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Community => Politics and Government => Topic started by: DiscoBerry on February 19, 2012, 10:00:22 am
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The destroyer Shahid Qandi and its supply vessel Kharg have passed through the Suez Canal but their destination remains unclear.
Navy chief Admiral Habibollah Sayari told the Irna agency the mission was a show of might and a "message of peace".
Two Iranian navy vessels entered the Mediterranean in February last year. Israel called it a "provocation".
Admiral Sayari was quoted by Irna as saying: "The strategic navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has passed through the Suez Canal for the second time since the Islamic Revolution."
The mission conveyed "the might" of Iran to regional countries and Tehran's "message of peace and friendship".
The ships were reported to have docked earlier at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Reuters quoted a source at the Suez Canal authority as saying the vessels might be en route to Syria.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17083791 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17083791)
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Well, this is troubling somewhat. I really hope that nobody makes a rash decision.
Actually, I can't help but wonder if Iran is trying to goad Israel into making a preemptive strike so they can have a justified reason to strike back. I'm not sure, but I sure the hell would keep an eye on them.
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If it was to send a message of peace, why is it two heavily armed warships?
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...because the Ayatollah has a dry, ironic sense of humor, obviously. Why else?
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A destroyer and a destroyer escort? Wow! Zzzzzzzzz.
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Later, when the pair of jets that completely wreck their shit return to the air base unharmed...
Seriously, what the hell kind of move is this supposed to be? Are they trying to threaten fishing boats? Someone in Iran has to know that they can't win a war with Israel. Sure, they may be able to level the country, but the US can still level everything in Iran. I get that they're threatened and feel a need to show some muscle, but this kind of provocation isn't helping anybody.
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I've come to the conclusion Iran is ruled by honey badgers.
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Well, this is troubling somewhat. I really hope that nobody makes a rash decision.
Actually, I can't help but wonder if Iran is trying to goad Israel into making a preemptive strike so they can have a justified reason to strike back. I'm not sure, but I sure the hell would keep an eye on them.
Yeah, that's what I reckon it is. Live bait.
In all seriousness, does the Iranian government have a death wish? Then again, they *are* (the leadership) Islamic fundamentalists (emphasis on FUNDAMENTALISTS, not the Islamic part)...
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If it was to send a message of peace, why is it two heavily armed warships?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Fleet
This is a ridiculous non-event, by both parties. If sending two small, obsolete vessels in the general direction of a country you don't like is aggression, the US has been engaged in aggression for several decades. Several US carrier fleets are currently off the Iranian shore. The US, in the last few years, invaded all of Iran's neighbours except the ones allied to it.
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I'm sorry, but I saw the name Kharg and thought, "They're being escorted by Klingons?"
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I'm sorry, but I saw the name Kharg and thought, "They're being escorted by Klingons?"
Kinda would be awesome.
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Maybe they just wanna show the world that they aren't scared of Israel or something.
No way they'd be that stupid as to attack someone...
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Iran has been doing a shit ton of posturing lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's what this is.
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If it was to send a message of peace, why is it two heavily armed warships?
It's not so much the "let's all get along" kind of peace as the "sit the fuck down or else" kind of peace.
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Iran has also blocked sell of oil to UK and France now.
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I'M TAKING MY TOYS AND GOING HOME!
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Iran has also blocked sell of oil to UK and France now.
Isn't that the other way round?
Didn't the EU authorize sanctions against Iranian oil in any EU country?
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Iran has also blocked sell of oil to UK and France now.
Isn't that the other way round?
Didn't the EU authorize sanctions against Iranian oil in any EU country?
http://news.yahoo.com/oil-prices-climb-iran-stops-europe-exports-175544016.html
They did it as a lash out when it was said that we would be banning their oil.
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In october of 1939, Belgium paraded its lone squadron of outdated Renault FT-17 tanks past the German embasy in Brussels.
The king of Belgium sent Hitler a newsreel of himself helping the Belgian army re-activate an old border fort that looked out at Germany.
Belgian troops started digging trenches along the border.
The tiny and antiquated Belgian army knew they couldnt stop the vast might of Germany, but they were going to fight anyway.
Today Iran makes the same feeble gestures of defiance to a conquering horde of soon-to-be invaders.
"you may conquer our land, but you will never conquer our people"