Posted on 01/25/2006 11:08:23 AM PST by Alouette
Iran's defense minister says if Israel attacks Muslim republic, Iran and its allies can retaliate, 'put Israel in coma' similar to that of PM Sharon. Iran a lunatic regime, Israel's ambassador to U.N. says earlier Wednesday
Iran threatens again: Iran's Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said Wednesday that the country and its allies could put Israel "in an eternal coma," like that of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, if Israel attempts to attack the Muslim republic.
"Israel does not have the courage to attack Iran, and if it commits such a big mistake, the defenders of Islamic Iran will put Israel in an eternal coma like Sharon," he said in a television appearance.
Najjar, who branded the United States and Israel as "the great and little Satan, who are using psychological war to intimidate Iran," was responding to recent statements by Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who said Israel may attack Iran if diplomatic measures to neutralize its nuclear armaments efforts fail.
"The state of Israel will not be able to accept Iranian armament, and must prepare to defend itself. The Iranian president's regime supports terror in the Middle East by providing terror organizations with rockets that threaten Israel, money and knowledge," Mofaz said at the Herzliya Conference Saturday.
Earlier Wednesday, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Dan Gillerman Iran's planned Holocaust conference was "proof of what a global threat Iran really is."
"I fear that the only reason Iran is showing so much interest in the Holocaust is because they may be preparing another Holocaust and it is up to the world and the United Nations to prevent that from happening," Gillerman said on the sidelines of the opening of the "No Child's Play" exhibit at the U.N. commemorating Holocaust remembrance week.
"Iran is proving yet again what an extreme, fundamentalist, lunatic regime it is," Gillerman said.
News agencies contributed to the report
;Iran is bluffing.
When you sit down to play Texas Holdem with Bush that aint a good tactic.
One bullet, one less homicidal lunatic.
The US is not the savior of either Israel or Europe. I think getting Russia and China on board - as well as Turkey and Saudi Arabia is the wisest course. Then there will truly be "international agreement" about what to do.
Sunken eye sockets, crazy eyes.
An EMP is a major threat and a likely threat. It's the only way Iran has a chance of defeating the U.S. The military claims they would not be put in the dark, but I'm not confident of that. Even if the military is still at 100%, what about the country? There might not be much left to protect and defend.
Today's economy might be gone for an awfully long time. The disruption would be beyond enormous. Oil prices would probably drop below $10 a barrel.
Or the USAF and USN!
But why would Europe, Russia or China care? Even more so, why should Turkey or Saudi Arabia go against a fellow muslim country to side with Israel?
I know the Europeans are within missile range, but the people of Europe have shown over and over that they do not want a fight and believe that appeasement is always the best course of action. From what I can tell, Europe believes Israel is the problem, not the muslim states.
There is no way that Europe would go to war (or even silently support one) and shut off their oil supply. If anything, the Europeans would see this situation as a way of crippling the US by having our oil supply cut off.
The Russians aren't as cowardly or naive as the rest of the Europeans, but they are very much self serving. A lot of the problems we have in the middle east now are due to the cold war meddling and propping up of governments by the US and Soviets. Regardless, the Russians have nothing to fear from Iran in the short term, so they can just sit back and let Isreal and the US do all the heavy lifting and take all the risks while they condemn us at every chance. Of course, Putin would assure Bush in private that he is for us.
The Chinese don't care either. The only possible thing that could trouble them would be if the US market collapses due to an oil embargo.
Realistically, we are stuck. The American people just won't support another war unless we are attacked. I know that sucks, but it is the political reality. The only hope is that the Israelies find a way (with our secret help) to deal with this situation.
I assume his 'affairs' are in order. . .not that it would matter. . .
The amount of trash talk that come out of the mouths of the Moslems is inversely proportional to the actual fight they put up when someone decides to go ahead and kick their ass.
Case in point...1948,1956,1967,1973,1982. And the list goes on.
Right now, this is Europe's and Israels problem. It is in their best interest to get an international consensus - and they do need Muslim countries.
This has the potential to ignite a world war. We need to use our heads. Fomenting revolution and even insurrection within Iran is what the US can help with right now. And we ought to be about that business, imo!
Europe, doing something about Iran? You're kidding, the only thing Europeans can do these days is to appease Muslims, they would rather roll over and die than Allah forbid defend themselves.
Didn't we hear similar rhetoric out of Iraq before we went in?
Not saying we will go in on the ground here....but
Its more than Europe's and Israel's problem....and I doubt we are looking at a world war....the bad guys - the real bad guys are not ready yet
Now we know what happened to Baghdad Bob.
I'll add that the reason they 'suffer' is that they are infected with the fatal disease that is Islam. Co-existence with Islam is like co-existence with cancer. Impossible. Cancer kills- that is it's purpose. Ditto with Islam.
It is PAST time for a Crusade of such epic proportions that it makes the original Crusades look like a debutante party.
A coma for Israel?
How about EXTINCTION for Islam? Total, eternal extinction that wipes them from the memory of mankind for all time?
They ok with that?
"Israel: We can make Iran a Parking Lot"
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Saddam's General said on FOX this week that the WMD went to Syria.....Israel says they won't tolerate new ones or old ones....God says Damascus will become "uninhabitable".... HIDE AND WATCH!
Imagine selling glass chunks of nuked Iranian soil on Ebay...
How about iran sitting in cuba with suitcase nukes? Suitcase nukes alone, make this everyones problem.
"The US is not the savior of either Israel or Europe. I think getting Russia and China on board - as well as Turkey and Saudi Arabia is the wisest course. Then there will truly be "international agreement" about what to do."
The last "international agreement" they came up with gave us the 'oil for food' scam, and 12 years of ignoring terrorist acts across the globe. We can't wait 12 years for old europe to get motivated enough to do something. Iran are the financiers of alot of our troubles at this time, too. Jamming radio freq. from the comfort of cuba, paying suicide bombers, sending arms and men against our soldiers in iraq---all acts of war. Wake up.
Sounds reasonable to me.
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