Iran prepares war plans, to strike bases in case of US mobilization
One of the difficulties the US is facing in an eventual military confrontation with Iran is that its forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere are vulnerable to counterattacks from the Iranians:Iran prepares war plans, to strike bases incase of US mobilization
Iran has identified seven US bases in the region to attack in case there is the smallest sign of American mobilisation to its borders, and the military assets have been broadly identified to be in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, and Djibouti. Official sources said Iran has also threatened US warships and specific military assets in the Persian Gulf in case it moved for a naval blockade, and these decisions were taken by the Iranian national security council after president Mohammad Ahmadinejad’s combative speech in the UN General Assembly, where he said that in the face of U.S. provocation, “we will reconsider our entire approach to the nuclear issue”. Intelligence filtering out from the highest levels of the Iranian leadership suggests that it considers the present US threat more credible than any rhetoric in the past, and Iran is trying to forge a national consensus to face any military challenge from America. The Iranian leadership is absolutely confident of prevailing over any US attack alone, and it assesses that the American military is “very tired” and cannot run a big military campaign against Iran for long, although independent analysts said the country was making a virtue of a necessity, because none of its neighbours was likely to support it against the United States. The European Union backed by the US is pressing for a vote of the IAEA board for referring Iran to the UN Security Council for sanctions for violating the NPT, and according to newspaper reports, when Ahmadinejad called prime minister Manmohan Singh, he asked him to be “flexible” to avoid a confrontation over the nuclear issue.
posted by Unknown @ 7:15 PM
7 Comments:
Perhaps I am missing something here, but since the US is not (I think) going to invade Iran with ground troops, then we would be talking an air and sea power war. In that kind of war the US wins--in the sense of destroying Iranian air, sea and ground (tank) assets.
I guess the US would avoid bombing religious sites, oil production facilities, and population centers.
The secret to superiority on the ground is air superiority. In Vietnam the NVA couldn't launch a Piper Cub without all services knowing about the takeoff. The senior agency reported to all agencies the minute the launch happened. The capability has been enhanced not diminished since then. Iran might want to leave the blustering till after it has proved that it can win. Otherwise the Paper Tiger isn't the US. BTW, Iran has a slight problem with vulnerability.
I personally want the US to sit this one out. Let the EU take care of Iran, if it comes to that. It is also likely Israel would target areas in Iran that they perceive to be a threat, as they did in the 1981 attack on the Osiraq nuclear center.
Nordic-
Let the EU take care of Iran?
That would be nice.
However, I think it will require something more then a strongly worded letter....
Does the EU have the intestinal fortitude to deal effectively with this problem?
"and it assesses that the American military is “very tired” and cannot run a big military campaign against Iran for long"
I do believe Bin Laden laid the same claim?
"our boys were shocked by the low morale of the American soldier and they realized that the American soldier was just a paper tiger. He was unable to endure the strikes that were dealt to his army, "
Hello Fjordman, I haven't been visiting your blog for a while, so this new design was a surprise to me.
I'm sorry, but i really preferred the old one, have you considered changing it back?
Regards
Runnymede1215
Nordic_smile: I don't think the EU countries are capable of taking care of anything, even if they wanted to. Which they don't.
Runny: Yes, I will change to another template again soon. I'm not quite happy with the color of the letters, as some find them harder to read.
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