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| Supreme leader says US would ''regret'' attacking Iran |
| 2002-07-27 |
| Iran's supreme leader said Saturday that if the United States decided to attack his country it would "regret it". "The Americans know that if they choose military intervention this people will give them a response that will make them regret it," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, in a speech delivered to prayer leaders from around the country. He added the US has "opted for propaganda to fight against the Islamic Republic of Iran, because they have lost hope in economic and military methods". He's right. We're going to feel really bad after it's all over. Look how we're beating ourselves up over what we did to Japan and Germany, fifty years later... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 The side issue here is what happens in the Straits of Hormuz when Iraq comes down and 3 CVN TFs steam up into the Gulf. Iran could make things somewhat dicey for the US with threats of interdicting the narrows or even mining contested areas of the Gulf. That is if they really want to be stupid. |
| Posted by: Tom Roberts 2002-07-28 08:15:40 |
| #2 I don't think they really, truly, seriously expect us to attack them, but viewing with alarm might get some of the rubes fired up. You don't have to climb a tree to get ripe fruit. You just need to get your basket and wait for it to fall... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-07-28 06:51:42 |
| #1 Attack? who said anything about attack? Why would we put any of our guys at risk when so many of their guys are already willing to get locked up and go to jail to oppose their own government. Its not like we dont know how to overthrow an Iranian government without getting dirty ourselves. 1979 GDP of Iran was roughly that of Spain, while most western countries would consider that awful, for islamic based countries its quite outstanding. Today, Iran has a GDP about that of Gaza. For those of you who dont know what its like in Gaza, its like any inner city area of any eastern seaboard american city, without the added atmosphere and charm that the heroin trade brings. Face it, for most of the worlds islamic populations the only way for an islamic person to survive well enough to have health and wealth and to be free enough to practice their religion is to live under christians and jews. Islam might be a good faith and religion, but its sorely lacking as a method of government. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2002-07-27 17:24:12 |