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| Iran leader calls for 'economy of resistance' |
| 2012-08-23 |
| Israel would like to take out Iran's nuclear facilities a la Operation Opera but it can't because Iran has studied it carefully and built their facilities to guard against any such attack. The US can but it won't. The only Israeli hope, as I can see it, is to attack indirectly. Fund their minorities, mainly Kurds also Sunni. But the main attack should be against their oil. With sanctions in place, target the sanction busters, mainly India, Japan and China.Whenever a Iranian crude oil tanker leaves Iran it should be stalked by Israeli subs, who could arrange an unfortunate "accident" which would send the tanker to the bottom of the seas. It wouldn't require too many "accidents" to bring Iran to its knees. Israel should be quiet capable of handling any retaliation from Iran. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the government Thursday to adopt an "economy of resistance" to confront crippling sanctions slapped by the West on Tehran over its nuclear drive. "The arrogant powers are pulling their weight to force Iran to back down (on its stances) and the government should invalidate these illusions by using the nation's full potentials," Khamenei said. He called for an "economy of resistance" to confront a slew of Western oil and financial sanctions, saying this "is the only way to pursue progress in the country." "In this kind of economy the nation's progress is preserved and vulnerability of the economy against the enemies plots is decreased," Khamenei said during a meeting with cabinet members and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. During his speech Khamenei did not specifically mentioned sanctions nor Iran's controversial nuclear drive. But his comments comes as several Iranian officials, who had long minimised the effect on the sanctions, acknowledged in recent weeks that the punitive measures have had a negative impact on the country's economy. Severe banking sanctions imposed on Iran since 2010 have slowed industrial activity, reduced foreign investment, soared inflation to more than 20 percent and led to a shortage of foreign currency. The situation has been aggravated in recent weeks with an oil embargo that so far has caused Iranian oil exports -- which provide the country with most of its foreign exchange resources -- to drop by around 50 percent. The embargo also caused a sharp decline in Iranian oil production, which has fallen to its lowest level in the past 20 years. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Hasn't Iran sent its tankers out into the Gulf to try to hide their oil and possibly to disguise it so Iran can sell it? I don't think the Israelis should sink the ships. They should capture them. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2012-08-23 23:04 |
| #2 HHHHMMMMM, must have heard that pro-war/bomb Iran Romney is starting to surge ahead of the Bammer in ratings??? This week. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-08-23 22:52 |
| #1 "He called for an "economy of resistance" to confront a slew of Western oil and financial sanctions, saying this "is the only way to pursue progress in the country ..." If you ask me - he should be looking for a vacancy at any reasonable Bed and Breakfast located in a remote region of the world. Hopefully a long way from the ME. His future prospects in Iran are looking a little cloudy right now. |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-08-23 14:17 |