Can you recall Saddam’s Husseins’ last days, when he commented that the West would soon come to rue the day that it relieved him from power in the region? He was right. Don’t you long for the “good old days” when Iraq and Iran were giving each other’s jihaadis the quick trip to the 72 virgins? Get away from the MidEast area, and let the different sect of Muslims kill one -another off. A Muslim hates another Muslim of a different sect more than he hates a Christian or Jew, who at least are to be offered conversion or subjugation before they are be killed.
I wonder just how the hell the Iranians are going to achieve air cover in that neck of the woods?
Any intervention by the Iranian military would be considered highly provocative by Israel which accuses Iran of supplying weapons to Hamas, the Islamist movement which rules Gaza.
Ummmm.... yeah! Any country which acts in any way to actively break through a country's defenses, to allow penetration of the control of the borders that they have -- is asking for a war. That's what it amounts to.
If you were to have any country act in such a way as to give military support to forcefully break through a country's defenses of their borders -- that's something that no country would tolerate without a vigirous and strong military response.
I wonder how "elite" their navy commanders are - they must know it's a suicide mission. If ordered to go, I give even money they won't even make it to Suez without breaking down or sinking. If they make it through to guard the flotilla, they're up against modern weapons with no air cover. IOW, their job is to die on camera.
This is a competition for the “Arab Street” Today Turkey, with post-Ottoman Empire ambition, is making a move and Iran is not accepting to be left in the back seat.
Iran does not have any navy capability so this is just rhetoric. However, it will be a highly unstable position, this means that something unexpected can happen.
Does Ahmahdinutjob really want to go there?
>>TEHRAN - Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards are ready to provide a military escort to cargo ships trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza...<<
I have a hard time believing they’ll actually do it. If this doesn’t lead to Ezekiel 39 war, nothing will.
Hey Iran, “Bring it on, Bitch!”
-Signed,
Israel
IMHO..all this “flotilla” nonsense has a wink and a nod from the WH.....that’s all Helen Thomas was really articulating.
Meh.
If Iran wants to send some of its ships to the bottom of the ocean, it’s no skin off my nose.