Posted on 08/17/2007 7:42:14 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher
A SENIOR Iranian cleric said on Friday that plans by the US to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist group invited a fight with the Iranian nation which America could not win.
“Americans should know that in this field, as with nuclear energy, they are dealing with the whole nation,” Ahmad Khatami told worshippers at Friday prayers in Tehran.
"And the great nation of Iran will never abandon its revolutionary people.
“Americans should know that if they act madly in this regard, they would be entering a swamp they won't be able to get out of,” the conservative cleric said in a speech that was broadcast live on the radio.
Mr Khatami is a member of the Assembly of Experts, an influential clerical body which has the power to appoint or dismiss Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
US officials said on Wednesday the US may soon name the Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist group, reflecting frustration over Tehran's nuclear program and suspected role in Iraqi violence.
The designation would be the first time the US has placed the armed forces of any sovereign government on its list of terrorist organisations and would allow Washington to target the Guards' finances.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
gee, what are they going to do, finance worldwide terrorism targetting us....oh, wait.......
Waaaah! Don’t pick on my Guards... sheesh! Bunch of crybabies with shallow rhetoric.
“the conservative cleric”
conservative? LOL. How about Islamofascist.
We need to help the revolutionaries in Iran to overthrow the government. Then, we should strike their nuclear facilities.
Trickle down annihilation works!
I think this is a rather clever end run around that whole UN-says-we-can’t-declare-war-on-another-government thing. Now we can MOAB their goat-raping fannies, and Bush can just bat his baby blues at the UN and say, “We were hitting a known terrorist operation, but we jest LUUUV Iran...”
What? Is the author in 3rd grade or something?
(with all the cutbacks, journalistic standards are in the toilet these days)
The mullahs are clinging to power courtesy of Iran’s military. Destroy the Armed Forces, and the mullahs will be lynched in the streets.
Isn't that the same thing Emperor Hirohito said 62 years ago in August 1945? Oops.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps ..........OH NO, not the Untouchables.
I'm wondering if the reason for this is to make sure when we attack Iran it is legal to do so, even though no actual declaration of war against Iran has been made. The declaration of war against the Taliban after 9/11 included terrorist organizations across the planet, and it gives the Commander-in-Chief broad authority on who he can target without going to Congress.
In the interest of historical purity: There was no USA Declaration of War on the Taliban.
Was it on the ruling government of Afghanistan?
There has been no USA Declaration of War on anybody since WW II.
Terrorists Threaten Terrorism Response to Terrorist Label
If people like Obama were in charge, that would not be an option.
Does that count?
No, that would not count even if it did happen. Most of the problems with the Dems and the MSM concerned with the War on Terrorists of Global Reach are due directly to the lack of a Declaration of War.
Sorry, we'll apologize.
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