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| Iranian DM warns of 'limitless' response to any attack |
| 2008-06-23 |
| (Xinhua) -- Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar Sunday warned of a "limitless" response to any military strike, and considered reported Israel's drill in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece as "psychological operations". "It seems that parallel efforts and psychological warfare are underway to dissuade the Iranian nation from realizing its inalienable right," Najar told Iranian Fars news agency. "Iran will not initiate any conflict but will punish any aggressor with the greatest possible force. With determination and using all the options -- without limits in terms of time and space-- we will give a crushing response to any hostile action," he said, adding that Iran will not be intimidated by these threats and will not renounce its right. U.S. daily The New York Times reported on Friday that U.S. military believed Israel's military exercise earlier this month was a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran's nuclear sites. More than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighter jets participated in the maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece during the first week of June, U.S. officials said. Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari Saturday said his troops would counter any attack against the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Pragmatically, while it INDIGENOUSLY NUCLEARIZES IRAN 2008-2010 will likely remain MILITARY WEAK/DEFICIENT vv BOTH THE US + NUCLEAR ISRAEL. CONVENTIONAL WISDOM > NO US-IRAN WAR 2008-JAN 2009 > Post-Dubya, Iran will covertly nuclearize unto nucweapons while PC engaging in "PRO-PEACE" international diplomacy. ISLAMIST MILITANTS will continue to attack and engage in various destabilization TO PROTECT IRAN BY DIVERTING US-ALLIED MILECON RESOURCES ALA ANTI-MILITANT-TERR "REGIONAL-GLOBAL SECURITY". Ultimately, then, Post- JAN 2009 > it will be Dubya's successor as POTUS that will decide the final success or failure of Iran's nuclear ambitions, as well as the ISLAMIST JIHAD. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-23 23:32 |
| #13 TOPIX > STUDY: US MUST IMPROVE COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL FOR IRAN STRIKE. The ability of the US-West to effectively wage war and peace, INCLUDING VV ARAB-MUSLIM ME STATES, may in future depend on how IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS-AGENDUMS ARE DEALT WITH NOW. IOW, ONCE IRAN GOES NUKULAR AND HAS NUCWEAPS, "UNILATERALISM" GOES OUT THE WINDOW, + CO-EXISTENCE, DETENTE, etc. IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE NEXT NUCLEAR-WMD TERRORIST [read, NOT Iran = State Mil Attack] ATTACK ON MAJOR US CITY(s). |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-23 23:12 |
| #12 1, 2, 3, infinity? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-06-23 22:36 |
| #11 I imagine Joe to be like Jim on the old series "Taxi". I think if I ever get back out that way, I'd like to look him up and have a few drinks together. |
| Posted by: Steve 2008-06-23 20:18 |
| #10 MZ- I only had to read JosephMendiola's comment twice to get what he was talking about. He is a RANTBURG institution... if you don't like how he writes, then stay quiet. Personally, I think you own him an apology. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2008-06-23 19:13 |
| #9 McZoid, pretend that JosephM is extremely bright with an old-fashioned liberal education (lots of math and science), and a military/political background who has met everybody worth knowing who passed through Guam in the past half century. Now pretend you are reading his untranscribed shorthand notes responding not only to the particular post at the top of the thread, but many other things he's read around the subject. You aren't the first to get frustrated with JosephM's posts. With time, though, you may suddenly discover your subconscious has found a way to translate it. Kind of like those two-way pictures: either you can see the witch or the young lady, but not both at the seem time. Or perhaps it's like those colour blindness tests. Barbara dear, I think you're being a bit hard on McZoid. JosephM is an acquired taste. Surely you remember how hard we were on him when he first showed up? Back then he had an email link, and I once or twice wrote to him asking for a clarification, although I never got one. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-06-23 17:17 |
| #8 #2 McZoid - that was completely uncalled for. I thought you were better than that; my apologies for misjudging you. If you don't like the way Joe writes, skip his posts. It's not like there aren't any others.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-06-23 15:38 |
| #7 OP: When I was there we had only one - (Hanoi---->2, 650 miles):) |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-06-23 14:47 |
| #6 I do pray that enough people will see the folly of electing a hair-brained idiot, and McCain will be our next president. I'd like him to tell the mullahs they have 30 days to back off and shut up, or there won't be enough eft of Iran for the 30,000 supposed Christians that live there to survive. Jack: They have road signs at Anderson? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-06-23 13:31 |
| #5 McZoid: This is the way you write in Guam. All the road signs at Anderson are written the same way. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-06-23 13:15 |
| #4 re #2: Respectfully leave Mendiola alone. His is a unique and scewed but oft valuable look at events. borgboy |
| Posted by: borgboy 2008-06-23 12:31 |
| #3 Sound scared, don't they. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-06-23 09:25 |
| #2 joseph mendiola: Do you believe that your messages are impacting on people's brains? Smack yourself in the head, and write normal sentences. If you have Tourette's you shouldn't put those utterances on paper. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-06-23 07:36 |
| #1 HMMMM, IRAN > FUEL, NOKORS > FOOD. E.g. CNN NEWS SUNDAY > Taliban Commander being interviewed claims that the Pakis Army has been successfully penetrated and compromised, and as such doesn't really intervene in Taliban control/affairs of local areas. SAVING THE JIHAD + PAN-ISLAMIST NUCLEARIZATION > it will likely be the various Militant-Terr groups which will conduct the bulk of the violence for the time being. IRAN's FOCII WILL PREDOMIN BE ON INTERNATIONAL DIPLO-POLITIX, PR + MEDIA CORRECTNESS UNLESS IRAN IS DIRECTLY OPENLY ATTACKED BY US ANDOR ISRAELI MILITARY FORCES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-23 01:05 |