Not gonna happen now. Donnie's got a big stick.
Posted on 05/20/2019 8:04:40 AM PDT by robowombat
Trump: Fighting the US Will Be 'Official End of Iran' In-Depth Coverage By VOA News May 19, 2019
President Donald Trump has given a strong warning to Iran, threatening its destruction if it attacks the United States or U.S. interests.
"If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran," Trump tweeted Sunday. "Never threaten the United States again!"
Just three days earlier, Trump appeared to be backing away from his apparently hawkish stance against Iran, saying he would be willing to talk with Tehran.
When asked by a reporter at the White House if the U.S. was going to war with Iran, Trump replied, "I hope not."
But there has been no apparent let up in the tensions between the United States, its regional allies and Iran.
The State Department says a "low-grade rocket" fell inside the green zone in Baghdad, close to the U.S. embassy, Sunday. No injuries or damage is reported.
U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said the Pentagon was aware of an explosion outside the embassy, adding, "There were no U.S. or coalition casualties, and Iraqi Security Forces are investigating the incident."
A spokesman says the U.S. will not tolerate such attacks and that it will hold Iran responsible "if any such attacks are conducted by its proxy militia forces."
Saudi Arabia is blaming Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen for a drone attack on two Saudi oil-pumping stations last week.
The U.S. also suspects Iran was behind the sabotage of four oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates last week. Two of the damaged tankers were Saudi.
The Saudis also say they will not tolerate Iranian aggression.
"The kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not want war in the region and does not strive for that," Foreign Affairs Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Sunday. "But at the same time, if the other side chooses war, the kingdom will fight this will all force and determination and it will defend itself, its citizens and its interests."
Saudi King Salman has called for emergency summits with Gulf and Arab leaders on May 30 to discuss what the kingdom's official news agency describes as "aggressions and their consequences."
An Iranian news agency quotes Iran's Revolutionary Guard head Hossein Salami as saying the country does not want war, but is "not afraid" of it.
A statement from the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet Sunday spoke of increased maritime patrols and exercises in the Arabian Sea that highlight the "lethality and agility to respond to threat"
The Pentagon has already sent bombers to the region.
The increased tensions with Iran began brewing a year ago when Trump pulled the United States out of the six-nation nuclear deal with Iran.
Under the agreement, Iran would curb its uranium enrichment program in exchange for the end of sanctions and economic relief.
The reimposed U.S. sanctions have left the Iranian economy in tatters and Iran complains it has yet to see the promised economic benefit from the countries that are still part of the nuclear deal -- Britain, China, France, Germany, and Russia.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced two weeks ago he was pulling out of part of the nuclear deal and would restart some uranium enrichment if there were no economic benefits by early July.
And he means it. The libs will go insane and the media screaming will be deafening but Iran will be reduced to a smoking ruin.
To quote Rambo, before being sent back to Vietnam:
“Do we get to try to win this time?”
Trump: Yes. That’s why we’re there.
We still owe them an ass kicking from the 70s.
“The increased tensions with Iran began brewing a year ago when Trump ....”
No.
It began when iran became a dictatorial theocracy ruled by bearded savages.
Not gonna happen now. Donnie's got a big stick.
Out of respect for the citizens, many of whom hate the regime as much as we do, we need to focus on military targets as much as possible.
Iran has a decent sized Army. To defeat them would require moving our Armored Divisions the with all the logistical support, etc. Air Power wont do it alone. Nor Sea Power. It’ll take boots on the ground and a year to move all the assets over and get set. Do we really want another quagmire?
Maybe we should. But it’s not something that would be easily dealt with using jingoist rhetoric.
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Iran has a largeish ground force but what would it use it on especially if major cities and military targets are wrecked and burning. Trump doesn't mean to fire some cruise missiles at some buildings occupied by ‘terrorists’. This is a maximum effort air campaign using every strike weapon other than nuclear and it will last several weeks. There will be much liberal screaming and demands for impeachment and Rand Paul will call for Trump to resign.
Death to the mullahs?
I consider them military targets. :)
[Iran has a decent sized Army. To defeat them would require moving our Armored Divisions the with all the logistical support, etc. Air Power wont do it alone. Nor Sea Power. It’ll take boots on the ground and a year to move all the assets over and get set. Do we really want another quagmire?]
The point isn’t regime change. It’s regime weakening. And if the locals demonstrate the willingness to to fight the regime as in Libya, we could provide air support. Even if actual insurrection is infeasible, think of this as a version of Israel’s attack on Saddam’s nuclear reactor in the 80’s, but 10x bigger.
Do we really want another quagmire?
Trump won’t fight like the Bushes did. Nor Zero.
The thing with a lot of media coverage is that reporters are asking questions about options no policy maker is seriously considering, after the Iraq quagmire. There was never any question that if we played by medieval rules, or even Saddam’s, we could quell resistance in Iraq fairly easily by filling a lot of mass graves. Since that option isn’t open to us at this time, a ground invasion is out of the question. Destroying Iranian hardware is a different matter. I’ve never heard anyone describe the destruction of warplanes, navy ships, SAM installations and nuclear bomb research facilities as a war crime.
To be fair, the US Navy did it to themselves. It was actually beneficial as the Navy pivoted and concentrated on teaching sailors how to sail again, and reviewed its ROE and patrolling procedures.
The carrot and the stick. If they cannot be lured into good behavior, then perhaps they can be pounded into submission.
After all, “Islam” DOES mean “submission”.....
To quote Rambo, before being sent back to Vietnam:
“Do we get to try to win this time?”
Trump: Yes. That’s why we’re there.
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That would be a great meme!!!
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