By Mike Mount
Iran is steadily improving its missile capability and could be able to test a missile that could reach the U.S. shores within three years, according to a new Pentagon report assessing the status of the Iranian military.
"Iran has boosted the lethality and effectiveness of existing systems with accuracy improvements and new submuntion payloads," which allows missiles to drop explosives over a wider area causing more destruction, according to the report.
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The missiles were part of war game exercises conducted by Iran last week. Iran's government said it was testing missiles capable of hitting U.S. bases around the Middle East.
"During the war games, long-range, medium-range and short-range missiles will be used and will be fired from different points across the country," which an Iranian spokesman said was designed to test the precision and efficiency of the warhead and missile systems.
The Pentagon report was created in April, ahead of the most recent Iranian war games, so intelligence from those exercises was not included in the report. Additionally, U.S officials could not confirm the accuracy of the Iranian statements about the latest exercises.
The latest report did cite Iranian war games held in 2011 in which Iran launched several missiles, "including a multiple missile salvo."
The 2012 report was signed by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and sent to defense committees on Capitol Hill last week. It said regular ballistic missile training continues throughout the country and continues to develop missiles that can hit Israel and Eastern Europe, including an extended-range Shahab-3 and a medium-range ballistic missile, called the Ashura, that can fly more than 1,200 miles.
The report repeats what has been stated publicly by the United States, that over the last 20 years Iran has "placed significant emphasis on developing and fielding ballistic missiles," that could threaten the United States, coalition and partner countries around the Middle East and to project power in the region.
The report also maintains that Iran is still capable of testing a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile by 2015, "with sufficient foreign assistance."
The United States and NATO have begun to field an anti-ballistic missile shield in the southern and eastern parts of Europe to protect from such a threat.
But weapons analyst John Pike said the missile shield is not fully operational.
"You know 2015 is very soon. Certainly if you believe the 2015 forecast, Iran would have that ballistic missile before the United States has a defense against it," Pike, weapons expert at GlobalSecurity.org, said on Wednesday.
Regarding Iran's continued desire to develop a nuclear weapon, the report reiterated already released information and positions the United States has held, but tied Iran's nuclear desires to Iran's ballistic missile ambition under the topic "Iranian Capabilities related to Nuclear and Missile Forces." That emphasized the over-arching threat the United States sees: Iran ultimately putting a nuclear weapon on an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Iran has also claimed to have deployed anti-ship, short-range ballistic missiles that can identify and maneuver toward ships as they fly, according to the report. After Iran's continued saber-rattling and the country's threats to close the Straight of Hormuz, the United States moved a floating base for naval special forces into the Arabian Gulf, as well as four anti-mine ships.
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Lets see....gaza given back to the pals in 2005...what does hamas do? use it to lob more missiles into civilian populations, which even the UN called a human rights violation. Gaza was formerly owned by the egyptians, but you didnt see the pals lobbing missiles into egypt..why not? no jews there...
if mexico was lobbing missiles into arizona, I am quite sure america would be far less patient than israel has been. If mexico were firing missiles into san francisco, liberals would BEG the govt to respond.
the west bank was formerly owned by jordan....was there an intifada against jordan? nope. no jews there. prior to 1967, did the pals want independance from jordan and egypt? nope...not a word. no jews there...
fact- the PLO, a terrorist liberation group, was established in 1964, 3 yrs PRIOR to their being any so called occupied territories. Can anyone tell me what they were established to liberate in 1964? Israel was sovereign and officially recognized by the UN before 1967....so why were the arabs massing armies on israels borders in 1967?? the answer is simple; this is not about settlements as it has now been fashionably portrayed....its about 1948 and that is why israelis know better than you jew haters who just cant ever speak the truth.
If the pals want a state, they have to sit down to negotiate it. They will beg for it if they are smart...obama tried to shoehorn in a bad deal by seeming to pick a fight with netanyahu so that the arabs would be nicer to america...didnt work. all the arabs did was use obama hoping he would throw israel to the wolves...and he may yet try if given a 2nd term. The man in his heart, is anti american, anti israel.
so much hate speech and dissemination of intolerance on CNN...
ah yes, free speech they say....cowards...
this site is FILLED with jew haters...plain old anti semites who hide behind computer screens..cowards that they are...but if you confront them in real life they run....conspiracy theories they pick up on white supremacy web sites and then CNN allows, even encourages them to populate their site all so they can get return web visitors...
how pathetic of CNN....
You are right.
This website is full of Muslim-haters and cowards like you who celebrate all the crimes of Apartheid State called Israel.
If you so brave go enlist for IDF.
And if CNN is so brave mention, Israel's 300+ nukes, WMDs, ICMBs, PCIs , DMS , F-18s, B-12s, C34s, Merkavas, halvas. Apaches and millions other killing machines and toys we have given them at our tax-payers' expense.
You're religion believes in armageddon for the sake of religion. Enough said!
Save your powder for sudan, chechnya, syria, libya, egypt, congo, china, russia, sri lanka, yugoslavia...etc...etc....
The arabs have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity...
go read about this man....
http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=276947
The last country that attacked the USA, got 2 atomic bombs dropped on them.
Now we have nukes.....you figure it out.
Like someone said, Iran is not stupid.
Don't lie. Nobody can attack US and did not!
US instigates all wars and than complains.
Muslims, beware!
The idea of Israelis (and hence US) is to create more divide between Sunni and Shia so that the Israelis (Jews) can create more havoc and get their way. As the common Roman adage goes "Divide and rule".
The Imperialist British did the same in India. They created a major rift between Muslims and Hindus there.
Sunni, Shia, do not fall for that trap.
LOL
Shut up! Jerk. Atleast we understand what's going on.
You punks don't even know when Israel manipulates you. Israel uses US as its war launching pad and US Foreign Policy is not even USA's. It's designed by Likudist in US. You didn't even know that, did you, dumbo?
"Admiral Cosgriff’s caution was well founded: within a week, the Pentagon acknowledged that it could not positively identify the Iranian boats as the source of the ominous radio transmission, and press reports suggested that it had instead come from a prankster long known for sending fake messages in the region. Nonetheless, Cosgriff’s demeanor angered Cheney, according to the former senior intelligence official. But a lesson was learned in the incident: The public had supported the idea of retaliation, and was even asking why the U.S. didn’t do more. The former official said that, a few weeks later, a meeting took place in the Vice-President’s office. “The subject was how to create a casus belli between Tehran and Washington,” he said."
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/some-stunt/
There is no such thing as the "Arabian Gulf", the correct name is Persian Gulf. If CNN continues to use this false name we will take down this site.
The Israeli military and intelligence brass started releasing, a while ago, reports and statements in an effort to keep the Israeli politicians from ramping up the Israeli population with anti-Iranian propaganda to the point where the politicians would have to give the military the order to attack Iran, even though the military was telling them it was an attack that could go down in history as another example of self-destructive self-delusion. It seems the US military and intelligence brass are now doing the same thing, for the same reason.
Somehow you insist that both the Israelis and the Americans are suicidal morons. They are not. Israel will not use force against Iran unless as a last resort in case there will be no other way to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
whats the commonality between all 3 sites? anti sems love them....
pearce hails from alberta, the hotbed of weird lonely, backwards white trash neo nazis.
We'd better open up our borders and give citizenship to more illegals if we want to have enough volunteers to fight another war. Wait, we already did that; and middle class jobs and wages have been decimated by cheap imported labor and exported jobs.
How is Obama any different that GB or Romney, the only reason we're out of Iraq is they told Obama to leave.
Pretty soon there will me no money left to pay for roads, schools, or caring for the elderly. Wait, we already did that too.
Bring your pencil to the voting booth this November and write in Ron Paul.
obama is not a bad president,he is a very weak president,nobody asks him anything,everyone does what they want in the government.that is why there is no difference.
Just some real facts about the US-Iran. 1920's England takes over Iranian oil. 1941 England says Iranians getting too chummy with Nazi's, invades Iran. Both USA and Britain occupy Iran in WW2. 1953 After Iran nationalizes oil, USA launches operation Ajax, a coup to overthrow the democratically elected government of Iran. USA places shah into power. 1979 Iranian people overthrow shah, this upsets the USA. 1980 Saddam Hussein attacks Iran. After Iran starts winning the USA provides Saddam with weapons, intel, and strategy. 1980's to present, USA imposes sanctions on Iran. Iran is short of technology, infrastructure, medicine, and has a third world army. After all that no wonder they want nukes.
...but the sheepish hard working tax paying cows (AKA Americans) are told Iranians hate Americans and they are your enemy....and that is enough to arouse their sense of jingoism...
The "truth" of course is that Iranians LOVE America and that their "death to America" chants and burning of American flags are only signs of lovemaking passion...
Thank you, Historyrepeats. You said it all!!!
You're all nuts. Some of the posts I see here are just ignorant.
The simple fact of the matter is that the United States will go to war with Iran in the future. We know this and they know this. We will most likely go to war before we believe they have the ability to mount a significant counter offensive, nuclear or otherwise. The only reason the United States hasn't already attacked Iran is because of Iran's ties to China and Russia. This is the same scenario that took place during the Vietnam and Korean wars, with the exception that this time it is primarily China that has caused hesitation and not so much Russia. China's backing also seems to be the reason that Ahmadinejad is so bold with his rhetoric towards the west. The Middle East is simply the new battlefield in an ongoing show of dominance between the superpowers. Be that as it may, none of the superpowers want a nuclear war as no one wants to rule over a desolate wasteland. Most likely Iran will be blown back into the 18th century, which is a travesty since it's inhabitants seem to be quite progressive, educated, and civilized. It is the duty of each country's citizens to prevent this type of chess game from occurring, but we have all failed miserably. We allow the media and our political and spiritual leaders to misdirect us in a manner similar to a magicians trick. We watch the moving hand, oblivious to the true intent and actions of the magician. After the trick is completed we speculate how it occurred in the first place, yet the only person who truly knows is the magician himself. We are all an ignorant audience who will continue to pay the price in blood or money. We hate each other for no logical reason and will continue to march along like lemmings. All empires have played this game and will continue to do so long after these empires have past. History repeats itself, at least the history of man does.
WOW! I am finally reading something of true quality on these boards. Very well spoken and well thought out. I agree it is sad............but true. thanks.
You conveniently "forget" to mention Israel's role in instigating a war against Iran. Maybe you are too chicken to mention Israel's name when you mentioned the magician doing his bit.
Please hear carefully! for the next beat of the war DRUM !
2 historical propaganda lessons are relevant here.
1. 1939: Hitler stages a fake attack by Poland on himself (Germany) and uses that to attack Poland.
2. 2001: George Bush and the British claim Irag has nukes and uses that lie to attack Irag.
Cut to present day: US & Israel claim that IRAN has a reliable ICBM to build a case for the attack. See any similarities ?!
As a matter of fact I can see DIFFERENCES. The biggest one is that it is Poland... sorry, Iran that declares that it has long range missiles and will develop even better ones.
The World is not a safe place when anyone attempts to acquire nuclear weapons in the name of god.
Same goes for the waiting crowd of Mossiaich in Israel and Brooklyn.
The world was never a safe place. It's just a lot more unsafe when you have countries who believe in armageddon for the sake of religion and who posses the technology to actually be able to start WWIII.
Pentagon is owned by israel.
Unlikely and kind of a stupid idea.
Nope US including Pentagon + congress is owned by AIPAC which is owned by Israel
you're an idiot
I agree. it is obvious most powerful people in the US are Jewish, from bankers, casino owners to politicians, Hollywood, owner of media and of course contractors and weapon industries and Wall Street. but if you mention it or think about it their paid employees will attack you or label you as anti-Semitic, ignorant, uneducated and so on.
take some personal responsibility for your own life bud..stop looking at others and what they accomplish ...go do it for yourself..you'll feel a lot better about your sad pathetic life....
The Jews are super humans chosen by God. They own the world and rule it with an iron fist. Anyone trying to do anything about it was and will be crashed. Beware, you were warned... No one has a chance against the God.
Hey Mike Mount:
Have you ever mentioned that Israel recently is fitting nuclear war heads on the subs it got from Germans? The Europeans claim that that was not the intended. reason of sale. You never let the world know of Israeli/Jews crime, do ya ever?
Israel is a Liberal Democracy. Hell even North Korea is secular. Neither are as big of a threat as Iran with nuclear weapons.
What does the type of government a country has have to do with its military capabilities? Israel is the biggest threat to world peace there is. Iran and any other country that chooses to should have the right to arm themselves as long as other countries who pose a threat to them are armed. What hypocrisy from the U.S., Israel and others who have had nukes for years to complain about Iran. Are nukes reserved only for countries run by White people?
Israel is democracy if definition of democracy be killing women and children, torture innocent people, bury people alive, occupy other nations' lands and demolish people's house while they are living and have lived there for centuries, force people to leave their homes and migrate them. and at the end call "Terrorist" those people who are resisting against Israelis' ambitious while train, support by all the means terrorists groups like Wahabbi Al-qaeda. Have you ever heard Al-qaeda attacked Israelis? I don't talk about empty rhetoric I am talking about real attack like what they are doing daily in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and they did in 911?
It is not a "crime" to load your own gun with your own bullets, Bostonian... Further, if the Arabs did not like the current arrangement they would NEGOTIATE a better deal long ago. Is it simple enough?
In the same sense it is not a crime for Iranians to load their guns either. But you wanna call all terrorists if they are even from the Mideast. Israel is the biggest threat with its 200+ nukes and 1000s of WMDS.
Hey Mike Mount;
Are you an Israeli? Go join IDF and stop killing Palestinian babies and stop stealing Palestinian lands.
You are writing fear mongering articles to rile up American support. Stop this nonsense, you filthy Jew!
You seriously need to get back on your meds before they put the ankle bracelet on you again.
YOU need meds if you are under delusion that whatever US+Israel does is for the "good of the world"
Let's open our borders, just as long as israel is safe, that's what's important amirite?
Iran will get her nukes, most likely on her own, but if need be, directly from Russia, China, and/or Pakistan. This is so politically obvious, and those countries and their foreign intelligence agencies are EASILY capable of making the delivery without leaving behind a smoking gun. Why, Americans, would you risk involve yourselves in another costly, illegal, bloody war for nothing??
Russians are inherently secular. They understand that proliferation is a threat to the world. They include themselves in this world, unlike the leaders of Iran.
If they ever figure out where to affix those "Aim Pointy End At Enemy" stickers on the missiles, we are so screwed.
Boy is your jaw going to drop when you find out that Iran is no Iraq or Afghanistan. It will be Asymmetrical Shock and Awe: Persian Gulf Edition. Go Google the Iranian armed forces and armaments industry. Then think about how well we did in Iraq, and how well we are doing in Afghanistan. Then go sign up for the Marines because tough guys like you need to be at the tip of the spear to show the Iranians how it's REALLY done. All of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan must have just been wussies. Real Amerikun Men will make this one a high-tech cakewalk! Go Team America!! Go Zionism!!
Iran inherited a lot of its defense capabilities from the Shah. They have built on those systems very capable hardware. They are not dumb.
Russia and China have no intention nor reason to give to them or anyone else a nuclear weapon. But it is easy to pin all the headaches we have on someone.
Should have helped the Shah.
Should keep Assad.
Should have kept Ghadaffi.
Should have supported Musbarak.
Should have kept the Pakistani strongman supported as well.
This war is not for nothing.
It will be for the sole purpose of Israel, "our best ally". Say it loud, say it proud.
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ARABIAN GULF IS IN THE TOILET
Why would Iranian leader allow their people to suffer the hardships of all these sanctions unless they had something to hide? The West has already offered to provide them with radioactive isotopes for medical purposes if they agreed to give up their 20% enriched uranium. Now they say that they want to use the Uranium for nuclear submarines. Why should these religious dictators possess these types of capabilities? They do not appeal to reason or logic, but instead to religious mandates. I can't think of anything more unstable or uncertain than that...
So what? Maybe the USA shouldn't have nukes. Oh wait, but "we don't have insane leaders running our country who are responsible for so much bloodshed and make threats all the time". Trying to type more but. laughing. too. hard.
Right, tell it to Salman Rushdie... I bet the "Supreme Leader" was laughing when he ordered his goons to kill someone because they disagreed with something he authored. Then again, U.S. leaders do that all the time....
you mean give up their nuclear program like libya? yeah right, i do not blame the iraqis. a nuclear bomb is the only thing that will stop nato from invading you.
So far......
Where is this Arabian Gulf?? And I did so well in Geography.
You did well in geography? So, that means you are aware that the names of countries, bodies of water, etc are quite often changed depending on the current geopolitical trends? Like, for example, that body of water that used to be called the "persian gulf" up until the 1960's? Yeah that's right about when pretty much every other country (except Iran) in that region started referring to it as the "arabian gulf". I suppose it's possible you're either an Iranian or just an old fart who took geography back in the 50's and hasn't kept up with current affairs, but I doubt it.
If I were in charge in Iran I would increase my missile capabilities as well, in light of the stupid sabre rattling by Israel and it's puppet superpower the United States.
NO MORE WARS FOR ISRAEL. We Americans are tired of changing Israel's dirty diapers. Learn to be on you own. Sink or swim, Israel.
Why is the USA Israel's beaaaaatch? Can someone explain?
Newsflash:
Editors use one of their super secret (lol) power-words, "SURGE", to elicit an emotional response and get people to click.
Control, control, control at any cost or means, friend or foe. We have this huge military/industrial complex. If we stop using it overseas, it will ultimately be used on us.
PERSIAN GULF! you hater uneducated so called author!
PERSIAN GULF!
You have obviously never been to the Arabian Gulf region. There are many Arabic countries on the Gulf, yet only one Persian country. Try telling Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain etc... that it is the Persian Gulf. Read a book.
Guys, this is another scaremongering, fear mongering article trying to rile up Americans for a war that doesn't (should not) concern us. We are tired of fighting for a country that can't keep it's dick in it's pants.
The culprit are the Jews. Wish Hitler had killed them all once and for all.
And then they will come for you, dummy.
give me your address and I will give you the chance to do your best....
CNN needs to find and prosecute this person for hate speech. PERIOD.
CNN is a total disgrace.
"a missile that could reach the U.S. shores within three years"
That sounds about right for Iran's tech level. But if their missile takes 3 years to reach U.S. shores, we should have plenty of time to evade it. Or it could just be CNN's god-awful grammar again.
Good catch
(squeaky voice) Er how did Iran manage to commandeer the Sentinel drone?
The HISTORICAL and real name of the gulf you have refered to is Persian Gulf.
I'm not sure why anyone thinks the U.S. should be allowed nuclear weapons, let alone be considered the voice of reason when they are the only country that has been irresponsible enough to use them on civilians, especially against a country that had already offered to surrender under the same conditions that the U.S. eventually allowed.
its a shame and stain on all of america.
Instead of attacking him, lets please just use our brains and vote him out. Regardless of his Islamic past, he is a danger to the progress of the US and our capitalistic methodology.
Radical Muslim ay? How so?
do you know who his closest friends are and what they advocate?
try edward said, rashid khalidi, reverand wright, louis farahkhan, samantha power, zbigniew brzezhinski....robert malley, and many more...
the man is a closet muslim and you will see his full stripes if he gets a 2nd term.
I sincerely hope all you Americans there don't actually believe that Iran is a threat to your country. I know you cannot truly be so stupid. There are other countries like China, Russia, Pakistan, who are not your friends, to name a few, which could cause so much more trouble for you.
Yeah, but the yanks need another war, legal or otherwise. Too much blatter from the war machine lobbyists. And half their poluation are Republicans, who are genetically disposed to war. In-bred adversarial traits. It's hopeless for them.
Our worry is that one of those countries will use Iran as a proxy to fight us. . . that and one of our braindead politicians (dem or rep) dragging us into an unprovoked war.
Any American with half a brain knows that Iran is no direct threat to us. Even if Iran magically came upon a functioning ICBM, there is no possible way that it would ever connect with U.S. soil. The early warning systems of the European nations we are allied with alone would pick up on the missile before it even hit the Eastern edge of the Atlantic. As far as Iran firing a 600-mile range missile from a ship, it would never get anywhere near close enough to ur borders. As far our country needing another war, we actually will in the next few years. Our military runs around our defense contractors that supply the U.S. Armed Forces with everything from weapons, vehicles, aircraft, etc. When the government stops purchasing all of these various types of defenses, the contractors would start dealing with other countries once their current contracts expired. That's not conspiracy theory, it's basic business sense. When a country does not have wars, weapon production drops because new products aren't needed, and let's face it, this country is all about military. It's a bit of a shame really, but oh well, such is life.
Samson and Brendan... Back in 1939 Germany was not a direct threat to the US. It WAS a threat to Poland, France, Britain and other countries. In 1939 Germany started a war threatening the entire world (and ultimately even the US).
Now please come back to 2012. Iran is not a direct threat to the United States yet. It IS a threat to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Europe. Iran is developing nuclear weapons and if it is allowed to succeed it will start a NUCLEAR war compared to which the WWII would look like a child's play.
Did you get it now?
Which countries have used nuclear weapons on civilians in the past?
Only one, and only on the country that attacked them first. The lesson learned here should be, don't poke the big dog with your sharpened stick, just because you think it might be asleep. Big dogs can bite.
There are so many trolls on this blog. It's like a Lord of the Rings convention.....
Instead of Ad Hominem, why dont you state some facts?
Jennai's a troll, Reginald's a troll, heck, even you're a troll.
It's all Ad Hominem until a bomb is tested or used. Iran's lack of transparency, and its history leads to justifiably assuming the worst. Either they are putting up with all these sanctions for absolutely NO REASON, or what is more likely is that they are stalling again to finally achieve a nuclear weapon.
that land is jewish land bud....while it belonged to many, it NEVER belonged to the arabs....arabs were just squatters after the ottomans...who stole it to begin with....
regardless, it is now the jewish state, as OFFICALLY approved by the UN, your favourite organization! so stuff it buddy.... its ours and you'll have to beg for a pali state.....yes BEG! HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Iran should give its missiles to Lebanon to stop the evil Jews.
Janni you are sick and lost.. Your words have no meaning anymore.. I am an Ex Muslim and I know your hatred. It is inbread from the sickness of the Quran... Please get help before it is too late and you strap a bomb to your chest..
I would be improving my missle capabilities too, if I had 45 enemy bases surrounding my country and daily threats from major military powers threatening a totally illegal attack on my soil. Go to hell, USA.
This is a logical fallacy called the Red Herring. You use he excuse to build nukes because other countries build military bases to stop your insane regime from using WMDs... Do you see how flawed your logic is???
What is your motive here? Are you Robert Spencer? Doing bidding for Jews and Apartheid state of Israel.
America has invaded sixty countries since world 2.
ALL in response to acts of agression by either the initial country invading other countries to annex them (eg Kuwait) or that country committing genocide on its own people or defying UN sanctions (eg IRaq). Enough of your lies...
A CENTURY OF U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS
COLOMBIA 2003-? Troops US special forces sent to rebel zone to back up Colombian military protecting oil pipeline.
IRAQ 2003-? Troops, naval, bombing, missiles Saddam regime toppled in Baghdad. More than 250,000 U.S. personnel participate in invasion. US and UK forces occupy country and battle Sunni and Shi'ite insurgencies. More than 160,000 troops and numerous private contractors carry out occupation and build large permanent bases.
LIBERIA 2003 Troops Brief involvement in peacekeeping force as rebels drove out leader.
HAITI 2004-05 Troops, naval Marines & Army land after right-wing rebels oust elected President Aristide, who was advised to leave by Washington.
PAKISTAN 2005-? Missiles, bombing, covert operation CIA missile and air strikes and Special Forces raids on alleged Al Qaeda and Taliban refuge villages kill multiple civilians. Drone attacks also on Pakistani Mehsud network.
SOMALIA 2006-? Missiles, naval, troops, command operation Special Forces advise Ethiopian invasion that topples Islamist government; AC-130 strikes, Cruise missile attacks and helicopter raids against Islamist rebels; naval blockade against "pirates" and insurgents.
SYRIA 2008 Troops Special Forces in helicopter raid 5 miles from Iraq kill 8 Syrian civilians
YEMEN 2009-? Missiles, command operation Cruise missile attack on Al Qaeda kills 49 civilians; Yemeni military assaults on rebels
LIBYA 2011-? Bombing, missiles, command operation NATO coordinates air strikes and missile attacks against Qaddafi government during uprising by rebel army.
Janni you proved my point. All of those operations you stated were in response to either defiance of UN resolutions, genocide or acts of war. The west has had MILLIONS of their own countrymen murdered to protect other countries. I think we should just let you barbarians kill eachother....
Iran is no threat to the United States. Fellow Americans, do not fall for these lies. We are not an aggressor nation.
And yo' mama.
So true!!! Would love to see the U.S. reaction if/when China were to start building tons of bases around the US.
They wouldnt because the US hasnt been a threat to other countries democracy. The reason why we have a base in SK for example is because NK tried to annex them.. Read a little please???
America is now a failed state with huge dent. Its debt will be 24 trillion dollar by 2015. Every week new cities are going bankrupt
Truth ... you need to study your history. It was the U.S.A who orchestrated a coup in Iran and then installed the Shah – a brutal tyrant – to do our bidding. Open your eyes man. This article is additional fodder in the lightly masked Israeli attempt to win U.S. public support for military action against Persia (Iran).
We are being manipulated to betray our country's values to further the interests of Zionism! Open your eyes!
I believe our first reaction would be "Looks like we don't have to worry about that pesky Mexican Border wall problem".
This article is really designed to further Israeli Zionist interests. The Zionists want Americans to believe that Iran
is a dire threat to the U.S.A. They need America to demonize and ultimately war with Iran to further Israeli interests
in the greater Middle East.
Don't buy it America ... the Jews interests are self serving. Iran is neither a threat nor an enemy of the U.S.A
Are you suggesting that America is a war nation that likes to tell other nations what to do. Are you suggesting that America will offer up its sons and daughters as sacrifice for other nations for political reasons rather than defense of the United States? Are you suggesting that George Washington would not approve of the US being the policeman of the world? Are you suggesting that if I go throw dog poop on my neighbor lawn that he will not be upset and what to put dog poop on my lawn? The US has a right to pee in every country that it wants to in the name of "national interest". Iran needs to just accept to be dominated like all boys that are dominated by bullies.
In America, if you put dog poop on our yard, we'll put poop on yours - but it won't be from a dog. That's just how we roll.
dave, we jews give EVERYTHING to you...medicines, literature, cell phones, computers, nobel prizes in pyhsics, chemistry, biology.....we give you, the world, so many wonderful things....for the betterment of society and all you can do is whine and complain about the jooooooos......
how pathetic are you....
was it yo' daddy who whispered jew hate into your ear while he was innapropriately touching you while he was drunk? huh dave? you a little messed up because you were indoctrinated to hate those that you are jealous of?
the fact is dave, we joooos run circles around pigeon brains like you...we actually laugh at you....
I am an Arab and I can admit that Jews have been responsible for most of the advancements in modern history. The reasons Muslim hate Jews is because of the Quran. The reason Muslims do not progress is because of the Quran... Pathetic...
hey truth
u are a pathetic Chritsian Arab pretending to be ex-muslim.
Israelis' need to wake up before their country is destroyed. The average Israeli does not agree with how their governments policies towards the the Palestinians!
CNN where is Arabian Gulf? CNN is a Zionist propaganda machine ...
America is a failed state with huge debt. America's debt will be 24 trillion by 2015. If America invade Iran, America will have to pay big price.
Oh.. So lets just let an insane regime acquire nukes? Is this your proposal?
America has invaded sixty country since world 2. In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government and installed a dictator, Shah of Iran killed thousands of Iranian. During Iran-Iraq war Evil America supported Saddam and killed millions of Iranian people. During 1988 America shot down Iran's Civil Air Plane. America invaded Iraq in 2003 and killed 1,000,000+ Iraqi people and displaced 4,000,000 Iraqi.
Your Iranian handlers must be paying you overtime to post here. For hating the US so much you sure like to frequent our news outlets.
Islam is a cult created by a psychopath. It cannot be reformed. It must be eradicated. Islam must be eradicated not because the Quran says Earth is flat or the shooting stars are missiles that Allah fires at the Jinns who climb the heaven to eavesdrop on the conversation of the exalted assembly. These stupid tales could even amuse us. Islam must go because it teaches hate, it orders killing of non-Muslims, it denigrates women and it violates the human rights.
What scares me is the fact that the politicians in Washington are looking for an excuse to get us into another useless and unnecessary war which has nothing to do with our national security nor any of our rights or freedoms. These jerks just want to fatten their bank accounts, no matter how much blood is spilled!!!
You and people like you are the reason 9/11 happened in the first place.. So you think it is ok for Iran to have nuclear missiles?
Hey un"truth"
911 was created by your Mossad+American Jews so that US/Israel can get a free license to kill Arabs & Muslims.
The only country that has ever used nuclear weapons in anger is the U.S.A
Your U.S. Congress is controlled by Jewish interests. If you do not believe, look at the yearly AIPAC attendance roster.
U.S. foreign policy is the Middle East has been intentionally manipulated to serve Israeli interests not the U.S.A.
Hopefully Iran nukes a city with all of our political leaders in that city at the same time so we can start our Government over by scratch. I understand a lot of citizens would die, but sometimes you got to sacrafice for a better good and starting our Government over would be great for America. Most of them are corrupt and only care about putting money in their bank accounts than America and it's citizens..
So where is the Arabian gulf? U r either an idiot or paid Zionist .
more war propaganda and posturing out of another ministry of truth style gov. mouthpiece, way to go cnn! same b.s. about iran for years (days away from nukes). the only vote those fascists in d.c. will get out of me will be one of no confidence! say no to n.w.o.!
You're right on the mark there with NWO....Iran isn't onboard with the NWO....expect the same rhetoric about China and Russia one day.. CNN is a direct mouth piece for the NWO.
ohh shut up with the propaganda talk already! wait until iran has a bomb and has the world held hostage then you can blame your gov for not doing nothing! smh...can't win with you online conspiracy theorists!
God bless and protect Isreal. US will wait for 3 years to see if Iran missiles acutally reach NY and the respond. USA is very orderly. ha
The body of water separating Iran from Saudi Arabia has been, and will forever be called, The Persian Gulf. Do not try to reinvent history
even if they pay top Dinar for it?
The Arab envy of Iran will never cease.
No one who "listens to god" should ever possess weapons off mass destruction. Iran has an ideology that is religious in nature. Their government is controlled by religious leaders. They are as unpredictable as Jim Jones and "the people's temple."
Where you under a rock during our 2010 elections? Mississippi is about to close down the last abortion clinic, religious politics is stronger and nuttier than ever, and you want to point the finger at other countries for being religious extremists? One of our biggest states, Texas, has a proud Governor who declared "we teach something called creationism here."
Jews and Evangelicals run your White House. What is your point again?
A CENTURY OF U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS
COLOMBIA 2003-? Troops US special forces sent to rebel zone to back up Colombian military protecting oil pipeline.
IRAQ 2003-? Troops, naval, bombing, missiles Saddam regime toppled in Baghdad. More than 250,000 U.S. personnel participate in invasion. US and UK forces occupy country and battle Sunni and Shi'ite insurgencies. More than 160,000 troops and numerous private contractors carry out occupation and build large permanent bases.
LIBERIA 2003 Troops Brief involvement in peacekeeping force as rebels drove out leader.
HAITI 2004-05 Troops, naval Marines & Army land after right-wing rebels oust elected President Aristide, who was advised to leave by Washington.
PAKISTAN 2005-? Missiles, bombing, covert operation CIA missile and air strikes and Special Forces raids on alleged Al Qaeda and Taliban refuge villages kill multiple civilians. Drone attacks also on Pakistani Mehsud network.
SOMALIA 2006-? Missiles, naval, troops, command operation Special Forces advise Ethiopian invasion that topples Islamist government; AC-130 strikes, Cruise missile attacks and helicopter raids against Islamist rebels; naval blockade against "pirates" and insurgents.
SYRIA 2008 Troops Special Forces in helicopter raid 5 miles from Iraq kill 8 Syrian civilians
YEMEN 2009-? Missiles, command operation Cruise missile attack on Al Qaeda kills 49 civilians; Yemeni military assaults on rebels
LIBYA 2011-? Bombing, missiles, command operation NATO coordinates air strikes and missile attacks against Qaddafi government during uprising by rebel army.
Well, you can't have an empire without doing those things.
Dude, your "century" of intervention starts in 2003? How bad is Iranian math if 2012 – 2003 = 100? So either you're expecting a HUGE burst of intervention between now and the end of the year, or you're saying that the first 91 years have actually been pretty good? Oh - maybe we were PLANNING the Iraq war in 1912, but we just recently got around to it.
If israel wants a war well give em one
Why do you even think that Israel WANTS a war? They don't want to be destroyed, but surely even you can see the difference.
NO WAR FOR ISRAEL
AMEN. WAKE UP AMERICANS!!! Israel is not a 51st state.
No, the U.S. is a province of Israel.
incredibly doubtful.
Guess what?
New gene found linking jew haters and mental retardation.
I for one would not be surprised at all. Most jew haters I have met have tended to be one of the following:
jealous
cowardly
angry
loners
really stupid
paranoid
delusional
dangerous
socially inept
insecure
lazy
unsuccessful
All in all, as a group, they are pathetic. The best is that some of them are even too stupid to even know they are jew haters! LOL
I have yet to hear a story where God saved the Jews. Out of 5,000 years, that area was ruled by Israelites for about 500 yrs, just 10% of the time. Only 100 yrs after King David, they suffered drought so severe they had to beg Egypt for a place to live. Interesting list of genetic misfits you have there.
You are RIGHT! I say we round them all up and put them in some sort of camp to work them to death! Oh wait a minute.....that's been done already.
Your anti-jew hater talk sounds exactly like the anti-jew talk.
Agree 100%
LIES
I would go further: indisious, targeted misinformation designed to keep the concept of war with Iran on the front page of CNN every day. After Iraq and Afghanistan is is absolutely unconscionable, esecially since our own intelligence services and even Israel have stated that IRAN DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.
they said, that iran does not have a nuclear weapon today....but they CLEARLY say that iran is well down the road towards developing a nuclear weapons program. Every serious scientist studying the issue knows it...but somehow you think you know differently? LOL
How much you think CNN would charge me if I wanted an article published on Mexican drug trafficking, but in it, the name Gulf of Texas was used instead of Gulf of Mexico?
Texas has to launch an attack on the WTC and Pentagon first. Then, ten years later, we start renaming stuff after them as we set out to defeat another one of their regional enemies (Bermuda!!). It takes a clear mind...
...don't you know it's always so...those who bluster the most are the first to go...they paved the country of Iran and put up a parking lot...
Iran producing deadlier missiles? No problem, Obama has said he would be taking care of Iran. His only problem now is who to invite to the White House to have a couple of beers.
Relax...The US Navy can beat the combined forces of all the worlds' navies. So think for a minute about that fact and you will realize how all this scare-mongering is totally ridiculous.
Raul, do you know that no navy can take an atomic bomb and somebody has over 5000.
The Persian Gulf has been called the Persian Gulf for thousands of years – even on maps carved into the walls of ancient Rome it still says 'Persian Gulf.' As soon as someone doesn't know the name of the 'Persian Gulf' you can determine three things: (1) They're illiterate, (2) They're a biased / a paid off stooge, or (3) all of the above.
Amen. What a tool. I go with retarded stooge, but specifically of the hasbara/zionist variety.
Well said.
It is an Arabian Gulf and will always be Arabian. This is pointless country in the region called Iran need to be taught a lesson.
"The name of the body of water separating the Iranian plateau from the Arabian Peninsula, historically and internationally known as the Persian Gulf after the land of Persia (Iran), has been disputed by some Arab countries since the 1960s. Rivalry between Iran and some Arab states, along with the emergence of pan-Arabism and Arab nationalism, has seen the name Arabian Gulf become predominant in some Arab countries."
Another war that we can't win,,,HUUUUU are we stupid,,,OH YES !!!!!!!
Arabian Gulf? Are you smoking bath salts or did the Saudis pay you to change the name of the Persian Gulf to "Arabian"?! The author is not only a warmongering sensationalist, he is a retarded stooge for gulf dictatorships. As for Iranian missile capabilities, as GWB said the old saying goes in Texas and Tennessee: "Fool me once..shame on... fool me, you cant get fooled again!"
journalism today: pathetic, corrupt, ignorant.
There are six Arabian countries with shores on the Gulf and one Persian country. It is Arabian. It does not matter if you like it. Iran will be dealt soon.
Yes, never mind what National Geographic Society has been using for over 100 years (PERSIAN GULF), as well as all atlases published outside of your despotic, backwards, spineless Arab emirates (and/or Wolf Blitzer's CNN/AIPAC Homepage, of course.
What's wrong with that? US missiles can hit iran any time of the day.
Sent by a holder of the Nobel Peace Prize? Certainly you jest!
Iran is now a nuclear state. Get with it. Get over it. And go on with your own business.
China or Russia improved their missiles for them.
Don't worry people. Israel will take care of it soon. Very soon.
What Israel needs to do is sign a peace treaty with Palestine VERY SOON.
I guarantee you that if abbas wants building to stop, then all he has to do is sit down to REAL TALKS AND NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH and then he will have a state and there will be no more settlement building.
by the way- here's a trivia question for you....in what year was the PLO(palestine LIBERATION organization) established? So you know...it was 1964, 3 full yrs BEFORE there were ANY "occupied territories"....
so tell me, what were they established to LIBERATE in 1964????
so you see; this is not about the west bank or gaza...this is all about israel inside the so called green line...what most people just dont get is that the land is israels, in history and in the present. The arabs want it all ....and to get it, for over 40 yrs they have been blowing up buses, killing olympic athletes, hijacking airliners and killing old ladies...and all this to prove how worthy they are to have their own state! nice huh?
oops I guess it's too late already!
Isreal isn't doing a thing without us on their shoulder. If they make a move before us, they'd better be prepared to shoot down a lot of Iranian missiles by themselves.
Translation of Dougie's tough-guy B.S.: Israel will start a war the American taxpayer and fighting men and women will have to finish. We had such success in Iraq, remember? Afghanistan is such a cakewalk! And Iran is only four times as large as Iraq, with an incomparably high level of nationalism. Good luck with *your war*, Zionist chickenhawk. The American taxpayer has armed Israel to ther teeth to the tune of over 130bn dollars. Let the Israelis fight their own war FOR ONCE. Oh, I forgot, Hezballah wiped the floor with them in 2006... nevermind: Team America to the rescue again!!
New gene found linking jew haters and mental retardation.
I for one would not be surprised at all. Most jew haters I have met have tended to be one of the following:
jealous
cowardly
angry
loners
really stupid
paranoid
delusional
dangerous
socially inept
insecure
lazy
unsuccessful
All in all, as a group, they are pathetic. The best is that some of them are even too stupid to even know they are jew haters! LOL
Gotta love the inane "anti-Semitic" canard. Anyone calling Israel on its B.S. gets labeled a Jew hater/Nazi. Sorry, but that lame argument doesn't fly anymore. Good luck elsewhere with your hasbara.
you sir walk and quack like a jew hating goose stepping duck...youre just a pethetic jew hater....stop hiding behind the false claim that calling you a jew hater is a canard...if you were proud of what you obviously are, you should say it...not take the cowardly route...which you brownshirts love to do....shine the light and watch you scurry....
Actually the only brown shirt/noser here is you, trying to stifle discussion by using the inane "anti-Semitic" argument you learned at your Hasbara training session during Birthright Israel. As instructed, whenever you can't think of a retort or use one of the stock talking points provided to you, just scream "Hitler! Nazi" to stifle all discussion, or plant the seeds of doubt in other readers' minds. You are pathetic, and you shame the memory of the Holocaust and turn the accusation of anti-Semitism into the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Americans do not want to fight another war for a foreign country (Israel) and that has nothing to do with religion/Judaism. Nice try though Schoolboy.
american has not once fought a war for israel...not once. In fact, israel stayed out of your war against saddam the4 first time when bush senior attacked iraq and iraq then lobbed missiles aainst israel...and israel did not respond in order to protect the US' coalition...
learn your history you moron...
David,
Your comments are spot on!
Don't come begging to the U.S. for help.
Our congress will make sure the Israelis get wehatever they want, whenever they want, American taxpayer or military be damned. Thank AIPAC for that... and a bunch of spineless Israel-firsters in congress.
the left wings notion of foreign policy is going to damn all of us....
Yes, and we already have enough missles that reach them from ONE of our nuclear subs to turn the country into a parking lot. Really? These people are no threat to us.
Who cares what Iran has? In no way are the even within an inkling of even remotely having as much military power as the United States. The United States isn't "working" on nuclear weapons. The United States isn't trying to "come up with" all these things. We have them..... alot of them. And we have 60% of the entire world's fleet of aircraft carriers. Give me a break. This is media sensationalism at its best.
60% of the world's aircraft carriers? What, exactly, do you consider an aircraft carrier? Throwing paper airplanes from a tugboat does NOT qualify. Nothing comes even close to an American carrier, my friend.
Wellllll, not until the Chinese finish theirs anyway
All I hear is blah blah blah. All talk but no action. I don't hope for this but I already see Iran possessing nuclear weapons shortly.
The US better get rid of Obama quick. There is no telling how much damage Iran will cause the world economy. And the world knows that Obama will stand by and have a White House Party.
Hmm, lets see, GWB had the worst terroist attack in US history, two ill concieved wars, hundreds of thousands of jobs lost a month, and a crushed economy that we will be recovering from for decade. Obama.... out of Iraq and Afganistan, Bin Laden dead, Khadafi deposed with no loss of American lives, comprehensive health care reform, and has been adding jobs for two years now. Yeah... we really need to get rid of this guy and elect Romney so we can get back to the ways of GWB. NOT!
'out of Iraq and Afganistan'
Hahaha... hahahahaa...
The fact that you think there is a difference between Obama and GWB makes me giggle.
USA really wants another war. Why can this people quit this hateful behavior?
Really? Didn't we cover all this in the 80's when the USSR had their missiles aimed at us and vice-versa. Everyone was waiting for that red button to be pushed. Puhhhhhleaze. Total BS.
So, I can aim my bottle rockets pretty good also.
Are these the same guys that told us Iraq had WMD?
arabian gulf we used that wen i was stationed at usmtm saudi
That was the name of the tub you all bathed in?
Bring it on iran if u want war well give u war us americans dont back down we have bigger missiles and plus u iranians dont stand a chance
What are the Israelis waiting for? They start it we finish it.
American's don't want any part of your war.
What a tough guy. I'm glad you and your family members will be leading the tip of the spear personally. It's also great that we can borrow another two trillion dollars to fight a war for Israel . Team America doesn't back down, no sir-ree!! Who doesn't remember how easy Iraq and Afghanistan were?! Being greeted as liberators with flowers is so AWESOME!
watchout Iran, Obama is going to call a war to cancel the election in Nov
Digging pretty deep there huh, village idiot?
Iran Supreme Leader blew natures of associations in the words told to him came out of Syria's mouth and the massacre of children...even we have standards....Nickleback – This Means War....come here you little b***h....two birds one stone...
This is not working. Ever since Saddam's huge WMD stockpiles that threatened the world were proved to be gross LIES the Pentagon, the CIA and the State Department have lost credibility. Is it true, about Iran? Maybe it is just more lies, heh?
How can we know? Why should we trust exposed liars?
Even if it is true, any country will seek Nuclear capabilities because of Iraq invasion.
Now they know that if Iraq had Nuclear weapon, US wouldn't have attacked it in the first place.
Good point, that is why Israel is still around.
Time to adjust the tin foil hat...it seems to be affecting your judgement. Unless of course this is the best you are capable of in which case you might as well jump off a bridge.
So if you are such a "sane believer" why don't you go help them find Saddam's WMD stockpiles? Surely they are there, right? After all the CIA, the State Department and the Pentagon would not lie to you, would they?
Or just jump off that bridge of yours and help improve Mankind's genetic pool.
More Lies. More war propaganda.
Lemme guess, This is another attempt at the media for the corrupt warmongers to get the citizens riled up and on their side for war; a war they incite. (we better go get them before they can reach our shores...they can already reach us...) Meanwhile u blackout the The largest protest in the history of democracy to the south of us. Getting a lil to close to home eh? Many of us fully know what you plan on doing to us...
US surface fleet ,proven obsolete in 1946,is just a target for a nuclear nation& a MAJOR cost of our much wasted military expense.As nuclear arms multiply,we will only be able to war against more tiny meaningless nations-IDIOCY!!!
here we go with the war machine propaganda. let me guess. the defense contractors need more money now.
if the defense contractors do indeed receive it, at least most of stays in the States. Even helps union jobs.
To our 3-star super-idiot Mark Mountie: Remember the nationalities of those responsible for 9/11? Their governments must have paid you good cold cash to convince you to shut your mouth, open up your ass and forge such an idiotic name for the forever Persian Gulf. Isn't that right?
Say what??
Just a matter of time before a regional nuclear war erupts in the middle east (sooner rather then later) Iran and Israel will no longer exsist. Hopefully this disaster will quiet things down in this region.
There is no chance of Iran launching a missile, either a nuclear armed missile or a conventional missile.
The purpose of Iran's weapons programs is not to militarily challenge the United States or Israel - neither of those goals is feasible - but instead to gain influence in the region by symbolizing opposition to the west and at the same time demand the attention of the United Nations in hopes to better its position in the world.
ur a lil behind my friend; that was yesterdays aim... They got some pretty nasty teeth; and I guess you missed the part where they just officially announced their end of days war is about to commence...
War Is A Racket
A speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
Smedley Butler
WAR is a racket. It always has been
It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.
In the World War [I] a mere handful garnered the profits of the conflict. At least 21,000 new millionaires and billionaires were made in the United States during the World War. That many admitted their huge blood gains in their income tax returns. How many other war millionaires falsified their tax returns no one knows.
How many of these war millionaires shouldered a rifle? How many of them dug a trench? How many of them knew what it meant to go hungry in a rat-infested dug-out? How many of them spent sleepless, frightened nights, ducking shells and shrapnel and machine gun bullets? How many of them parried a bayonet thrust of an enemy? How many of them were wounded or killed in battle?
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few – the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.
Do you recall what he said in August 1945?
Within three years? No problem, global warming will by then be so advanced that any missile will pale by comparison
One errant Iranian missile fired in the general direction of the US, would bring about the most intense destruction to the Iranian infrastructure that the world could ever imagine. And no the entire middle east would not glow for years since we wouldn't be using our cold war Mega bombs. The religious leaders in Iran have come to far
Iran is improving its missile technology. So? Isn't everyone else? This is exactly the kind of fluffy nonsense dissiminated in order to justify idiocy like the Patriot Act or Homeland Security. Baa, Baa, sheep. Iran is our current Boogeyman...
One problem might be that Muslims don't care if they live or die. Some prefer to die resulting from their violence so they can claim their reward in heaven.
Can't we all just get along?
It is the PERSIAN gulf – you idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, Arab gulf! Amazing! I suppose Arab money can buy more than professional football teams!
Wow, what a coincidence. Iraq wanted to remove themselves from having their currency based by the US dollar (and we invaded). So does Iran (and we keep coming up with reasons to invade). Way to not be super obvious, government.
Since when did the Persian Gulf become the Arabian Gulf?! I guess the Gulf of Mexico will become the Gulf of Central America soon...
When I was in the Navy and we were in the Persian Gulf they told us we needed to call it the Arabian Gulf because the people in Dubai and others were very sensitive about it.
Oh I see, and iif they get sensetive about calling the Indian Ocean Arab ocean we should agree with that as well?!! because Arabs buy our rusty weapons, give us cheap oil and let us use their land as military base right?
A 25 year old tiny nation has growing to do before she decides to rename the 25000 year old Persian gulf.
new name for the White House: the Arab Tent!
Not to worry folks. Those sanctions are working. You just gotta believe! I predict that once the Iranians are armed to the teeth with nukes and missiles, they'll be ready to talk (or should I say, dictate?)
isreal will handle this, america stay focus on economy, unemployment, infrastructure, bad trade with china, national debt, flood of immigrants stealing american jobs. stop policing the world !
Israel does not have strategic bombers, aircraft carriers and millions of troops. This means that the options to "handle this" for Israel are rather limited. You may consider that a nuclear war in the Middle East will probably make the largest oil field on Earth unusable for many centuries, will result in millions of killed and wounded and will cause hundreds of millions of refugees. All this will throw the world into a crisis of epic proportions effectively ending the Western civilization as we know it. Do you still believe that it is Israel who should "handle this" single handily?
Proliferation and the spread of WMD is the greatest challenge of our generation. Unemployment for college grads is 4%. Remember how your parents told you that you should get a college degree? Those that did not listen, I don't feel bad for you. I am being told to ignore the danger to the countess Israeli and U.S. lives for people who should have gotten a college education and didn't.
ISRAEL FIGHT YOU OWN FIGHT AND let us out
Think EMP.
America is a failed state. Its debt will be 24 trillion by 2015.
Jannani:You are in a failed state of mind.
The Federal Reserve Act sealed our fate...
Mike Mount, CNN: When Persian Gulf become Arabian Gulf? CNN is a pathetic news/ entertainment network.
The Persian Gulf never changed, CNN is just another AIPAC mouthpiece. Did you know WOlf Blitzer was AIPAC's PR man for eight years? Google it... the "Situation Room" is the "Zionist Spin Rooom".
Good grief, after hearing this news about Iran's awesome weapons I probably won't sleep all night! Now I'm shaking in my shoes! Capitol Hill. please wake up!
You remind me some Soviet leaders joking about the possibility of a war with then friendly Germany...
with all know you mush be a judio
Mike Mount needs to review the geography of the middle east to use the correct name "Persian Gulf" in his report. It has been Persian Gulf and will always be Persian Gulf.
I would not be so sure about it. If Iran will continue its current policy of developing nuclear weapons while threatening to "erase" other states from the map then sooner rather than later the Persian state will cease to exist and the neighboring Arab countries will be more than happy to give the Persian Gulf its alternative (and way more relevant in such case) name.
Can you stop dreaming up espionage novels and submit to the cold fact that like Israel America like israel in lebanon will either fight Iran to a standstill in an asymmetrical fight or lose
That's asymmetry and it's more holy than the trinity
A... The reason Israel did not pulverize Lebanon is the high number of civilian casualties involved. Such considerations will not be relevant in case Israel will have to fight for its survival against a country which is EIGHTY TIMES larger than Israel, has TEN TIMES greater population and is located thousands of miles away.
So the side with nukes will loose to the side without (or with primitive) nukes?
Good reasoning, it will look really great under the mushroom cloud.
Brad... I'm not sure what you're talking about but Israel has nukes, Israeli nukes are far from being primitive and Israel can not afford to lose. Is it clear enough this time?
Well said, today's journalists are pathetic, if not corrupt!
Every once in a while when a study like this surfaces you think back on all the times iran's military tech was mocked in all sorts of opinions on the web about their ancient tech.
Hats off Iran considering the sanctions and brain drain
Is that hats off or "turbans off"?
A nuclear Threat from Iran can no longer be prevented since when Iran is not allowing a few sites like Parchin&Fordow etc to be examined by IAEA and moreover they have more than15 nuclear sites some of them deep inside mountains. It is obvious that THEY are cladenstinely developing nuclear bombs which can no longer be prevented.Only a nuclear strike in future can be preempted by devising strategies which preempted a Pakistan nuclear strike on India in 1999during the Kargill conflict between India&Pakistan(This has been corroborated by the definitive hints in NAWAB Sharif's-where he quotes then Pakistan Army Chief Musharaff of having plotted to drop the ATOM BOMB over India and Bill Clinton's Biographical books)&2001 as well as N Korean one over S Korea in 2010 during the USA-SKorean war exercises.For details please see my Facebook notes etc since these cannot be described here due to lengthy details.IN THE 1999 ATOM BOMBING PLOT AN INTELLIGENCE MANOEUVRE WAS DONE BY PROGRAMMING THAT INDIA WILL RETALIATE WITH THE EVER MORE POWERFUL HYDROGEN BOMB DUE TO WHICH REASONS THEN PAKISTAN PM NAWAB SHARIF RUSHED TO WASHINGTON TO PLEAD WITH USA PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON TO SOMEHOW STOP THE CONFLICT FROM ESCALATING AND ALL THIS EVEN BEFORE A FULL FLEDGED WAR WAS YET TO START WHICH MADE NATIONS AND LEADERS WONDERING.Now If Israel wants to save itself then both Israel and the world including India will have to shed the shameless hypocrisy which is afflicting arrogant world leaders and countries and media alike which is the. Root cause of the Nuclear,Cyber&Economic warfare looming larger the world.Of course every country has a right to have nuclear weapons just as much as every person has the right to have licensed weapons for his self defence but which in fact will cause anarchy and certainly the world is moving towards international anarchy
Article mentions the Arabian Gulf in the last paragraph , so where is the Arabian Gulf ? , because last time I checked Iran was located on the Persian Gulf.
Although this issue may seem silly to other readers, it clearly shows the psychological warfare aimed at Iran among other things that force its fragile leadership to "saber rattle".
U.S. policy/psychological war feeds radicals in Iran(and other places ) & unfortunately pushes mainstream & moderate Iranian politicians out of the political scene by playing local prejudices, manipulating history, geographical facts.
Iran today is the result of populist/radical leaders like Ahmadinejad, who are actually the equal & opposite reaction to Bush era "saber rattling" and axis of evil policies.
During the Clinton era , although still under U.S. sanctions, Iran was gradually improving its relationship with the U.S., Iranians even elected Khatamei who was considered extremely reformist in the 1990's by anyone’s standards across the Middle East.
These dirty tactics by the West have made the Nuclear Issue a matter of National Pride & Prestige Iranian regime, whether Theocratic today or Democratic tomorrow will still have or pursue nuclear, ballistic, space or any other high technology.
Let me understand... You're telling us that "populist/radical leaders like Ahmadinejad" are result of "dirty tactics by the West"? That the Iranian PEOPLE are SO DUMB that they vote for a racist like Ahmadinejad because of the West? If so WHAT caused the Iranians to chose Khomeini as their leader 40-something years ago, in your opinion?
It is pretty stupid to blame others for the results of your own choices. The people of Iran chose Khomeini and his successors and the people of Iran will have to pay for the consequences. Iranian leaders offered the West a choice: to deal with Iran pursuing nuclear weapons today or to deal with Iran HAVING nuclear weapons tomorrow. This choice is pretty obvious...
First of all it has nothing to do with intelligence, an entire people cannot be "dumb" or smart.
However, since Iran's political system is not Democratic, its upper leadership helps (guardian console) supports politicians based on maintaining the “status quo”, and threats to the regime.
If there are no threats to the regime, than overtime people are able to gradually push reformists & reform policies through, and the gradual result is a country that starts to go towards normalization/democratization, which means the conservatives in power gradually loose power until it’s too late, and they just go away with the help of some catalyst (like the Arab spring ), that’s how revolutions happen.
Great examples are Tunisia, Lybia, and Egypt , the upper leadership just lost power by giving into some reforms. Other regimes the refuse fundamental change are Syria, and China, North Korea, they make no concessions.
But since any superpower yields a lot of "power" and since its "foreign policy" is obviously pointed at "foreign countries" , than threating a reforming country makes the country radicalize again, just like Ahmadinejad's reckless comments against Israel have pushed Israeli war hawks into power, the same applies to Bush era policies & comments towards Iran.
Ahmadinejad is the Iranian equivalent of Rick Santorum, just because about 20% of the people supported Santorum who’s policies were considered on the right to almost extreme right, doesn’t make American's "dumb".
However, due to the fact that the U.S. is a mature democracy, extreme right or left candidates do not become Presidents or decision makers, the government can’t/does not force candidates on people based on "internal or geopolitical forces", consequently Iran is different.
Ari... As you've (hopefully) noticed the idea of an "entire" population being dumb or, alternatively, smart was brought by YOU and it's YOU who is responsible for it. Further, as you may be aware, some of us are very smart and some us very dumb while the rest of us lay in between. This means that the Iranian or any other population has a DISTRIBUTION of it's intellectual abilities and it's the statistical parameters of this distribution that allow us to compare the entire population of one society against other societies. Further, Iran is among the most democratic countries in the Muslim world. It has regular elections, there are several political parties and candidates from these parties run for office against each other.
If you look on the map,the Arabian Gulf is the body of water sitting off the coast of Saudi Arabia.Where do you think it is,in the South China Sea?...The only gulf in Persia is the one that exists between their ears.
oh really? And the land north of Persiam Gulf is what? Arizona?
Where did you get your GED from?
Bigoted ignorance personified. This threat is manufactured by your local MIC.
Dennis, the Arabian Gulf is what your momma farts out of. The Persian Gulf is the one that people who have been to school know is at Iran's South-Western (as it has for thousands of years).
Dennis still eats "Freedom Fries" and "Freedom Toast" so what do you expect?
If there is a war with Iran, it will be as easy as Iraq or Afghanistan.
If the West will allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons the number of Iranian killed as a result will be counted in millions.
You would be wrong in that assessment. An attack of that scale would lead to ww3. The entire region, at the very least, would be full of radiation and become uninhabitable. 40% of the worlds current oil supply would become inaccessible through various means. Hundreds of millions wounded, dead, and displaced, and Jerusalem will glow more brightly than the Star of David.
People need to understand what a nuclear bomb is. And what using one means. Call of duty and battlefield 3 don't give you any insight into war.
Socius... Did you disagree with something I've said? If so WHAT WAS IT? You may consider that I agree with everything you've said except the claim about me being "wrong in that assessment".
Thinker 23, I think Socius meant that you underestimated the potential loss of life – he stated "hundreds of millions", as in full-scale ww3....whereas you stated "millions". Given that there are over 300 Million people in the US, and a state like Connecticut (for example) has over 3 Million people, you can see that there's a large gap between millions and hundreds of millions.
Who will do the counting while all of the pencils and paper in Israel will be ashes?
Oh no, it will be easier, since Iran is four times larger than Iraq, has 10x more nationalist sentiment, and has mastered the arts of asymetrical warfare. It will be a cakewalk for sure!! I can't wait to watch it on CNN and cheer!! Glad someone else's sons and daughters are going over there to do all of this butt-kicking for our ZIonist BFFs!! Never mind the 2 Trillion dollar price tag, budgets are for wussies!