What is Iran capable of in event of war
Iran could trigger a global militia (”terrorist”) campaign and choke the West’s oil supplies in the event of war with America, the top US commander in the region has warned.
In a rare public discussion of how a war with Iran might unfold, Gen John Abizaid, the chief of the US Central Command, gave a sobering assessment of Iran’s military potential.
He warned that in a war Iran would rely on unconventional means to challenge America’s superiority.
“Number one, they have naval capacity to temporarily block the Straits of Hormuz [the entrance into the Gulf] and interfere with global commerce if they should choose to do so,” he said.
“Number two, they’ve got a substantial missile force that can do a lot of damage to our friends and partners in the region.
“Number three, they’ve got a pretty robust terrorist surrogate arm that could in the event of hostilities cause problems not only in the Middle East but globally.
And number four, they have a very substantial land army that, while it’s not offensively worrying, is certainly capable of conducting asymmetric warfare.”
Gen Abizaid’s comments came as US and British officials chose to ignore a sulfurous attack by Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a speech to the UN’s General Assembly on Tuesday.
Instead they are reluctantly backing an EU initiative to slow the push for sanctions to allow time to explore a possible diplomatic deal over Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
Margaret Beckett, the Foreign Secretary, said the speech was “predictable”.
“We’re still prepared to take action [sanctions] if Iran refuses to co-operate. But if there was any compliance, we could step back.”
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IT IS OBVIOUS THAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN WANTS TO ACTIVATE IT’S STRATEGY IN THE THIRD WORLD
AND SPECIALLY IN THE MEDDLE EAST
OF COURSE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE STRATEDGIES WERE DRAWN BY MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE OF SANETS AND TO PIN POINT FURTHER THESE SRATEGIES ARE DRAWN BY MAJORITY NUMBER REGARDLESS TO IT FAIRNESS AND LEGALITY BECUASE THE BOSES WANTS IT , THAT ALL
AND THE SERVANTS HAVE TO OBEY OR OTHERWISE HE OSHE WILL BE CONSIDERED AS ANTI USA AND MAY BE PUSHED TO BE COUNTED AS TERRORIST AGENT >
OF COURSE HOW TO DRAW THE LINES OF DEFENSE AND LEGALISE SUCH AGGRESIVE STRATEGY IS THE JOB OF FLOOR MANAGEMENT OF PRESENT US GOVERNMENT
THE TITLE OF THIS LEGALISATION IS AS GIVEN BY THE USA PRESIDENT ” YOU EITHER WITH US OR AGAINST US ” THEN YOU ARE CONSIDERED A RERRORIST AIDS
AND PLAN CANCELLS THE NORMAL VOTING SYSTEM OF BING WITH OR NOT WITH OR OBSTAIN ? THE SECOND POINT OF LEGALISATION OF THOSE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES IS TO USE THE HUMAN RIGHT ISSUE AND SUPPORT THE TRAITERS , THOSE IN NEED TO FULLFILL THESE PERSONAL WISH AND DONT MIND BECOMMING PUDDLES IN AMERICAN HANDS PROVIDED THEY FILL THEIR POKIT , IN ANOTHER WARD SELLING THEIR FREEDOMS FOR MONEY AND SELLING THEIR COUNTRY TO OTHERS
NOW WE COME TO HOW AMERICAN PRESENT GOVERNMENT
STRECHES IT ARMS WITH THE DOUBLE STANDARDS TO ACTIVATE ITS POLICY . HOW ?
USA GOES TO UN FOR A DECISION ANTI IRAN USING CHAPTER 7 OF IT’S THE CHARTER AND FORCES BY ALL MEANS TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS EITHER BY THREATS OF BRIBES TO GOVERNMENTS AND STARTS TO CRY LOAD THAT UN HAS TAKEN THE DECISION AND EVERY GOVERNMENT SHOULD OBEY TO IT ? AND THIS IS ILLEGAL ??????? BUT
TO USA GOVERNMENT IT IS LEGAL ?
USA USES AND FORCES THE CATOONIST GOVERNMENTS TO SPREAD ITS POLICIES AND CALLS THEM ALLIES OTHERWISE THEY WILL BE ENEMY
ALSO USA GOVERNMENT FORGETS THAT DAY WHEN UN TOOK DECISION NOT NOT TO ATTACK IRAQ BY FORCE???? THAT DAY ACCORDING TO USA PRESIDENT UN WAS WEAK BECAUSE IT WENT AGAIST WAR ON HUMANITY !!!!! AND USA ARMY KILLED AND INJURED AND MADE HOMELESS ABOUT 2 MILLION IN IRAQ AND ABOUT 1 MILLION IN LEBASNON WITH ISRAELI ASISSTENCE
USA WANTS IRAN WITHOUT UNICLEAR WEAPONS BEING OF OF MEDDLE EAST OR ASIAN COUNTRIES BUT FORGETS THE OTHERSIDE OF IT SCALE WILL NOT BALANCE BECUASE OF ISRAELI UNICLEAR WEAPONS
USA SAYS IRAN’S WEAPONT IS THREAT TO NIEBOURING COUNTRIES , BUT THE NIEGHBOURS SAY NO , THE REAL THREAT IS THE ISRAELI’S UNICLEAR WEAPONS AND BOMBS
USA SAY IRAN WANTS TO BUILD UP UNICLEAR BOMBS AND FORGETS THE ACTUAL PRESENT OF ISRAELI 200 UNICLEAR AND AUTOMIC BOMBS
USA GOVERNMENT SAYS IRAN IS A TREAT OF AGRESSION TO USA ANY ANY STUPID STUDENT CAN TELL THAT HOW FAR IRAN IS FROM USA AND ISRAEL
ALSO USA GOVERNMENT FORGETS THE HISTORY OF AGRESIVE COUNTRIES LIKE THOUSANDS OF AGRESSION OF IRAELI GOVERNMETS JUST LOOK AT UN ARCAVES AND COUNT THE WORLD WIDE DECISIONS AND LATEST ON LEBANON WITH SUPORT OF USA GOVERNEMT KILLED AND MADE HOMELESS 1 MILLION CHILDERN AND WOMEN AT THE TIME WHEN THEY WERE AT THEIR SLEEP
YES IRAN WILL NOT BE LIKE IRAQ AND IF USA SEES IT PEOPLE ARE IGNORANTS AND NOT WORRIED ABOUT OUTSIDE WORLD BOMBING BY THEIR GOVERNMENT THE FIRE WILL SOON REACHES USA SOIL IF IRAN WAS ATTACHED . AND IRANESE ARE NOT LIKE ARABS TO HAVE TWO FACES AND THEY LOVE TO DIE FOR THEIR SOIL ( COUNTRY ) AND SOON USA WILL FIND ALL IRANESE WILL BE HUMAN BOMBS ALL OVER USA AND THEY MAY ALREADY HAVE THE READINESS BUT WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL FROM THEIR GOVERNMENTS EVEN THOSE WHO ARE ANTI GOVERNMENT THEY WILL NEVER BERAY THIER COUNTRY BECOUSES THEY ARE ONE NATION AND NO PREJUDISIOM AMONG THEM LIKE ARABS IN IRAK OR ANY OTHER CARTOONIST STATE
I HOPE TO SHARE MY VIEW WITH ALL FREE OPEN MINDED PERSON NOT BOUGHT SERVANTS
BEST WISHES
ALMARAGHI