Don't be a left-wing campus radical idiot like this guy:
Iranian general threatens pre-emptive strike against Israel, American bases « Hot Air: Just Noise?
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2012/09/24 20:40:51
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HotAir.com Reports:
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, a brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, made the comments to Iran’s state-run Arabic language Al-Alam television.
“Iran will not start any war but it could launch a pre-emptive attack if it was sure that the enemies are putting the final touches to attack it,” Al-Alam said, paraphrasing the military commander.
Hajizadeh said any attack on Iranian soil could trigger “World War Three”.
“We can not imagine the Zionist regime starting a war without America’s support. Therefore, in case of a war, we will get into a war with both of them and we will certainly get into a conflict with American bases,” he said.
“In that case, unpredictable and unmanageable things would happen and it could turn into a World War Three.”
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No, Iran's threats are not noise and should be taken seriously
+8When someone repeatedly tells you that he wants to kill you, take them seriously.
Don't be a left-wing campus radical idiot like this guy:
Oh but I'm sure it'll be the "mother of all battles", lasting a whole month or so before their capital falls. Seems to be the trend over there.
Be prepared, folks. Report to your Auxiliaries if you see anything. They are retired patriots and will know how to handle things for you and for us. This is our land, our country, and our lives in the balance here. God willing we will come out of this on top!
Iran has how big an air force? According to Jane's Sentinel 2011 the Islamic Republic of Iran has around 500 aircraft of various sizes and duties most of them Pre-revolution American aircraft that are now 35 years old and only kept maintained through black market parts that have US manufacturers under investigation. Iraq lost control of its own air space in less then 12 hours and the Iraqi air force was decimated in a week. The Iranian high command knows damn right well they may get the first punch but the outcome is inevitable and an insane prospect. Many Iranian Pilots would defect making the choice of not getting blown out of the sky.
2) Research EMP nuke.
3) Ahmaddinejad is a religious fanatic as are the leader of the revolutionary council and the Imams. Ahmad had the main street widened when he was a major for the return of a dead boy who died in a well 1,200 years ago. They believe this 12th Imam will protect them and that they will then take over the world. Even if they didn't succeed, with multiple EMP nukes, they could end the US and kill 99.999% of us in the process.
2. All nukes by there very nature have an EMP
3. Yes Iamanutjob and the rest of the weird beards in Tehran are religious fundamentalists but they are not insane. They know the consiquences of an attack on Israel our US forces. This twelfth Imam BS was cooked up by western christians (who by the way believe they can cause the rapture with a war in the holy land) so I am not as worried as our own christian stiff collars.
4. Iran can barely get there intermediate range missiles to fly far enough to hit Riyadh let alone Tel Aviv. Maybe by some queer chance they could hit Jerusalem and finally rid this planet of the things that make men go crazy.
Your response #2 doesn't add anything to the conversation. of course all nukes that can be attached to a missile can be used to employ an EMP attack. That fact doesn't change one bit Iran's desire to hit us with them.
Iran INTENTIONALLY detonated a couple of their Shahab-3 missiles at high elevation BECAUSE they wanted to test whether they could employ an EMP attack in the future. It does not take accuracy for those missiles to be totally effective. They could denotate 500 miles off their intended target and STILL wipe us out.
You fail to understand real religious fanaticism. The Iranian leaders believe they will be protected. So whether they are crazy or not isn't a part of the equation although it might help.
Yes I do and it is the home grown fanaticism that scares the hell out of me.
All the rest of your discussion is speculation.
It is NOT speculation that Iran has test fired their Shahab-3 missiles from freighters and detonated them at high levels. It's a historical FACT.
It is NOT speculation that Iran took over one of our drones and landed it in one piece. It's a historical FACT.
Furthermore, your fear of homegrown religious fanaticism is laughable. Islamic fanaticism results time and time again in beheadings. It's probably happening somewhere almost every day in the Islamic world. They are called honor killings.
How often do you hear about someone being murdered in the US due to religious fanaticism? Not very often. When it does happen it is most often a Muslim parent killing their child for violating some religious belief they have.
Even if we retaliated and destroyed them, we would all still die.
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." - Benjamin Franklin
Still, it's a good idea to prepare for an EMP - that will put you ahead of the game in any circumstance. Do you have a year's worth of food stored up yet?
Also Iran would need to wipe out Israel immediately rather than over the space of a month or two as would happen in the US.
I have food stored, but food will do little good when there are massive fires all over the country and no working equipment to put them out. No one survives even if they have food and no fires.