By Shirzad Bozorgmehr reporting from Tehran, Iran
An Iranian non-profit company says it will honor U.S. President Barack Obama's request that Iran return a drone that crashed there last year.
But instead of the actual drone, the company says it will send miniature toy versions. A lot of them.
"We plan to send a full squadron of 12 to the White House for President Obama as a present," said Reza Kioumarsi, a spokesman for the Aaye Art Group, a Tehran-based non-profit, non-governmental company that makes novelty items.
Read Shirzad's whole story here
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I advise the US not to mess with the Persians, these people are not your little "weak" arabs that you exploit in your IMPERIALIST wars!
I support Iran to be nuclear-armed, so the US won't be able to have their way with them anymore. After all it is the US who overthrew their democratic government and replaced it with a ruthless dictator like Shah, who killed countless number of Iranians!
I dont support a nuclear armed iran, but I find their gift hilarious! I can see King Obama soiling himself when he opens that box thinking to get a drone back and seeing those. I dunno, I just pictured it and laughed so hard my stomach hurts.
Because "King" Obama was thinking there would be a real drone inside of a box?
I'm pretty sure those little toys in the picture are B-2's, which are definitely not drones.
IIranian boomerangs
The drone has a strikingly similar shape to the B-2.
Not a B52 but instead a B1B
The drone in question and the toys pictured are made by Lockheed Martin, RQ-170 Sentinel.
All we have to do is dont let them have any of are food. Then you will see oil prices drop and they will be the first in line to sell us oil.. Ok you dummys where not going to need your oil much longer we are going to change over to nat.Gas and then what the hell you gonna do?
Japan starved the families of almost it's entire military servicemen in the buildup before World War two (most of the soldiers had no idea since all communication was censored so heavily) in order to build the biggest battleship the world had ever known. This was because the (mostly Caucasian) allies it had in WW1 decided that despite contributing as much as it was asked to that war (keep the Pacific clean of Germans so that the US and the French territories could focus on the Atlantic), was only allowed to have a FRACTION of the military forces that they had due to a ruling by the organization that was essentially the infant U.N. in deciding the size of a military nations could have.
The battleship in question, ironically enough, was never used to it's full extent. It was sunk after a desperation strike that had it loaded up with explosives (manned with a full crew though, because any less would be a dishonor) and sent to ram American ships. It never even came past artillery range.
China cut it's population by the biggest amount any nation has EVER done to itself in order to reserve food for the metropolises. Let me repeat that in different words: Chinese government took food from towns below a certain size, all food no matter where it was or in who's possession, and sent it to be sold at the cities while the rest of the country starved to death because they had no ability to actually make it to the city before starvation set in.
Any nation is capable of, and in the wrong leadership willing to, slit it's own throat to give it's neck a nice respectable red collar while it gives you the middle finger.
Are you talking about the Washington Naval Treaty of 1923? That only limited naval tonnage. No one wanted a repeat of the incredibly expensive naval race leading up to WWI so they voluntarily signed a treaty to limit it. Japan was allowed to have the third biggest navy in the world after the US and UK. The fraction was maybe 65% or so of the US and UK amount. Not too shabby. Additionally, China's population is continuing to grow despite the impression we have that they only have one child. It is currently over 1.3 billion. No data anywhere suggests that their population is decreasing.
This is what happens when you have children running a sh*thole ME country...
Iran's known for having a very shrewd leadership. They aren't "crazy".
The moment that US ops do something significant to Iran, some US government official (NOT Obama, he's too dignified – maybe somebody like Scooter Libby) should have a photo of himself giving a slobbery kiss to the model.
I am sure he would rather they donate to his reelection campaign.
Those will look great on top of the first 12 bunker busters we drop on thier nuclear facilites.
Hmm how about it is a signal the company wants to give the US that the drone was actually a fake one?
No no no....that's not it. They want us to put a WalMart in over there for them.
'Merica!
I think its funny. People need a sense of humor. Next time we rescue some stranded Iranian sailors we should give them a ham sandwich and thats it
Then kick them back out in a canoe.
Why am I the only American here that wants one of these? They look awesome. Maybe I need to grow up haha. I want one in black or the dark green.
a little off topic, but these drones look a lot like some UFO's I have seen in some video's, where is the USA getting this technology?
reverse engineering??
Anyway, Ahmadinejad is toying with the USA, Iran will insult the USA to provoke a strike by the USA, which in turn will lead to a major confrontation and bankrupt the USA. Do not fall for it, covert warfare is the way to go, just don't lose anymore drones and don't leave anything behind. Good luck in 2012
Seriously? Reverse engineering alien space ships? Great post.
Yes, wouldn't have expected anything less. May 1000 camels shit on their run ways
that's a funny comment...is like saying I hope 1000 dogs shit in your lawn...all at once.
As one who can appreciate a well done taunt..Classic!
lets send them toys of our 5th fleet surrounding them!!!!
LOL
They would look great strapped to the front of a JDAM
Gotta take a joke sometimes for balance
My promise to America is that I will have my leader deliver them out of his ass!
let's drop a few nukes there, and maybe we'll get the one they are building in return
I agree 100%
"Maybe we'll the one they're building there in return?" How exactly do you want them to deliver that or are you leaving that up to your imaginations.
I have a better idea, why don't we drop your fat @$$ there and see if they give us a bucket of lard back. A lot of them.
Make that a few dozen.
wow...can I play
If only my dumb as country men, would learn a littel tacit
Or learn how to spell Little.. Or tact... >.>
The irony is amazing.
if a rep gets in the white house they will be returned in packaging of the answer to iranian threats.
that to me sounds like a huge insult to the U.S.
Blame it on stale and lacking pliticians who resort to military threats instead of asserting some IQ and leadership.
I actually like the toys. Wonder if they are marketable in the middle east. You know...capitalism and all that
Dear Iran
Thanks for the toys. We will be returning the favor with real toys soon.
Regards,
USA
get a life you blood thirsty pirate!
Aaaarrrrrrr! Give me a pint o blood. Aaaarrrrrr!!! Hahahahahahaha
Please don't pretend like you are speaking for The United States of America.
Testicles.....that is all.
MY OWN ADVERSE TO U.S. ISREAL & NATO, IS THAT THEY SHOULD LEAVE THE NEWLY (GOD) APPONTED WORLD SUPER POWER ALONE. ASEPET THE VARDIT LIKE THAT.
Must be the guy who carved these little toys from wood good job buddy next week do some finger painting...loser
Yeah good job reverse enginering! Iran=fail
Same technology?
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/maximum-visibility/