determination to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. He told the French television station i>TELE that there is “no doubt” that Iran is continuing with plans to build a bomb.
Iran’s naval maneuvers took place over a 1,250-mile (2,000-kilometer) stretch of water beyond the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, as well as parts of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, according to Iranian officials.
A leading Iranian lawmaker said Sunday the maneuvers served as practice for closing the strait if the West enacts sanctions blocking Iranian oil sales. Top Iranian officials made the same threat last week.
In response, the U.S. has said it remains committed to the “security and stability of the region” and will continue to deploy warships in the Persian Gulf and surrounding waters.
The threat from Iran continues to be a primary concern in national security circles, but Business Insider offers this photo of U.S. military bases in the region to put things in perspective:
In addition, some military analysts claim Iran’s recent saber rattling could be an attempt to compensate for limited ability to project military power in the region. While Iran has hailed its recent “long-range” Qhader missile test, the projectile only has a reported range of 124 miles. Plus, Iran has been accused of photoshopping military tests in the past to make their capabilities seem more menacing than they are.
It should be noted, however, that historically Iran has been most problematic– and deadly– for the West using low-tech, asymmetric warfare tactics and terrorist methods.
In the event of a showdown in the Persian Gulf– the third such event for the U.S. in two decades– Iran would likely use every means imaginable to strike back at the West, regardless of whether it missiles pose a real threat to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
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Comments (146)
Nanaswords
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:21pmWhat countries are Trading with Iran…buying their oil ? Would that be a good reason\excuse for our Pres. O not to follow through with the bill we just passed and he signed ? Is this another “Goliath” time for a king saul leader…just asking !!!
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:03pmHey, I didn’t write this. How did you do that?
Report Post »larrylarrylarry
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:58pmSee how smart we are;
The US has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in return for the Afghan insurgents’ agreement to open a political office for peace negotiations in Qatar, the Guardian has learned.
According to sources familiar with the talks in the US and in Afghanistan, the handful of Taliban figures will include Mullah Khair Khowa, a former interior minister, and Noorullah Noori, a former governor in northern Afghanistan.
More controversially, the Taliban are demanding the release of the former army commander Mullah Fazl Akhund. Washington is reported to be considering formally handing him over to the custody of another country, possibly Qatar.
The releases would be to reciprocate for Tuesday’s announcement from the Taliban that they are prepared to open a political office in Qatar to conduct peace negotiations “with the international community” – the most significant political breakthrough in ten years of the Afghan conflict.
Report Post »georgiavietvet
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 4:32pmLARRYLARRYLARRY……………….any one who believes what the rag head taliban says is a complete fool. they are just stalling for time so that they can rebuild after we have decimated their ranks. they are just waiting until we pull out, so that they can restablish control over afghanistan. and that is exactly what will happen, because we don‘t have a gov’t willing to kill all the radicals and murderers. all the blood and treasure spent will have been for nothing, because of the bleeding heart liberals. can we say vietnam anyone? its obvious we didn’t learn a thing from our vietnam experience. we will desert the afghanies just like we did the vietnamese. a blood bath will be the result. watch and see…………………………………………………….
Report Post »garbagecanlogic
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:57pmHey iran, don’t let your aligator mouth overload you hummingbird ass. Otherwise, they will be referring to your navy as “fish food”.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
Report Post »The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:07pmAre you an anti-Iranianite?
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 5:47pmHe may not be, but I am. Iran’s fate is already sealed. All that is going on now is goading the Iranians to do something stupid… just a little something stupid. At some point their egos will have believed their rhetoric and they will take a swing. Once that happens, Iran will be history. Wait and see.
Report Post »jkjk
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 7:36pmSmacked stupid! Completely destroying the middle trouble causing crazy muslim extremist middle east is wrong. Destroy all the jihad pieces of ala crap bar’s, save the women from that crap religion and then get our well deserved oil. Give me one example of any other part of the planet, or a religion that hate’s as much as this one does, then you shall receive a bomb strapped bozo button beheaded and stoned to death with your beautiful virgins.
Report Post »crete
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:52pmamen. we’ve been at war w/ iran since 1979. they ‘ve been jerking our chain for 30 years now they need to be taught a lesson and we dont need to go to the bs un to ask permission to defend ourselves. get the dam un out of the us.
Report Post »Br33tt
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:49pmAny hostility by whomever in the area will result in even more U.S. forces in thier borders or at sea. Go Navy!!!
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:57pmThat’s what bullies do.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:48pmWay to go Neocon. Have you ever been to that area of the world? Did you see the map? Do you realize what country lies between Iraq and Afghanistan? Let me ask you what you would be doing right now if a foreign nation had a multitude of bases in Canada and Mexico and had already thrown out the gov’t of one and forced elections in the other? Just curious.
Me personally, I have been to a few of those little stars on that map during my service and I don’t see why we need to be there. We cannot legitimately fight a group of radical religious halfway around the world who attacked us because we already had a military presence there. It just doesn’t make sense. While I agree that terrorists should die, the human responsible for the physical attacks on 9/11 met their end on that day. All that I see us accomplishing by going over to the middle east was allowing the radical jihadists to kill a few more thousand of our men and women.
We are not and cannot be the world police. If Iran wants to gain nuclear power, that is their deal. They are a sovereign nation. As much as you might fear the threat of being attacked with a weapon first successfully developed in your own country, you have to realize that an even greater threat would be to forsake all of our principled beliefs just because someone got scared.
It is when people get scared that they allow the gov’t to enact unconstitutional laws and lead us into foreign wars with no defined victory or enemy.
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 4:35pmInternational Law is very clear on one element of warfare, blockading key international trade routes is a big “No No.” And guess who it falls to when those laws need to be enforced? It’s simple for us to say “It isn’t our war” but who else is there who will stand up and deal with the problem?
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:30pmThe guys need some quick practice. Reminds me of the movie “The mouse that roared”.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 5:41pmOMG. I completely forgot about the “Q” bomb!!!!
Report Post »sharpie
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:27pmThat‘s like Pee Wee Herman threatening to kick Chuck Norris’s ass.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:37pmBut Chuck doesn’t know what Pee Wee is really packing…
And Chuck is deliberately annoying Pee Wee…
Ya know…the person who feels the most intimidated is usually the first person to attack when armed…
But then again, that’s the entire reason Chuck is over there messing around with Pee Wee to begin with… to try to provoke a war…and how will THAT be justfied while we’re all watching this…It would take a willing suspnesion of disbelief…AKA conscious ignorance/ cognitive dissonance.
Nobody likes a bully.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:40pmChuck Norris “lets” the rest of the world live.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:56pmOur enemies are not outside of the United States, with the exception of Soros. Our enemies are here: Sunstein, Stern, Bloom, Lew, Orszag, Berstein, Axelrod, Emanuel, Klain, Kagan, Ginsburg, Breyer, Feinstein, Rudman, Feinberg, Steinberg, Sutphen… Summers, Lynn, Plouffe, Borrin, Gensler, Shapiro, Simon… .
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:14pmSmack, Hillary Clinton (using Soros money) is trying to push a global handgun ban treaty through the UN but you failed to mention her. Was that just an oversight? How bout barack, that socialistic pig?
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:42pmsmackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:56pm
Our enemies are not outside of the United States, with the exception of Soros. Our enemies are here: Sunstein, Stern, Bloom, Lew, Orszag, Berstein, Axelrod, Emanuel, Klain, Kagan, Ginsburg, Breyer, Feinstein, Rudman, Feinberg, Steinberg, Sutphen… Summers, Lynn, Plouffe, Borrin, Gensler, Shapiro, Simon… .
Those are all radical Muslims right? Isn’t that what FOX News tells me every night? We have to surrender all of our Liberty in order to protect us from the radical Muslim or the extremist? lol May they all rot in hell! Every last one of these pathetic FOX News shills with the exception of the Judge!
Report Post »certified ethical hacker
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 4:25pmSorta reminds me of some times when I was growing up and we had some beagles, the little beagles thought they were great gaurd dogs and every time a dog of any size (many were many times bigger than the small beagles) would walk past on the road the beagles would run out to great them in a threatning bark and growl as if to say , buddy your gonna stay on the road and keep walking cause if you come up in this yard I am gonna have to kick your arse. Of course the bigger dogs would ignore the little because it would have been a waste of time and they both new it. But the little dog got to show off for the people of the house and the other dogs LOL They know they have more power than they do , they just wanna see what our values are yet again
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:17amsmackdown33
You forgot Geithner, Bernanke, every single traitorous Congressmember who voted for NDAA, every single traitorous police officer or militaryperson who would follow illegal orders to violate the constitution, etc.
Obama and Clinton’s status as traitors is a foregone conclusion. Throw Bush in there, Cheney, all of them.
They’re all traitors. The only one I see that isn’t a straight up TRAITOR is Ron Paul. Even Dennis Kucinich voted for Obamacare after his fantastic ride on Barack the Magical Unicorn’s back.
I remember protesting Kucinich outside his office in Lakewood with a gigantic sign that read “KUCINICH IS A TRAITOR” with some devil-hands graphics showing him handing over the Constitution for some Obamamoney after he voted for Obamacare.
I despise traitors. Traitors are the PLAGUE. That’s why I hate the actions of abusive public servants so much. They’re traitors…they betray the public trust.
We must clean our country out of traitors. Even if we have to do a seance with Joe McCarthy and start a new Anti-American Traitor hunt.
Report Post »Yepyep6598
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:27pmthe administration is too focused on gay rights in the military so they can kiss and penetrate each other instead of blasting that archaic country back to the days of Moses. Nope, we have to concentrate same sex penetration and coochie friction. We dont have a military anymore what we have is the worlds largest social club that is posing as a military. I hope the Chinese never decide to invade our country Im guessing it would take 72 hours maximum to completely take control of the U.S. Believe me if they wanted too they could there is no sense of country nor a fighting spirit like those of World War 2. We have cowards and wimps. If you really want to be truthful about it and this is coming from a blackman I know the only ones who would fight to the death for this country is the White Supremacist. We know the white blueyed liberals would be in court sueing the military for trying to defend the country and would join the Chinese army to appease it by systemactically committing mass murder of U.S. citizens and calling it diversity.
Report Post »wtune
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:59pm@yepyep6598
Just because the commander-in-chief is an idiot, don’t attribute that trait to the men and women serving valiantly to protect your right to state such drivel.
The U.S. military remains the strongest force on Earth. And it is due to the dedication of the VOLUNTEERS that serve. Iran is currently no threat to the United States, because they have not yet developed nuclear weapons. They just produce most of the IEDs that have killed and maimed our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But do not for one moment doubt that they would use the nukes if they had them. It is time to put the mad dog back in its cage.
Ever since Carter let them depose the Shah and hold our embassy staff hostage for over 400 days, they have thought they are invincible. Sadly, with the Carter clone we currently have in the White House, they could be right. If our forces are given the opportunity, Iran could be turned into a giant molten glass ashtray. And our troops wouldn’t even break a sweat.
Hopefully the U.S. Merchant Marine can deploy enough dredges to clear the Strait of all the Iranian hulls on the bottom. That would be the only way the Iranians could block the Strait.
Report Post »wtune
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:21pmI am always amazed at some people thinking race is the be all and end all. Yes, I am white. No I am not a White Supremacist. I prefer to use the standards espoused by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. I judge people by their character, not the color of their skin.
You may be right in your evaluation of the white liberals, though. For some reason, most liberals today think that any act of war against our country requires arrest and Mirandizing before going into civil court. You referred to WWII, a time when Americans emerged as one people with one plan: WIN THE WAR.
Under the current administration, foreign combatants are accorded all the rights of American citizens. Our troops are told not to shoot back until they are sure there are no “civilians” in the fire zone. One general even recommended an award for restraint under fire,. LTC Allen West resigned his commission because he threatened an enemy combatant and saved his own troops from an ambush.
There is something wrong with this picture.
When I was serving in Kassel, Germany, I learned that the city had been virtually destroyed by allied bombers during WWII. Apparently some planes were shot down and the survivors from the crews were hanged and drug through the streets. After that, allied pilots always “saved one for Kassel.” One bomb was reserved for the return run on the city. And Dresden was virtually melted into the ground by napalm.
Now we try to avoid “collateral damage.” Which has been m
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:20pmPS: I love you! xoxoxo
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:16pmHow do you really feel? No, really. Don’t sugar coat it.
Now, if you could give some proof of your accusations, one might listen.
Report Post »blueyesj40
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 4:46pmBack during a visit to Persia (as it was then known), Hitler so impressed the leadership in Persia with their Aryian heritiage stuff, that the Persians change the name from Persia, to Iran, the persian version of Aryian I believe. Nevermind the fact that, Iran has been sponsoring terrorism for decades, since the creation of the Muslim Brotherhood, as at various times, Iran became the safe harbor as different governments in the middle east at various times made the MB illegal. But Iran has had ties to funding terrorism to such an extent that they became known as the state sponsor of terroism.
Report Post »Maybe you can answer something for me: Why do muslims hate the Jews so, when they came from the same people? Wasn’t it Abraham who got his slave pregnant in the first place? All I know is this, I have never heard of Khazakstan until I learned of the Soviet Union, and I still have not heard very much about the country, if you are really from there, for it seems you have a familiarity with certain things that makes me dubious about your true intentions for posting in here having nothing to do with what you say.
vinnymac46
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:11pmIran has been the “bad ass” on the block in their part of the world but now they want to come on our street…bad move..
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:18pmWhere on earth did you come up with that fiction?
Report Post »US_SOLDIER
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:38pmHow exactly are they coming on our block by defending their waters?
Report Post »Br33tt
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:09pmPretty much. The U.S. Navy can “occupy” were ever they like. Ask the U.N. Security counsel.
Report Post »crazedbanshee
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:14pmThey are not defending their waters, they are making a threat to create a blockade. Why the blockade? because we are going to cut off their central bank. Why are we threatening to cut off their central bank? Because they are lead by a crazy ass that wants nuclear technology to kill you. They are the antagonists here not the defenders.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 6:59pmvinnymac46
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:11pm
Iran has been the “bad ass” on the block in their part of the world but now they want to come on our street…bad move..
OMG. Please tell me that you are a Democrat. We require an IQ test to vote Repbulican and it must be at least 2 or above.
Report Post »jkjk
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 7:42pmSmacked stupid, are you sure you’re not obama in disguise?
Report Post »Yepyep6598
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:10pmdont worry we want go back we have a tuck tail administration
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:08pmIs that you Kenny? Did you forget to take your meds this morning?
Report Post »Phoneguy
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:05pmTurn that ship aound, man the guns!
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:11pmIf Iran said the same about Israel, you would be livid, and calling Ahmadinejad every Hitler name in the book. You anti-Iranianite.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:24pmSmack, you’re wearing your jazzy little label out quick today. Ya goota spread it thin. Not everyone that proves you wrong over and over again can be labeled the same thing. Cmon man, you can do better.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:04pmThinking that Iran even poses a remote chance of any kind of significant threat to the greatest military ever organized and the most prosperous Nation to ever be found in the whole history of the World is freaking INSANE on steroids! We have the best trained troops and the most advanced weaponry ever conceived on God’s green earth! We will defeat our enemies. They stand no chance. I will not let manufactured fear and propaganda dictate our Nations future. If we want war. Lets declare it by congress, fight it, win it and come back home. No nation building. Unless we face an immediate threat or imminent attack, let’s not loose our cool. Let the Rule of Law and Reason prevail. We have more than enough resources to deal with this situation, and plenty of missiles pointed at our enemies, at any given time. We should be careful to not overreact or act too soon.
“The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor. We maintain our strength in order to deter and defend against aggression – to preserve freedom and peace.” – Ronald Reagan
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:14pmColt, don’t make so much sense. And, quit telling these warmongering radical fundamentalists how American foreign policy was once based on principle.
Report Post »US_SOLDIER
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:42pmlol very well said Colt, that picture above sums up what you just said. Iran is surrounded by military bases, but somehow they are boogeymen and we should be terrified of them. Reminds me of the garbage we were told as the pretext for invading Iraq. Lies, Lies, Lies, SMH
Report Post »MirabellaDesign
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:00pmso roars a mouse to an elephant… beat the war drums a little louder, don’t think they are listening in the cheap seats…
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:49pmDrill in America, incentivize building NEW refineries in America. Take OBAMA’s hands off the throat of our energy independence!
Report Post »confederacyofdunces
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:18pmAgreed! it sometimes seems as if we are deliberately using other sources so when they run out we will still have some. Wishful thinking. Liberals should use bicycles and live in unheated cinderblock homes lie their Chinese friends. As for me I like motorcycles, cars and climate control. Drill baby Drill, but keep high safety standards. As a former construction QC i know that sometimes the boss tells you to overlook things ( not structural). We cant do this with drilling, we can’t afford another gulf spill.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:54pmMore important that drilling is excavating. We have had designs on the books for thorium reactors for a couple generations. these reactors can run on the waste products of iron mining and the waste of our current nuclear reactors. And the best part is that you can power an entire family’s needs for a year off of the thorium found in the average cubic meter of dirt… ~ 2 grams. Currently, they mine ten times this much volume for an equivalent source of uranium. So why haven’t we started using thorium yet?
Report Post »GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 5:19pmhttp://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/unlimited_domestic_energyright_now.html
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:45pmThe Iranians have nothing that could remotely bother one of our carrier groups. If a country was debating about attacking us and floating their ships around our coasts we would also be giving warnings. The difference between us and them is we can actually do harm to their homeland. They can do nothing to us or our navy.
This is all a show to get a war started.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:53pmThis is all a show to get a war started for the benefit of Israel, just like Iraq.
Report Post »confederacyofdunces
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:29pmAS a Navy vet I remember the STARK. the USS STARK FFG31 was struck by a french made exorcet missile fired by the Iranians on 17th of March 1987. 37 American sailors died that day. I have been out of the Navy for over 20 years but I doubt that FFG’s have upgraded very much.
Report Post »When Navy ships transit the Straights of Hormuz they are at General Quarters, Al the hatches are sealed and people are dressed out in firefighting gear. It sounds like the Navy takes these threats seriously, Perhaps you should have a little less bravado and remember some history before we repeat it.
Elena2010
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:42pmYes, I remember the USS STARK and attended one of the Memorial Services on base for the lost crew. I also remember the USS SAMUEL B ROBERTS that ran over a mine in the same waters. She came home to Newport on a Dutch heavy lift vessel.
It was actually an Iraqi that shot the STARK since the French were supplying that side of the “Tanker War” in the Gulf, an arm of the Iran-Iraq War that ground on for nearly a decade costing a million souls.
Report Post »blueyesj40
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 4:27pmTheir intentions are, according to a defector from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, is to develope a missile capable of being fired from a ship, develope a warhead that could devliver an EMP attack upon the United States, mate them together and make sure the system works, put this on a ship, send the ship to the coast of the United States, and launch and detonate the nuclear warhead in an EMP attack, and when America collapses, seize control. Watch Rumors of Wars, both I & 2. This defector was in on the planning sessions to conduct this operation. A nuke detonated over the US even in an EMP attack would not be good. But then again, Myth Busters busted the EMP myth in that all they had to do when their EMP shut down a modern computer was to turn it on again. And that was without the use of a Faraday Cage. Japan had 2 cities hit with atomic bombs, and the cities have been rebuilt and lived in since. What really will the radiation do? We have nukes, and would respond appropriately.
Report Post »jkjk
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 7:53pmSmacked stupid, I have yet to hear from any muslim group that stands against the wrong doings of the many idiots and condemns the hatred that they are tarnishing the muslim faith with.
Report Post »savinourliberty
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:15pmMake sure you are prepared. Prepare with http://www.303outdoors.com
Report Post »jkjk
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:32pmHa ! I can’t wait until we wipe them out!
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:58pmWipe them out? Now, when Ahmadinejad was accused of saying the same about Israel, he was compared to Hitler. Are you a bigoted anti-Iranianite Jew?… did this to demonstrate the hypocrisy, and the nonsense use of labels such as anti-Semite.
JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:12pmThe sanctions will be treated just like the pipeline from Canada, put on eternal hold for extensive study on how it would impact the region. I think they want to prevoke an attack to gain a sympathetic ear in the region.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:18pmPerhaps you’ve missed it? America and Israel are, and have been, the instigators.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:22pmYou anti-Iranianite.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:22pmI don’t hear anyone here in the US or Israel calling for the total inialation of Iran. I think you’ve missed something.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:30pmOh, I see. We’re playing the semantics game. Bomb Iran. Attack Iran. But, don’t use the word, ‘annihilate.’
So, it would be okay if Ahmadinejad said bomb Israel, attack Israel? You anti-Iranianite you.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:43pmNeat little word you invented but it wont support you’re idiotic way of thinking. America is not the evil in this equation.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:01pmYou are correct. The evil are people like you living in America that think of nothing but killing others; for no reason.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:30pmI’ve never said anything of the sort. You paulbots are all the same.You have an issue with somthing and attach the label to anyone that doesn’t blindly fall into suit with you. Keep trying.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:06pmI really don’t want a World War III, but if these idiots try anything, I am all for squashing them like the bugs they are. Make it swift, clean and memorable.
The other thing we also need to be off the coast of Israel, so when Hamas and Hezbollah make a move against Israel we will be there to squash them also regardless of the collateral damage. If you associate with terrorist, you will end up like terrorist – dead.
Of course, I think we can make a few shots across the bow and they will scurry like cockroaches do when the lights are turned on.
Report Post »charleyrocks
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:17pmDon‘t the american people think it’s time to have that pipeline from Canada and you will never run out. Canada won’t make a weapon to use against the USA, Canada is a very very peaceful country, so what is the problem. Choke off the middle east and all will be well! Use your heads Americans push Obama on this issue and peace shall be had>
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:21pmWhy should America’s wealth and lives be wasted on a two-bit nation striving for ethnic purity?
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:23pmYou’re an anti-Iranianite.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:28pmcofemale
Report Post »We had better hope we don’t have world war 111 with the idiot obama in office
LiveforFreedom
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:06pmWar has been DECLARED!!!!
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:16pmWhy? What has Iran done to deserve a war with America? When was the last time Iran attacked any nation? Then, ask yourself how many times America and Israel have attacked other nations.
What nations are the real, historically provable, warmongers? Hint: It ain’t Iran.
Report Post »FstEti
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:29pmUhhh, smackdown, exactly WHEN has Israel attacked another nation? I assume that you are excluding Israel responding to attacks initiated at them FROM another nation as, since you an intelligent, unbiased person, you recognize a nation‘s RESPONSIBILITY to defend it’s citizens from external attack. So, when has Israel, unprovoked, attacked another nation?
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:09pmFSTETI,
Israel attacked Syria in ‘07. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Orchard
Israel attacked Iraq in ‘81. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera
Israel attacked Lebanon in ‘82-’06-’09.
On and on… Do your own homework, and learn something, before you commit other peoples’ lives to your fundamentalist beliefs.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:31pm@ Smack — technically a state of war has existed betw the US and Iran since 1979 when they invaded sovereign American territory, our embassy. We just have not taken them up on it.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:38pm@ Smack – Israel attacked to preserve itself which is permitted in the UN charter. Syria and Iraq – nuclear threat ended. Lebanon – constant barrage of missiles on Israeli civilian towns by Hezbollah which Lebanon refused to clear away.
Israel has not gone for regime change, only self-defense preemptive and targeted attacks. Neither has Israel promised to destroy other nations because of religious differences. Israel was attacked by Syria [Hezbollah a proxy], Lebanon [Hezbollah], Iraq [Saddam paid suicide bombers to kill Jews in Israel] repeatedly before responding. Let’s not forget the 1992 attack on the Israeli embassy in Argentina carried out by Hezbollah or Islamic Jihad.
You need to find a different line of attack to support muslim intentions to kill all the Jews.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:39pm@ smack I guess the munitions supplied by Iran doesn’t count. Iran is like Charles Manson I didn’t have anything to do with that, I just “suggested” killing the zionist infadels..
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:12pmElena, check your history. America overthrew a democratically elected government in Iran back in 1953. That my dear, is an act of war. In 1979, the Iranians counter-attacked when the oppressive, vicious, Shah, that we placed in office, became weak.
Must know your history… just ask Ike… he did it.
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:05pmRon Paul and George Soros Connection
http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/01/03/breaking-the-george-soros-ron-paul-connection/
Ron Paul joined forces with Barney Frank to slash military preparedness, but he ended up putting the experts of a foreign billionaire with global ambitions in charge of the project. He did THAT while he was a congressman?? WHAT would he DO if he becomes President???
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:06pmIs The Tea Party Saying NO To Ron Paul??
http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/01/03/tea-party-says-no-to-ron-paul/
Could the rumors of Democrats turning out for Ron Paul as a means of creating GOP primary race chaos be true???? Then they will NOT vote for him IF he wins the nomination??
The White House has attacked every candidate but NOT A WORD about Ron Paul???
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:12pmRon Paul Endorsed By George Soros “Blue Republican” Organization
http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/01/03/ron-paul-endorsed-by-progressive-blue-republican-organization/
When somebody is integral to the Progressive Movement in America as Ralph Nader… embraces the Ron Paul Campaign, Conservatives would do WELL to pause.
It seems interesting that an organization that appears quite hopeful to see Obama re-elected in 2012, and is CLEARLY linked to Progressive Anti-American globalist George Soros is simultaneously calling for Democrats to register as Republicans and support Ron Paul in the Republican primaries.. DOES IT NOT???
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:16pmDoes make sense.
Report Post »rock-n-roll-rebel
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:20pmHey Clara, you should really check out your own sources before you make such bizarre claims. I read the article and it doesn’t even mention Ron Paul. Thank you for demonstrating your ignorance.
Report Post »RavenGlenn
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:37pmThe only reason why any of them would support Ron Paul isn’t because they agree with him, but because they don’t think he can win.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:45pm@clara It was to cut back on militarism, not defense. Defense is putting our own troops on our own borders to secure our own country. Militarism is sending our troops to Uganda or Libya to protect and serve foreign rulers and citizens from another far away country. Plus, we’re BROKE.
And the TEA party? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bNiDx7qTjA
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:45pmRock, you might want to reread the whole first article. I’ll need some moe research but Ron is weak on national defence.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:26pm@clara Are you kidding? The MSM is in for Obama. The MSM doesn’t even give him a chance. They have been (along with Fox) smashing his rise and gain in support. They ridicule, smear and distort his positions and platform. They fear that the message of Liberty and Limited Government will gain credibility and thus end their Marxist agenda.
Report Post »rock-n-roll-rebel
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:02pmIran‘s Navy if that is what you want to call it wouldn’t stand a chance against our Navy and they know it. This is laughable.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:58pmIf Ron was in office he wouldn’t use our Navy. Now thats laughable.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:21pm@JLGunner He said in an interview that he would use submarines to protect the US. He would have ready ships and the kind to defend us. Our modern foreign policy more often than not uses our troops for nation building, while leaving our borders unsecured and wide open. We need to reevaluate our priorities, here at home. We have enough satellites, carriers, submarines, stationed missiles and other high tech weaponry to protect our homeland and our interests far off. We really should rethink about our strategy of sending our troops all over the world, it’s spreading our military too thin. Plus, we’re going broke. Just saying.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:51amCan you say “Tomahawk”….The US Navy can stan off and target the entire Iranian Navy before they know they are under attack. Follow the missles with Stealth aircraft to take out the Iranian Air Force.
War over Iran 0, US lots of points. Then take out their nuclear enrichment facilities.
What we need is a President with the cajones to respond if the Iranians fire one hostile shot at a US Navy ship.
OMG
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 12:57pmIt’s at times like these, that I’m comforted to know that we have the necessary foreign diplomacy gravitas of Joseph Biden to get us out of these tense situations.
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