Iranian President: ‘We Need Missiles’ to Confront Trump Admin, Enemies

freebeacon.com ^ | 5/25/17 | Adam Kredo

[ColdOne]

Recently re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at the Trump administration this week, describing it as ignorant and saying that Iran "needs missiles" to confront the United States and its allies, according to recent remarks certain to rile leaders in Washington, D.C.

Just days after President Donald Trump blasted the Islamic Republic for its illicit ballistic missile program and support of terrorism in the Middle East, Rouhani confirmed that Iran would not cease its missile activity, despite repeated calls by U.S. officials.

"We need missiles and the enemy should know that we make everything we need and we don't pay an iota of attention to your words," Rouhani was quoted as saying on Wednesday during a

[FrankR]

Oh, Trump would love to send them some missiles...at about 500 MPH.

[DannyTN]

This is the new “moderate” guy right?

[Mouton]

I think the ones you are mentioning are the cruise variety. That is it, tell them they are going (away) on a cruise.

The Persians have a history of overplaying their hand: “In 1218, a Mongol caravan passing through what is now Uzbekistan towards the Persian Empire was stopped by the governor of the Persian province. Suspecting Mongolian spies, the governor ordered the caravan’s people massacred and its goods seized. The Mongolians were horrified. A furious Genghis Khan immediately sent emissaries to the Shah of Iran to inform him of their displeasure and demand reparations. Amused, (Mongolia at the time was a small, insignificant area) the Shah ordered that one emissary be killed, and the beards of the other two were set on fire.
This callous treatment outraged the Mongolians. They viewed emissaries as sacrosanct and accorded them the greatest of respect. This brutal treatment gave Genghis Khan a useful cause for war.
The clear winner seemed obvious. The Shah of the Khwarezmid Empire, al-Din Muhammad II had four-hundred thousand men in his immediate army, and vast reserves throughout his empire should they prove necessary. Genghis Khan had only two-hundred thousand men at the very most.
Shah Muhammad also had, in his son Jalal al-Din, an extremely capable military leader and strategist. However, the Shah ignored his son’s warnings when Jalal al-Din recommended a pre-emptive strike on the Mongols before they could gather any strong forces. Coupled with Genghis’ own strong military leadership and tactical skills, the outcome of the war was less obvious.
The majority of the war was over in just one battle. In autumn 1219, A Mongol army of fifty thousand led by Genghis’ sons, Chagadei and Ogedei, entered the Persian city of Utrar. The siege of the city continued until 1220, when Genghis Khan’s own army appeared behind enemy lines at the city of Bukhara. When the Turkish garrison attempted to decimate them, they were slaughtered to a man.
In a twist of events which showcases the brutality of both Genghis Khan and the Mongol armies, when Genghis Khan first entered Bukhara, he entered a mosque, assuming that it was the Shah’s palace. When told it was a mosque, he ordered it converted into stables. The cases for the Koran would become horses’ mangers.
Some estimates say that upwards of three-hundred thousand people were slain that day in Bukhara. The survivors, however, were not rounded up or taken as hostages or slaves. Genghis Khan allowed them to go free and wander to other cities. He knew the tales of his brutality in Bukhara would terrify the other cities. Their resistance was now markedly weaker.
As the Mongols made their way through the Khwarezmid Empire, tales of their slaughtering and viciousness reached the Shah in his capital, Samarqand. Realizing he had no choice but to flee, he escaped Samarqand with Mongol warriors on his heels. He managed to stay just ahead of the Mongols and was eventually hunted to a town called Astara, where he exhanged his fine clothes for a beggar’s rags. He then boarded a fishing boat just as the Mongol warriors tailing him reached the shore. They fired their arrows at the fishing boat in vain.” Per Wiki

[NorthMountain]

We need missiles

OK. Let's give them a Trident D-5.

Just one should do ...

;'}

[mass55th]

Well go ahead a-hole, Obama gave you more than enough money to buy them.

[jonrick46]

Iran has got them. They will be shipped from Kim pot bellied un after their first production run. Want nukes?

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[EvilCapitalist]

I think Vince Vance and the Valiants are going to become popular again.

[Texas Songwriter]

We need to take care of this before it gets away from us.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Dang! I am doing a ‘tour de force’ presentation on information warfare mentioning how our top threats use CNN as a primary source to justify everything...

[VRWC For Truth]

Both got ‘em and are sharing info ...

[I want the USA back]

Thanks to bammy, they have them.

[dfwgator]

“The Iranians have elected to receive.”

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Iran’s weak point are its numerous dams. If we could pop a few of these, Iran would be very short of water and electricity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Iran

And a large part of this electricity is going to their nuclear program. As the icing on the cake, if we could toss a major lug wrench into their Bushehr reactor, it would doubly mess them up.

[CJ Wolf]

“We’ve always been at war with Eastasia”