[null and void]

Translation: If Israel attacks Iran, the US will provide absolutely no assistance, and Iran will attack US warships in retaliation.

Did I miss anything?

[harpu]

BIG MISTAKE if we had a REAL Commander-in-Chief!

Maybe 'hildabeast' will intervene and play the tough guy against OBozo.

[Usagi_yo]

Yea, it will be like Saddam’s “mother of all battles” and the Highway of death.

[Frank_2001]

Well, we’d better get OUT of there! I’m SCARED! Full speed astern!/sarcasm;)

[The Toll]

Iran “planning” to sink.

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Regarding our Islamic President, it must be tough being Commander-In-Chief of the enemy with an election coming up. What a conundrum! Will he vote ‘present’?

[Skooz]

All bluster.

Not even Iran is that stupid.

[ClearCase_guy]

When was the last time we lost a ship to enemy action? I'm not saying that Iran could pull off that stunt, but if it were to happen it would be quite a blow. I'm thinking of the Battle of Jutland in 1916 -- after that, neither England nor Germany was very interested in using their surface fleet for the rest of the war.

If the US were to suffer a loss, and then take on an overly defensive posture with our naval forces, we'd be owning a very expensive white elephant, floating in a bay somewhere. And the world's shipping lanes would be largely unprotected.

A strong leader would assert our presence before, during, and after a military engagement. But I don't see a strong leader around here.

[Common Sense 101]

Iran Planning To Attack U.S. Warships In The Persian Gulf

Uh huh... I remember when I was 18 I planned on becoming a millionaire by the time I reached 40. That didn’t happen either...

[Teacher317]

"I assure you that if the US warships do a foolish action, they won't leave the area (regional waters) unhurt," Commander of the IRGC Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said

True. Decimating an overmatched enemy does cause some people some temporary emotional discomfort. Our swabbies will have some sympathy for the poor dolts who have to obey their moronic commanders in Iran.

[Tex-Con-Man]

All examiner.com articles should come with a “grain of salt” alert...especially ones like this one that cite other examiner.com articles for source material.

[ryderann]

“Iran Planning To Attack U.S. Warships In The Persian Gulf”

Isn’t that the reason Obama put them there...so they can be destroyed?

[Texas Fossil]

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said the US navy is deeply fearful of Iran's naval power

hee hee hee

[eyedigress]

Just xap their ass with a laser right on the mullahs nose. They will get the message.

[Jack Hammer]

He’s right, of course.

In the event of a conflict, our Navy will suffer severe damage to its bombs and rockets, many of which will be destroyed sending Iran back to the stone age.

[Hardraade]

Oh! Obama will lose no time in gifting them with harpoons! Not down the smokestack, but delivered in crates.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The Iranians want to sink an aircraft carrier. Such a sinking would be a propaganda coup of major proportions. Americans have not lost a capital ship since WWII. The sight of one of the great carriers listing, smoke bellowing from the ship, sailors going over the side by rope would have a vast negative impact upon the present American public and vastly raise the morale of the “Third World.”

[jeffc]

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said the US navy is deeply fearful of Iran's naval power in the Persian Gulf...

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.....

[RowdyFFC]

I don’t think our Navy is fearful of a piss ant Iranian Naval assault. It would certainly be a fiasco if they did. Of course even one of our sailors being harmed by these ignorant freaks is a horrible act that we don’t want to happen. But it’s a pretty sure thing the Iranian Navy would cease to exist if they did do something so stupid. That idea is a clear bluster pluck, by the Iranians.

[little jeremiah]

Placmeark.