Iran says U.S. is too stretched to attack it

reutuers ^ | 7/29/07 | reuteurs

[Flavius]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has told a German magazine that the United States has too many problems in Iraq to become involved in armed conflict with Iran. ADVERTISEMENT

Military action is sometimes discussed in Washington as an option in trying to derail what it sees as Iran's drive to develop nuclear weapons.

The United States "is not in a position to get into a new military conflict," Mottaki was quoted as saying in an excerpt of an interview to be published in Focus magazine.

"170,000 American soldiers can guarantee neither their own safety nor the security of Iraq," he said.

[tet68]

“The United States “is not in a position to get into a new military conflict,” Mottaki was quoted as saying...”

Dear Mr. Iranian, some of us would not consider it a “NEW”
military conflict, rather a logical continuation of an existing one to the point of origin.

Say Goodnight Mr. Amadinejad...

[gondramB]

Stretched too thin for an additional Iraq style occupation is quite different than stretched too thin to attack.

[avacado]

"Unless and until the US is willing to be sufficiently brutal in war, this is our future from every pipsqueak on the planet."

Just wait until we have a Democrat as President. It's going to become downright embarrassing to be an American.

[uptoolate]

Maybe he thinks three of them are on vacation in the Hamptons.

[RichInOC]

IN A.D. 2007...WAR WAS BEGINNING.
[BOOM!]
MAHMOUD: WHAT HAPPEN?
MOTTAKI: NOBODY SET UP US THE BOMB.
[BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!]
COMMS OFFICER: WE GET SIGNAL.
SADDAM: WHAT!!
MOTTAKI: MAIN SCREEN TURN ON.
MAHMOUD: IT'S YOU!!
FALLON: HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!!
FALLON: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.
FALLON: DESTRUCTION ARE ON THE WAY TO YOU.
MAHMOUD: WHAT YOU SAY!!
FALLON: YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME.
FALLON: HA HA HA HA....
MOTTAKI: MAHMOUD!!
MAHMOUD: TAKE OFF EVERY 'MIG'!!
MAHMOUD: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DOING.
MAHMOUD: MOVE 'MIG'.
MAHMOUD: FOR GREAT ALLAH.
[BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!]
SHAITAN: HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!!
SHAITAN: ALL YOUR SOUL ARE BELONG TO US.
SHAITAN: HA HA HA HA...

[no-to-illegals]

Sleeping Giants are not easily awaken, or at least that was hitler's thought. hitler as was Japan surprised, thank goodness. America lived for another day, decade, and beyond and brought forth a nation that visited the moon. All without firing a shot.

Should America have to react to this piece of sub-existance in iran, iran would awake to the moo...out of power. The words from iran's sub-existance is only music to the ears of demonrats in D.C. and their ilk. Most Americans know America can take iran whenever America chooses.

[elhombrelibre]

Wishful thinking alert.

[river rat]

Saddam thought the French would protect him.....he was also wrong.

Someone needs to tell the current Islamic thug, that it takes only a few aircraft - of which we have many — to return Iran to the stone age overnight....

Thanks to Iraq we have learned to not occupy the land of Islamists until the place has been reduced to smoldering rubble.

[mtbopfuyn]

Oh, well, thanks so much for settling this for us.

/s

[montanajoe]

Actually I tend to agree. In Iraq the second time we forgot the “Powell” doctrine of attacking with an overwhelming force. We tried to do it on the cheap and have not been extremely successful.

If we are going to do it we need to be prepared to get the job done...conventional air war alone is not going to get the job done.

[Dick Vomer]

yeah yeah.... all these guys thought the same thing

[Bushwacker777]

Attacking Iran — bad idea. Sorry to say that the USA amounts to 4.5% of the world population. We cannot be everywhere militarily.

[Don Corleone]

Actually we could turn Iran into glass without leaving home if we had a leader with the cajones to do it.

[Don Corleone]

Why do we need to be the world’s police force?

If not US who? If not now...when?

[cowdog77]

Unless and until the US is willing to be sufficiently brutal in war, this is our future from every pipsqueak on the planet.”
________________________________
Yes, they’ve ALL been emboldened by the way we conduct our PC wars.

[NeonKnight]

I think we are quite capable of destroying the Iranian army. In fact, it should already be a history lesson.

We should have pulled out of the Iraqi cities the day after Saddam was captured, and began building up on the Iranian border. Instead, we gave up the initiative to our enemies and allowed them to dictate the order of battle.

The time to clean up the mess of war is after the war has actually been won, and it ain't been won yet.

[liberty or death]

I think prior to our involvement in WWII Roosevelt’s administration understood that we could not just leap in and attack Germany or Japan without the world body condemning us as the aggressors. They (The World) needed to see and feel the horror of war. Its the same thing here in our country in that many people bury their head in the sand and have no understanding of world history and the conquering history of all large nations or peoples. (Arabs, Chicoms etc...) They will need to feel the “Barbarians at the Gate” to understand that war is about absolute destruction of your enemy with the least damage to yourself.

We’re watching history repeat itself again.

[liberty or death]

Also if any other large nation had the same power we possess right now? Can you imagine?

[sonic109]

I agree. We don’t have the balls to do what we need to do and Iran knows it. That’s why every half a$$ed , 2 bit dictator in the world spits in our faces all the time. The big lion of the USA is chained and can’t move because of liberal mindsets .

[Dutch Boy]

We only have to be over their refineries. We all read about the riots at the pumps not long ago.

Iran is fragile at this time in history. The majority of their population is young. A majority of the young want the end of the strict rule of the mullahs. The want much the same as the rest of the young in the world. They want to listen to music, express their individuality and be able to make choices for themselves.