Posted on 03/09/2023 12:30:16 PM PST by Signalman
A British columnist who has written several books on the Middle East says Iran is gearing up to attack Great Britain and the West.
Con Coughlin, defense editor for The Telegraph, wrote a Thursday opinion column in which he called on the United Kingdom and its allies to understand Iran's intent and do "a major rethink of how we deal" with Tehran.
"With experts warning that Iran could have enough material for a nuclear warhead within two weeks, it also means Britain and its allies need to give serious consideration to how they deal with the emerging threat to their security," Coughlin wrote.
"Indeed, apart from its nuclear aspirations, Iran has been working hard to develop an arsenal of ballistic weapons capable of hitting targets in the heart of Europe."
Coughlin said the Iranians have taken advantage of Western leaders who believe maintaining a dialogue with Tehran is the key to peace. For far too long, the predominant view in Whitehall [British government] has been that the best way to contain the Iranian threat is to maintain a dialogue with the so-called 'moderates' there in the hope that it will result in improved ties with the West," Coughlin wrote.
"Instead, all that has happened is that Iran has made significant advances in developing a nuclear threat, from acquiring weapons grade uranium to building ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The success of these developments, moreover, appears to have given the regime the confidence to adopt a more aggressive stance towards the West, one that, given the unpredictable nature of Iranian politics, must be a major cause for concern."
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Well, if this is true (a big if) looks like we will be done with Iran as well.
Russia and China were threats to us, now Iran OMG the excrement piles up.
This is propaganda.
Of course Iran will attack Israel and has done so covertly already.
If Israel is helped by the UK or US in attacking Iran then we get attacked too.
“Iran”, “Iraq”. These typos come easily when you’re all fired up about WMD’s.
Iran could have enough material for a nuclear warhead within two weeks
This isn’t really news, Hillary got the ball rolling with uranium1 and John Kerry followed up by facilitating the deal with Russia for the Uranium going to Iran..
Israel can’t blow these goat fk’ers to hell soon enough.
Thanks Dear Leader Zero for the deal to allow Iran to develop nukes. That was one of your “best” ideas.
the unpredictable nature of Iranian politics,
as opposed to the predictable nature of Iranian religious
practice.
Always remember that Iran is a theocracy.
Iran, Russia, China... a team. And us? We align with one of the most corrupt countries in the world - Ukraine. Wasn’t the Republic of Congo available to be our ‘hill to die on’?
And that theology has gained a firm foothold in Britain. They can be taken down from within, in a generation, give or take.
Sunni or later Shite happens.
The basis of the Iran/Iraq war: “It is an N! No it is a Q!”...
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Biden gave ISIS $85 billion of US military hardware when we surrendered Afghanistan.
We love arming our enemies.
I’m sure Iran and N Korea would love to put an EMP right in the middle of the US and China and Russia would be cheering them on.
It might wake up Brandon, no electricity, his ice cream would melt.
“And us? We align with one of the most corrupt countries in the world - Ukraine.”
And do you know what country is more corrupt that Ukraine? The favorite of so many here on FR: Russia.
Is the Uk prepared to fight back? I doubt it. I guess the US is supposed to do that for them.
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