Iran warns of "painful" response if Israel attacks

[raebrek]

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's defense minister was quoted on Tuesday as warning Israel of a "very painful" response if it launched a military strike over the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program.

On Friday, Israeli Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz told an Israeli newspaper an attack on Iran looked "unavoidable" given the apparent failure of United Nations sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential.

"Our armed forces are at the height of their readiness and if anyone should want to undertake such a foolish job the response would be very painful," the state Iran daily quoted Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar as saying.

Some Israeli political commentators have accused Mofaz, whose comments helped drive up oil prices to a record $139 a barrel on Friday, of making them to advance his personal political ambitions.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080610/ts_nm/iran_israel_dc

Raebrek!!!

[sharesunited]

1. Listen Iran. Don't mess with the Zohan.

[azurnoir]

2. Typical counter rattling

Isn't it the usual custom that when one side whips out it's blade and shakes it menacingly at the other the other is "obligated" to respond in kind lest they be seen as not having a blade at all? What is depended on by most is that neither side wants it's blade broken.

[Sezu]

3. Mofaz has of course been "reeled in,' by his peers.

I await the same response for the other wacko.