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2006-02-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Russian official says Iran will be overpowered by US military strike

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Posted by Fred 2006-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 DRUDGEREPORT.com has an article inferring that RUSSIA has warned the USA about threatening Iran, and that a "military scenario is possible", which I interprete as an PC, wilfully ambiguous warning that Russian intervention is possible, and that a Sino-Russian intervention, alongst wid other states, is also possible. Meanwhile, PRAVDA has an article, titled THERE IS NO WAR ON TERRORISM, which essens says that the USA attacked its own city in 9-11, and Terrorists = Muslims are just innocent victims/dupes of US-specific imperialistic oil politics, or words to that effect. STAY ARMED AND READY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-02-17 00:11|| 2006-02-17 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Locked and loaded, Joe.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-02-17 00:13|| 2006-02-17 00:13|| Front Page Top

#3 stop inciting, Emily!

Posted by Frank G 2006-02-17 00:14|| 2006-02-17 00:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Interesting that there seems to be a lot of resignation to a US strike around the world. It's almost like they want us to do it this time.

Posted by AzCat 2006-02-17 00:18|| 2006-02-17 00:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes. They want us to do it and they want to punish us for having done it.

Posted by Phil 2006-02-17 00:26|| 2006-02-17 00:26|| Front Page Top

#6 get their signatures yay/nay on the line...no maybes

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-17 00:28|| 2006-02-17 00:28|| Front Page Top

#7 how bowtz "lemme sleepz on its?"

Posted by muck4doo 2006-02-17 02:39|| http://www.evolvedamnyou.blogspot.com/]">[http://www.evolvedamnyou.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-17 02:39|| Front Page Top

#8 "ima gotter talk to me wifes"?

Posted by muck4doo 2006-02-17 02:40|| http://www.evolvedamnyou.blogspot.com/]">[http://www.evolvedamnyou.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-17 02:40|| Front Page Top

#9 As I mentioned last week, I think a formal announcement of a mutual defense pact between Russia and Iran is coming.

Posted by HV 2006-02-17 06:58|| 2006-02-17 06:58|| Front Page Top

#10 wilfully ambiguous warning that Russian intervention is possible,

Someone should remind Putin that Russia's Army is not even able to cope with the Chechens.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-02-17 07:12|| 2006-02-17 07:12|| Front Page Top

#11 Make it so

Posted by Captain America 2006-02-17 07:27|| 2006-02-17 07:27|| Front Page Top

#12 But, from Drudge, the same guy sez don't do it, lol.

Russia Warns U.S. Against Striking Iran

"This may stir the whole world, and it is crucial to prevent anything like that," Baluyevsky was quoted as saying.

Right. Thanks, twaddle-boy. It's coming, one way or the other. I prefer we pick the time and place to lay down the flypaper for the next, unavoidable, event.

That's always the way, isn't it? "They" always say you can't do that! -- but "they" never have an effective alternative... So, poor dumb cowboyish America, a downtrodden and failed state doncha know, trudges and bumbles along, mucking everything up (for the opportunists). *sniff* Our bad.

Posted by .com 2006-02-17 07:32|| 2006-02-17 07:32|| Front Page Top

#13 The Russians are correct and have a lot to worry about.

First, Smacking the 12 Iranian Divisions, 19 nuke sites and the Revolutaniary guard will be a long nights work and nothing more, go Nave, Go Air Force. But the US would crush them very quickly with no conventional troops on the ground.

Second, diplomacy is always the first option. War should always be the last so I again find myself, reluctantly, agreeing with him. I doubt the Chinese and Russians could get Iran under control but we have time, let them try.

Third and probably the most important to Russia is his statement about inflaming terrorist act world wide. What he is really saying is Russia will, again, have to deal with their muslim problems as well China and China's muzzies, who are isolated and almost under control. This is probably his biggest fear since the Chechens have handed the Russians their collective asses over the last few years.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-02-17 08:27|| 2006-02-17 08:27|| Front Page Top

#14 I read an extended leftist rant that the US *can't* invade Iran, because our Humvees are in poor working order and need spare parts. That's it. Humvees. We can't go to war because of that and that alone.

Some wit responded to the effect of "who cares if a Humvee works when you throw it out of the back of a C-130 at altitude?"

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-17 09:01|| 2006-02-17 09:01|| Front Page Top

#15 The real irony will be that in its provocation, the Iranians will drive the Iraqis to join in ground operations with the US both for self defense [against further backing of Al Qaeda] and in revenge against the Mullahs. So when the dust settles, the Iraqis could be in possession of the same lands that Saddam started out to acquire over 20 years ago. Now that's a bitch.

Posted by Choluger Jock5886 2006-02-17 09:19|| 2006-02-17 09:19|| Front Page Top

#16 One of these days I would love to have a beer with Mucky and Joe Mendiola at the same.

Posted by TomAnon 2006-02-17 09:25|| 2006-02-17 09:25|| Front Page Top

#17 Wouldn't that, like, tear a hole in the Universe?

/channeling bad commercial with good line...

Posted by .com 2006-02-17 09:27|| 2006-02-17 09:27|| Front Page Top

#18 "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it."

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-02-17 09:29|| 2006-02-17 09:29|| Front Page Top

#19 I think he was also watching Serbia in addition to GW I and II.

Posted by TomAnon 2006-02-17 09:31|| 2006-02-17 09:31|| Front Page Top

#20 Some wit responded to the effect of "who cares if a Humvee works when you throw it out of the back of a C-130 at altitude?

The up-armored ones would provide more schrapnel, too, heh.

Posted by .com 2006-02-17 09:41|| 2006-02-17 09:41|| Front Page Top

#21
"One of these days I would love to have a beer with Mucky and Joe Mendiola at the same."

I have it on good authority that they are the same person...well, different personalities same body!

Posted by Nuck Fozzle2168 2006-02-17 09:45|| 2006-02-17 09:45|| Front Page Top

#22 the Russians dont WANT a US attack on Iran. If it succeeds it adds to "US hegemony" and surrounds them on the South. If it fails (IE quagmire aftermath, arab street FINALLY actually doing something etc - not conventional failure of course, which is most unlikely) then it leaves a mess that harms them as well. But theyre smart enough to know that avoiding such an outcome its not enough to only warn the US away, and talk about the likelihood of Islamic reaction and quagmire - they have to get the damned mullahs to climb down, and to do that they have to remind them that a war IS possible, and that the mullahs will lose.

To keep Russia on board for sanctions, etc we need to keep THEM worried that we might really attack, which is one of the reasons we cant take military action off the table.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-02-17 09:46|| 2006-02-17 09:46|| Front Page Top

#23 HV - As I mentioned last week, I think a formal announcement of a mutual defense pact between Russia and Iran is coming.

Maybe, but I'm not sure Russia could risk getting called on that. Say they announced the aggreement and the US attacks Iran anyway. Russia then has to:

Fight the US without nukes and get clocked.
Fight the US with nukes and die. (for Iran?)
Back down and get humiliated.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2006-02-17 10:25|| 2006-02-17 10:25|| Front Page Top

#24 Moscow news has it stated a little differently.
"Russian Top Brass Does not Rule Out Use of Military Force Against Iran"
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/02/16/baluyevskyiran.shtml

Posted by delphi2005 2006-02-17 11:21|| 2006-02-17 11:21|| Front Page Top

#25 Iran's response will be puny in comparison to the strike it might receive from the more capable US.

Nice to see that Russia's military academics are still up to snuff. I'd like to think that with their incessant meddling, Russia and China have effectively sawn off the limb they perched on.

Both of these traitors have pumped up Iran's economic and military infrastructure to the tune of gazillions of ducats. Now, in the name of self-preservation, we are obliged to come in and wreck it all. As a lesson to China, I'd really like to see the Kargh Island pumping complex either crippled or taken possession of.

China really needs to take an economic hit for their mercenary stance in putting so many players at odds in the Middle East and elsewhere (e.g., North Korea).

Posted by Zenster 2006-02-17 11:56|| 2006-02-17 11:56|| Front Page Top

#26 "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it."

You've got to put coffee alerts ahead of lines like this. ;)

Posted by AzCat 2006-02-17 13:01|| 2006-02-17 13:01|| Front Page Top

#27 There are mullahs off the starboard bow.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2006-02-17 14:17|| 2006-02-17 14:17|| Front Page Top

#28 Russia is good cop to our bad cop routine.
Nothing more.

Posted by wxjames 2006-02-17 14:17|| 2006-02-17 14:17|| Front Page Top

#29 Let Russia take them out then. They still have an Air wing to their defense forces and plenty of munitions it would be the sucker punch from hell. the M² would never see it coming.

Posted by Sock Puppet O' Doom 2006-02-17 16:28|| 2006-02-17 16:28|| Front Page Top

#30 Or is this a suggestion that they need to buy more hardware from Russia?

Posted by James">James 2006-02-17 16:59|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2006-02-17 16:59|| Front Page Top

#31 yeah, those GPS jammers that work so well

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-17 17:45|| 2006-02-17 17:45|| Front Page Top

#32
my moneys on Joe and Mucky, together there isn't a Mad Mullah in the universe they couldn't flummox.

/Spetzlamist corps

Posted by Geronimo 2006-02-17 18:04|| 2006-02-17 18:04|| Front Page Top

#33 We are only looking on and preparing yet. Have you noticed that their high speed centrifuges are flying apart ? We still have time. Notice that two nuclear subs have been completely retrofitted for cruise missiles. Two more are being retrofitted for warhead mix. Take off the six megaton warheads and replace with "small nuclear". Retrofit others with very high explosive conventional warheads. Wonder why?

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-02-17 19:18|| 2006-02-17 19:18|| Front Page Top

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