[Theorsell]

Iran's supreme leader warned today that any U.S. attack on his country would trigger Iranian retaliation against U.S. interests "around the world."

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued the threat as Iran's Revolutionary Guards carried out military exercises in the Persian Gulf that included the test-firing of anti-ship missiles with a range of more than 200 miles.

The missiles "can hit different kinds of big warships in all of the Persian Gulf, all of the Sea of Oman and the north of the Indian Ocean," senior Revolutionary Guards naval commander Ali Fadavi told Iran's state-run television. The missile tests were staged on the second day of exercises by Iranian naval and air force units in the Gulf as a second U.S. aircraft carrier headed toward the waterway.

Fadavi said the missiles can carry warheads of about 1,100 pounds and have a maximum range of 220 miles. He did not identify the missiles or elaborate on the results of the tests.

washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines

If Iran attack us in our homeland then Bush should warn Mahmoud Ahmadinejad we will use the nuclear bomb on tehran.That means about 1,000,000 Iranians dead instantly. Remember what JFK warned Krushev on the cuban missle crises? We really need to start getting tough and make these arabs afraid of us.Back in 1962 russians were chickenshit not to cross that blockade.So lets make IRAN think before they do something.

[actrisski]

Let's keep the conversation at an adult level, please. If your post was deleted and your received no warning/PM, it is because it was nothing more than a response to a rule violating post.

[viagra-kaufen]

Geez, Steve don't you get tired of posting the same old thing over and over again?

HA. I agree 100% with the last paragraph of Steve's post.....
Kennedy to his credit took a hard stance and the communists backed down.
Bush should take the same stand and back it up with a few nuke subs over there , ready to fire at a moments notice!
Send a few million on to paradise! Where is Allah going to find 72 million
virgins as promised?
I wouldnt want to strain Allah past his supposed powers- -TZS

[Seiblybiozy]

Iran been threatening people for a long time now....I say hand them their ass on a plate and move on.

[Gedominew]

Iran been threatening people for a long time now....I say hand them their ass on a plate and move on.

Uhum with what? (other than a nuke)

[Seiblybiozy]

Uhum with what? (other than a nuke)

We have more than just nukes, I for one don't like the idea of using nukes, only as a last resort.

[YpbWF5Yo]

If Iran doesn't back down and understand the seriousness of nuclear proliferation .. let's nuke 'em.

How ridiculous .. how absolutely mindblowing ridiculous. Is there any wonder why Iran and everybody else in the world feels the need to acquire nuclear weapons?

Strange that there wasn't this cowboy beligerent tone taken with North Korea. Could it be because North Korea has a nuke or two of their own, thus a means of fighting back? Boy, we sure are some mean cowboys when it comes to dealing with nations that we have superior weapons over .. although we had superior weapons in Vietnam .. and still lost .. and we had superior weapons in Iraq .. and still lost .. and we have superior weapons over Afghanistan and that debacle has lasted longer than WWII.

For the "nuke 'em" crowd .. I hope you're prepared for $8.00 a gallon for gas, or more, which is where that cowboy attitude will take us .. straight into a doomed American economy. The world will distance themselves from us even more than they are distancing themselves from us now and nuclear proliferation will run wild as well as the blowback from this most ignorant act, even more ignorant than our decision to engage in the foolish needless misadventure of attacking Iraq. The world is already converting to the euro and divesting themselves of the dollar, and all the dollar is backed by is the fact that it is/was the international standard of currency and one had to buy dollars to buy oil .. which is no longer the case.

Too much Hollywood and John Wayne has left far too many American people stuck in a cartoon where we are the masters of the world. keep in mind that John Wayne never put on a uniform that didn't come from Central Casting and he himself was a cartoon.

Thankfully, the American people are a lot smarter than some of the comments reflected here.

[bensabath]

Uhum with what? (other than a nuke)

Actually, as Reagan showed in the early 80's, Iran's economy is very vulnerable. They are heavily dependent on their offshore oil terminals, and from a purely military viewpoint we can destroy them at will.

Certainly a much better option than a nuke, IMHO.

Of course, the best option is a diplomatic solution....

Matt

[Susanleech]

Iran isnt too far from Iraq when you are flying a B-2. Like Matt said, Iran is vunerable--the American homeland isn't. They could hit our interests and cause us some trouble--but we could turn that country upside down if need be.

[masaredera]

Iran's supreme leader warned today that any U.S. attack on his country would trigger Iranian retaliation against U.S. interests "around the world."

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued the threat as Iran's Revolutionary Guards carried out military exercises in the Persian Gulf that included the test-firing of anti-ship missiles with a range of more than 200 miles.

The missiles "can hit different kinds of big warships in all of the Persian Gulf, all of the Sea of Oman and the north of the Indian Ocean," senior Revolutionary Guards naval commander Ali Fadavi told Iran's state-run television. The missile tests were staged on the second day of exercises by Iranian naval and air force units in the Gulf as a second U.S. aircraft carrier headed toward the waterway.

Fadavi said the missiles can carry warheads of about 1,100 pounds and have a maximum range of 220 miles. He did not identify the missiles or elaborate on the results of the tests.

washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines

If Iran attack us in our homeland then Bush should warn Mahmoud Ahmadinejad we will use the nuclear bomb on tehran.That means about 1,000,000 Iranians dead instantly. Remember what JFK warned Krushev on the cuban missle crises? We really need to start getting tough and make these arabs afraid of us.Back in 1962 russians were chickenshit not to cross that blockade.So lets make IRAN think before they do something.

Do you think that Iran has no right to respond to american aggression?

Andrew

[Gymnfacymoota]

Iran been threatening people for a long time now....I say hand them their ass on a plate and move on.

Huh? He said he would defend himself if attacked. Duh. Who wouldn't? He saw what happened in Iraq under US oppression and figured he didn't want his people to suffer the same fate, so he claims he will defend himself if attacked. How is that equivalent to threatening people? Wouldn't a threat be something like labeling a country as part of the "axis of evil" and thoroughly destroying that country some time later in a war of aggression and conquest? I think I'd rather have a neighbor with a gun in his home for self-defense than a crazed, meth-addicted vigilante who killed the inhabitants of all of my neighbors and I am next in line.

[Theorsell]

Do you think that Iran has no right to respond to american aggression?

Andrew

They have a right to just like Krushev respond to JFK aggression with threats. But the russians knew what would happen if they crossed that blockade.So Krushev order the navy turn back.So Iran better think who has the better weapons.Who can wipe out a nation in less than 30 minutes.So dont attack america and you have nothing to worry about.

[WeestDype]

I dont think Iran's position is unreasonable:

Attack me and I will attack you back.

Since when have we removed self-defense from relationships?

[Theorsell]

Do you know what happens when you pick on a GIANT? Bad things happen!!

Bad things man!!!

[HaroldMY]

Do you know what happens when you pick on a GIANT? Bad things happen!!

Bad things man!!!

You mean like David and Goliath


Jen

[YpbWF5Yo]

Do you know what happens when you pick on a GIANT? Bad things happen!!

Bad things man!!!

Good thing Americans never believed that or we'd still be a british colony.

In fact, the Vietnamese didn't believe it either .. and they kicked the giant's ass out of their country.

The Iraqis nor the Afghans believe it either .. and guess what?

We don't seem to do too well with countries the size of Ohio. We're better off attacking countries about the size of vermont .. like Panama and Grenada.

It's called the limits of military power.

[Susanleech]

Iran is no Iraq or Vietnam. We dont have to rebuild it or protect its streets. We can simply destroy all of its nuclear capabilites, military bases, airports, communications, government buildings, dams, water treatment plants, farms, etc etc. We could do this easier with Iran than we could with Vietnam.

Our military did well in both wars--but our way of fighting made us 'lose' in Vietnam. The Vietnamese didnt drive us out of their country--the American people did. And if we leave Iraq--its not going to be the Iraqi insurgency---rather the American people. The American voter is the most dangerous enemy in any future American war.

[Susanleech]

I dont think Iran's position is unreasonable:

Attack me and I will attack you back.

Since when have we removed self-defense from relationships?

why is Iran being treated as the hero when only they have been making these aggressive statements? And dont bring up some random politician in the U.S. saying something either. The president of Iran has been spewing this anti-American war shit for awile now.

[masaredera]

They have a right to just like Krushev respond to JFK aggression with threats. But the russians knew what would happen if they crossed that blockade.So Krushev order the navy turn back.So Iran better think who has the better weapons.Who can wipe out a nation in less than 30 minutes.So dont attack america and you have nothing to worry about.

Yikes. You are quite over-confident. Reminds a bit of the warmongers in '03 who thought Iraq would be over in six week to a few months at most.

I think the very fist thing that Iran would do is cut off the very vulnerable supply line to american forces in Iraq. (did you know this supply line is run by citizens and corrupt corporations, entirely dependent on the good will of Iraqis?) Thousands of your soldiers would be left abandoned in Iraq awaiting slaughter with no ammo, no fuel, and no food.

Then they would concentrate on American interests across the region.

Oil would become very,very expensive all of a sudden.

And just maybe, they would find a way to attack America at home.

Perhaps this would be too much for america to take and you would obliterate Iran with nukes.

How ironic, you would go to war to prevent iran from getting nukes and using them, only to end up using them yourselves in the mass murder of millions of Iranians.

And the world would still be a shithole, and america would be everybody's enemy.

Andrew

[Gymnfacymoota]

why is Iran being treated as the hero when only they have been making these aggressive statements? And dont bring up some random politician in the U.S. saying something either. The president of Iran has been spewing this anti-American war shit for awile now.

What do you call Bush calling Iran, Iraq and NK the "Axis of Evil" and then aggressively invading one of them and brutalizing its population? Iran says "I will defend myself if attacked" and Bush says "You three are the axis of evil" and then shoots one of them in the head.