Do Iranian military leaders know something we don’t know? It seems to me that in the past twenty-four hours I have read an unusual number of reports that detail comments, conjecture and threats coming out of Tehran that sound desperate. Iran makes a habit of extortion and kidnapping, so threats are to be expected, but it’s the rate of the whining that’s really gotten my attention.
For instance:
IRAN has threatened to launch a missile blitz against the Gulf states and plunge the entire Middle East into war if America attacks its nuclear facilities.
Admiral Ali Shamkhani, a senior defence adviser to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned that Gulf states providing the US with military cooperation would be the key targets of a barrage of ballistic missiles.
Shamkhani told the US journal Defense News that missiles would be launched not only at US military bases but also at strategic targets such as oil refineries and power stations.
Qatar, Bahrain and Oman all host important US bases and British forces are based in all three countries. Any Iranian attack would be bound to draw in the other Gulf Cooperation Council states: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
The attacks on Arab states would be in addition to airstrikes on Israel, which have been threatened repeatedly. An Iranian foreign ministry official said: “The objective would be to overwhelm US missile defence systems with dozens and maybe hundreds of missiles fired simultaneously at specific targets.”
And:
A senior Iranian official on Saturday renewed Teheran’s threat to target US interests around the world if the United States attacked the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme, Fars News Agency reported.
Washington accuses Iran of seeking to develop atomic weapons, a charge Teheran denies. Although US officials insist they want a diplomatic resolution, they have not ruled out military action if deemed necessary.
“In case of an American attack against Iran, the interests of this country around the world and in the region will be endangered,” Mohammad Baqer Zolghadr, a deputy Interior Minister for security affairs, was quoted as saying.
“Today, all American bases in the region are within the reach of our medium-range weapons,” said Zolghadr, former deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
“Today, if the slightest disorder in the region’s security and in the security of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf is created, oil prices will reach $250 a barrel and this will lead to the death of European countries and America in terms of economy and security,” he added.
These are the words of desperate men. I would remind my readers that American soldiers are dying predominantly because of the Iranian regime’s meddling. I enjoy reading such nervous whimpering coming out of Tehran because it gives me hope that the necessary attack preparations are being made by the U.S. Air Force and Navy and that we can finally decapitate the snake that keeps injecting Iraq with poison.
Appeasers on both sides of the ocean don’t want an attack to happen and are willing to say or do anything to stop it. I urge you to counter this lobbying by writing to your representatives and demanding action against the enemy that has murdered and kidnapped Americans for almost 30 years. The Islamic regime in Iran has a reckoning coming and our future security as a free nation demands action against all forces that would kill our people with impunity.
In the old days, we would declare war on Iran, but I’ll settle for some Tomahawk missiles and bombers and some newspaper headlines this go-around.
Source Articles: TimesOnline, Reuters
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