Posted on 09/27/2011 11:27:29 AM PDT by PhilosopherStone1000
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran raised the prospect on Tuesday of sending military ships close to the United States' Atlantic coast, in what would be a major escalation of tensions between the long-standing adversaries.
"Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to American marine borders," the head of the Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
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You and your EMP!!! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! crap. Iran doesn’t even have a nuke.
Putin would love to help them out.
One of the very few network shows I have ever watched...very well done. Of course; it was too intense for the knuckle-dragging Nielsen crowd, so it got whacked.
Sink the bastards!
I never said any such things. I am trying to make the point that we are a country that is weakening so rapidly right now. Being humble about our military power and taking the sucidal nut jobs in Iran seriously is a very prudent idea, eh ?
if we keep weakening. it we have no leadership, we are wide open to whatever any enemy wants to do to us. unless we get smart as a country, we will be at their mercy.
But Ron Paul said they aren’t a threat!!!
“Iran announces plan to convert naval force to submarines.”
“U.S.N. announces plan to convert Iranian naval force to submarines”
(With screen doors)
Right off the coast of Florida to protect Cuba’s oil drilling rigs, and we won’t do a thing about it.
from our media you’ll hear crickets
Put a spare ignition system in that Faraday cage.
What’s “EMP”?
It is nuclear war that fries the electrical grid. would take us back to the 1850s in a few seconds.
I am not saying it is going to happen. I am saying that we need to take the threat seriously and elect strong leaders.
I agree. If recent history is any indication, we will respond with a couple of small frigates, full of gay sailors, who will use loud speakers to try and persuade the Iranian ships to keep outside the 12 mile limit. If the Iranians refuse then the gay navy will use water cannons and their ships to nudge the Iranian vessels.
Should the matter escalate and an Iraniian ship get sunk, probably afte a Navy ship is damaged or destroyed, then Cindy Sheehan,Code Pink, BIll Ayers, et al will start publicly protesting the Navy’s actions and brand them as brutal killers.
One word. Tomahawk.
We’ve played this game with guys a whole lot tougher than the Iranians. Welcome them with open arms. Give them a port visit. Offer asylum to defectors. Anyone who doesn’t want to defect gets a little talk with the CIA and a first-class plane ticket home. Where they’ll be welcomed with open arms, and a few friendly questions. Maybe not so friendly.
No matter the strength of the US military,
the Commander in Chief has allegiance only to
his 57 states against the American people.
America is in more peril than in its entire history.
Actually, in the TV series, nuclear bombs in white trucks detonated simultaneously in 23 U.S. cities at 8:05 PM Eastern time. Mysterious higher ups in the U.S. government were the masterminds of the plot. Ironically, Iran and North Korea got the blame.
The truck in New York City was discovered in Manhattan and the bomb defused before it had a chance to detonate. Another truck headed for Columbus, Ohio, was diverted to the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, by Robert Hawkins, an undercover FBI agent in “Jericho.”
After the initial attacks, some power was restored in Jericho, but then one night the town’s residents saw a rocket in the night sky, and that was the EMP attack that fried the fragile power grid and whatever technology remained in the small town. It was never explained who caused the EMP.
“Jericho” was one of the few TV series that had me sitting on the edge of my chair. There’s rumors of a “Jericho” movie picking up where the series left off.
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