Iran will deliver deadly response to any act of aggression: Khatami

[justinsb]

Iran will deliver deadly response to any act of aggression: Khatami

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) -- In reply to a veiled military threat against Iran by the U.S. president on Monday, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said on Thursday that Tehran would strongly respond to any act of aggression.

Speaking at a joint press conference in Kampala with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Khatami told reporters that Iran does not want war or tension with any country, including the United States, adding that a military attack on Iran would benefit no one, IRNA reported.

It would be a great accomplishment if the U.S. could extinguish the fire it set ablaze in Iraq, Khatami said.

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[izzybeans]

1. The escalation begins?

[Ian David]

2. Maybe we need to get our nose bloodied

[Skidmore]

3. Iran is just the country to do it, too.

Those people won't back down. They've survived so many invasions over the centuries. What's one more? They'll fight till the last man standing.

[Name removed]

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[justinsb]

6. It's not about that

If the US attacks another country in the middle east, it's not a question of if but how WWIII will start

A) The other countries in the region get tired of waiting their turn and go on the offensive
B) China and Russia get tired of the US blowing things up in their backyard and go on the offensive
C) the US has Israel conduct air raids in Iran, causing all of the leaders in the Middle East from Egypt, to Saudi Arabia to Pakistan to make a choice between retaliating militarily or being lynched before the new leaders of their countries respond militarily.
D) All of the Above

[Sparkly]

9. I suspect the US will get Israel engaged in this

This is Dick Cheney, in an article today:

Asked hypothetically whether the United States would yield to Israel in a scenario in which an attack against Tehran was being considered, he said, "One of the concerns people have is that Israel might do it without being asked, that if in fact the Israelis became convinced the Iranians had a significant nuclear capability, given the fact that Iran has a stated policy that their objective is the destruction of the state of Israel, that the Israelis might well decide to act first and let the rest of the world worry about cleaning up the diplomatic mess afterward."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050121/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iran_4

[donkeyotay]

22. Oh Dick, your Freudian slip is showing....

"One of the concerns people have is that Israel might do it without being asked..."

Oh really? Are you planning on asking them to, Dick, and you're just afraid they'll jump the gun?

"...the Israelis might well decide to act first and let the rest of the world worry about cleaning up the diplomatic mess afterward."

Dick, here I think you mean America... you know, the American taxpayer, the American soldier, the shredded American reputation...

[Capn Sunshine]

31. Thanks for giving Rush a sound bite

:shrug:

[FrenchieCat]

4. Checkmate!

This is terrible.

Bush's Law:
Anything that Bush can do wrong, he will!

[EVDebs]

5. Please see this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1517161

on Mutual Assured Destruction in Middle East. Is it possible ? Or can Jerusalem and any other places holy be considered 'gone' ? Maybe that is why they call the US "a New Jerusalem".

Comments.

[Ian David]

7. This is what Bush wants

Bush wants the War of the Apocalypse.

All that stuff about Halliburton and money and oil is just a smokescreen.

His real agenda is to destroy the world because he thinks it will bring Jesus back.

[CWebster]

15. I thought , he thought he was he.

The son returned.

[killbotfactory]

8. When Iraqi dictators and Iranian officials are more truthful than our pres

...

the world is truly upside down

[Throd]

10. There won't be an invasion of Iran

The military won't go for it and a great many Republicans will turn against the administration in such an event. If Bush is foolish enough to open a second front, Syria would be a more likely candidate. Iran would be an impossible task as it is a real country in the traditional sense and not some lines drawn across the desert for the convenience of the British some 80 years ago.

Khatami is in the same boat as Bush. He has to hide behind nationalism, religion, and fear to prop up his own corrupt regime. The greater threat to him is a young populace tired of his repressive bullcrap. Bush and Khatami need each other.

[justinsb]

11. So, the US has Israel

do an initial air strike, and then the US 'must defend it's ally Israel' my guess is the GOP and many of the Dems would suddenly be on side - the military can object but it's ultimately not their decision.

[Sparkly]

17. Yup, they're already hinting that Israel will do something

"without being asked." (see post #9)

[EVDebs]

29. and the Iranians have the Chinese. Where is China going to get

its oil from ? Are we all going to be fighting for that last drop in 35 years ? We all should be talking about options...

[Ian David]

26. You're missing the point

Bush doesn't want to conquer and occupy or even defeat Iran.

All he wants to do is attack and PROVOKE Iran to trigger The War Of Armageddon.

[CoffeeCat]

12. If Bush invades Iran...

...he deserves exactly what he gets.

We have no business being the bully of the world.

Bush should take some of his own advice. When he talked about bullies around the world, during his inaugural speech, maybe he should have examined his own bullying tactics.

Leave Iran alone, you freak! You have no business threatening, bullying or telling Iran what they can/can't do. Just sit down, shut up and pay attention to the multiple domestic issues that need your attention.

I love it that Iran said this, "It would be a great accomplishment if the US could extinguish the fire it set ablaze in Iraq, Khatami said.
LOLL!!!!!! What a blow!

We have no business starting wars like this!! It's insane!!

[TankLV]

38. If he does, we'll all suffer along with him.

Of that, I am truly afraid.

[Webster Green]

13. Its gonna get ugly......

ChimpCo has black-ops on the ground in Iran and no doubt in a lot of other places as well.

They are using their phony drug war in Columbia as an excuse to send spooks across the border into Venezuala to "spread freedom".

The **sh Crusades are taking us into another World War.

[CWebster]

14. And some were worried about a lil' civil war in Iraq

Now that shady Cheney just drew in the participation of Israel, the entire ME could go up in flames.

[EVDebs]

16. According to this post "Iranian Missile Could Reach Eastern U.S"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299831/posts

The Iranians should be allowing free inspections by UN and playing DOWN any 'capabilities' they might regret unintentionally using.

Are the mullahs and Bush crowds playing with full decks (if you know what I mean) ? Do they understand that nobody 'wins' with M.A.D. ?

[justinsb]

19. lol

Is the US going to allow free inspections of all of their facilities? lol

[EVDebs]

23. We can expect belligerance in the face of M.A.D. then. Nobody will be

laughing after the buttons are pushed. Pride goeth before a fall. At least with the US and USSR they understanding of what a nuke can do let us believe that the Soviets were rational. Can the same be said for the mullahs (who may be out to prove that their God is bigger than someone elses ?).

[justinsb]

25. This is one of the great faults of Western thinking

Bush is also trying to prove that his God can beat up their God and there is a great tendency amoung western leaders and conservative voters to assume that people in the devoping world are stupid (although most were educated in the west) and/or are incapable of understanding things that we in the west understand.

[EVDebs]

27. ...goes both way. No western power is going to allow their regime

to be threatened. Iran can expect problems if it IS developing these weapons. As I've said, we're all in for a rude awakening once the oil runs out in about 35 more years anyway no matter WHO is in power. We'd all better be showing more respect to eachother, wahabis and jew and christians...or the sands of the Middle East might get glassy.

[EVDebs]

37. ...those Iranians were stupid to allow missiles going over Europe

just to scare the Americans...looks like EU countries don't want missiles flying over (or into) either. For supposedly smart people these mullahs blew this one !

[Contrary1]

32. This is from NewsMax.com...

so I don't know what to think.

Here's the post that is right after the one you linked:

"We would lose at most a city. Iran would cease to exist.

Now maybe if we could convice them that the heart of evil against Islam is located
in Los Angeles it would be win win for everyone.(my apologies to anyone living in LA)"

If this is truly the mentality of the Bush supporters, it scares me more than Iran ever could.

[EVDebs]

34. Maybe this is why there wasn't much response with the Bam earthquake as

with that tsunami.

[Contrary1]

18. Yeah, but with any luck...

we'll still have Poland!

[Sparkly]

20. LOL!!!

:thumbsup:

[Bampa]

21. Ever since Shrub crop-dusted his nose

and became born-again he obviously bagan to see visions. Take a person like that with power and money and POOF, we all disappear!

Guess we are all here just for the ride of our lives.

[EVDebs]

24. And neocons seeing pics of mullahs pissing on Delta force dead

has created a crowd in the DoD itching for payback. Iran is feeling 'fenced in' now and there are itchy fingers there too.

Fact is stupid people have their hands on triggers they shouldn't.

And it would be stupid to underestimate either the neocons or the mullahs. God help us all.

Mutually dependent idiots ... the mullahs need Bush, and Bush needs the mullahs. Can the joesixpacks in Iran and the US see through all of this ?

[Ian David]

28. Iranian missiles can reach the east cost?

Ok, NOW I'm mad.

The east coast are BLUE states!

If they wanted to drop a nuke on Crawford, I'd say pass the barbeque sauce.

No offense meant to our Dem friends in Texas.

[EVDebs]

30. all so that some mullahs in Iran can look good at home. Rattle the sabres

and scare the home boys. Ignorance is bliss !

[EVDebs]

35. Mullahs are playing into Bush, neocons, plans...how will deliver?

With missiles that accompany their "peaceful" nuclear program ? Checkmate, or Shah mat as they say. And I thought these mullahs were smart fellers...guessed wrong.

[Donna Zen]

36. The invasion of Iraq

is the absolute worst foreign policy decision that the US has ever made. Period!

Our options (if you call them that)

1. Try to stop Iran from building a nuke--the Gulf states are very uneasy about the newly forming giant of Iraq and Iran under mullah domination and with a bomb. Because of this there is LESS not more political liberalization going on as moderate Arabs hunker down. This move will back fire as the chess pieces quickly fall in shock and awe.

2. Do nothing and watch #1 occur. Very dangerous for the entire region. I may believe that my country is led by cash clowns, but the mullahs get no sympathy from me.

China and Russia are watching as we slide into the quagmire with amazing speed. On Nov 2, America rejected a chance we had of moving away from the brink; unfortunately all of us are stuck here not just the knuckle draggers. Kerry may not have made all of the anti-war noises that we could have hoped for, but the anti-war left would have had leverage to force the issue. The neocons will never listen to us because their voting base loves this shit.

Our lives and treasure have managed to do for the mullahs what they could not do for themselves.