To Senator Lieberman -- We Must

When the leader of a hostile nation addresses the UN General Assembley with claims that 9/11 was an inside job committed with the knowledge and backing of the previous presidential administration, it's time to admit the US is dealing with a dangerous nut.

When that nut is also on the brink of acquiring nuclear weapons, it's time to act. Clearly Ahmadinejad and the others who lead Iran lack the capacoities necessary for managing a nuclear arsenal. The temptation to detonate a bomb or two will over-ride all their claims of restraint. Moreover, Ahmadinejad has already threatened the US with nuclear annihilation by announcing how he would direct his nation to respond to a US attack on Iran.

Unfortunately, Iran has a long history of murder and terror in the middle east. Through Hezbollah, it's occupier and controller of Lebanon, we know Iran and Ahmadinejad are more than just big-mouthed idiots hoping to intimidate the right people.

Bottom line, the US could wipe out Iran's nuclear and military threat in a matter of hours. It's time.


Lieberman: Military Force Against Iran "If We Absolutely Must"

by Trish Turner | September 28, 2010

Senator Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., in what his staff is billing as "a major policy address" on Wednesday, plans to deliver a sharp warning for Iran's leadership that military action should remain on the table should the authoritarian regime refuse to halt its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

In a speech on "the Future of American Power in the Middle East," to be delivered at the Council on Foreign Relations, the senator, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, will "up the rhetorical ante against Iran", according to an aide, and discuss the next stage if current sanctions do not work.

"It is time to retire our ambiguous mantra about all options remaining on the table. Our message to our friends and enemies in the region needs to become clearer: namely, that we will prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability -- by peaceful means if we possibly can, but with military force if we absolutely must," Lieberman is expected to say, according to his staff who provided the excerpt to Fox News.

Iran has steadfastly denied it is seeking nuclear power for nefarious purposes.

Still, these are strong words that echo remarks recently made by a close Lieberman ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

A respected military lawyer and committee member, Graham last week was the first senator to openly support direct military intervention in Iran, saying, "From my point of view, if we engage in military operations as a last resort, the United States should have in mind the goal of changing the regime...not by invading (Iran), but by launching a military strike by air and sea."

Graham framed the argument as almost an inevitable outcome.

"If you use military force against Iran, you've opened up Pandora's box," Graham warned, but quickly added, "If you allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, you've emptied Pandora's box. I'd rather open up Pandora's box than empty it."

Flying Iranians?

As the world knows, Iranians cannot operate aircraft without crashing. To overcome their airborne incompetence, the lunatic Ahmadenijad now claims the idiot nation of Iran has a unmanned drone aircraft it can use to attack other nations.

Inasmuch as the Iranians cannot build a car, there's no chance they've actually built a drone aircraft. But the leading Iranian screwball has probably got a lot of hapless Iranians believing this toy really exists.

Iran unveils 'ambassador of death' bomber
But unmanned aircraft has 'message of peace,' President Ahmadinejad

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built long-range unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.

Speaking to a group of officials, Ahmadinejad said, "The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship."

The goal of the aircraft is to "keep the enemy paralyzed in its bases," he said, adding that the jet is for deterrence and defensive purposes.

The president championed the country's military self-sufficiency program and said it will continue "until the enemies of humanity lose hope of ever attacking the Iranian nation."

The 4-meter-long unmanned plane, dubbed the Karrar, or striker, in Farsi, was inaugurated on the national day for the country's defense industry in a ceremony aired live on state TV.

No details were provided on the craft's capabilities.

In a speech at the unveiling ceremony, Ahmadinejad said Iran should seek the ability to make pre-emptive strikes against a perceived threat, although he said it would never strike first.

Wiping Out the Iranian Military

From the latest rantings out of Iran, it sounds as though Baghdad Bob got a new job.

As the screwballs from Iran know, they fought Iraq for EIGHT years and the bloody slaughter took about a million lives. That's what happens when two equal armies go at each other. Two equal armies. They fight for years and they fight to a draw.

However, in 1991 the US military smashed Saddam Hussein's military in 100 hours. In 2003, the US military completely destroyed Saddam's forces and toppled his dictatorhsip in about six weeks.

Hence, if the US military attacks Iran the goofballs in that half-baked military will fall at least as fast as the hapless warriors who died uselessly for Saddam. Of course Jimmy Carter could have schooled them in the foolishness of provoking a US military attack. But Carter himself was a hapless warrior who has wanted the US to surrender to muslim interests since he was in office.

Hopefully Obama will emulate Carter and leave office after one term, equally embarrassed.

Iran warns 'we have dug mass graves for your soldiers' in response to U.S. attack threat

Iran has dug mass graves in which to bury U.S. troops in case of any American attack on the country, a commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard said today.

He added that a military strike would spark an 'extensive war' in the region.
The announcement appears to be a show of bravado after the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said last week that the U.S. military had a contingency plan to attack Iran - although he admitted a military strike was probably a bad idea.

The U.S. and some of its allies accuse Iran of using its civilian nuclear development as a cover to build nuclear weapons. Iran has denied the charges, saying its nuclear development is geared merely toward generating electricity, not weapons.

Battle ready: A commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has warned of an 'extensive war' in the region if America carries out threats to attack Iran

The deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Kan'ani Moghadam, said graves for any attacking U.S. troops had been dug in Iran's south-western Khuzestan province, where Iran buried Iraqi soldiers killed during the ruinous 1980-88 war between the Islamic republic and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime.

'The mass graves that used to be for burying Saddam's soldiers have now been prepared again for U.S. soldiers, and this is the reason for digging this big number of graves,' Moghadam said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

Moghadam, however, said American troops would likely not be able to set foot on Iranian soil, repeating warnings that Iran would retaliate against U.S. bases in the Gulf if there was an attack on Iran.

Contingency plan: Admiral Mike Mullen last week reiterated that military intervention may be needed to halt Iran's nuclear intentions

The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters is based just across the Gulf from Iran in Bahrain.

'I assume that the enemy will be hit in its own military bases out of our borders and will not have any chance to have its forces land in Iran,' he said.

'If the U.S. decides to take a pre-emptive action and attack Iran, Iran will have no choice but to strike the American bases in the region,' he said.

'The heavy costs of such a war will not be just on the Islamic Republic of Iran. America and other countries should accept that this would be the start of an extensive war in the region.'

The war of words has intensified between Iran and the United States after the U.N. Security Council imposed a fourth round of tougher sanctions in June in response to Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment, a technology that can be used to produce nuclear fuel or material for an atomic bomb.

The U.S. and Israel have said military force could be used if diplomacy fails to stop what they suspect is the development of Iranian nuclear weapons.

Iran put the Guard - its most powerful force - in charge of defending the country's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf in 2008.

Iran has sought to upgrade its air defense systems and naval power, saying any possible future attacks against Iran would be air and sea-based.

Iran Enters Age of Model Rocketry

For anyone who, as a kid, enjoyed launching Estes model rockets, the latest show from Iran looks like fun. Iranian rocketeers sent a 10-foot missile carrying a rat, two turtles and a can of worms into the sky. However, no one seems to know anything about its payload following the launch. The Iranians claim it was shot into orbit. But that is comical. A 10-foot solid-fuel rocket cannot put a payload into orbit. In fact, it is unlikely the rocket is capable of sending its capsule out of Iran. Forget leaving the atmosphere.

But that's how it goes for muslims. Like Baghdad Bob during the US invasion of Iraq. He manned his radio broadcasting booth, ranting as though the War of the Worlds was underway and Iraq was destroying the invaders. His performance was inspired. A Wizard of Oz showing. But there was nothing unusual about it in the muslim world. That same form of fictional reporting occurs in Palestinian regions of the West Bank every day. Muslims seem to believe every word they hear, that they are under attack by Israeli forces even when they can look out their windows and see a tranquil landscape.

Iran Unveils New Satellite Capabilities on Eve of Revolution

DUBAI—Iran test-fired a new satellite rocket and unveiled a series of what it said were home-grown advances in a space program that has worried Western officials because of possible cross-over applications in the country's weapons program.

In addition to the test-firing, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled on Wednesday three new telecommunications satellites and a new satellite-carrier engine, according to state media.

The test firing comes as the Islamic Republic celebrates its 31st anniversary. Commemorations began earlier this week and culminate on Feb. 11, the day in 1979 that the shah's forces capitulated during the Iranian revolution. During the same commemoration period last year, Iran launched its first domestically made and propelled satellite.

Tehran has long said its space program, like its nuclear program, is aimed at peaceful purposes. Wednesday's rocket carried a capsule of living organisms—a rat, two turtles and worms—into space for experimentation, the state-run English-language Press TV reported.

Iranian claims of technological advances, especially in weapons development, are often viewed skeptically by outside analysts.

Still, the test-firing could raise fresh alarms about Iran's weapons development. Many of the same technologies used in satellite development can be applicable to missile-delivery systems.

The satellite announcement comes a day after Mr. Ahmadinejad surprised many Western observers by suggesting in a televised interview late Tuesday that Tehran no longer objected to a long-stalled nuclear-fuel deal at the heart of current efforts by Western capitals to rein in the country's nuclear ambitions.

Iran Is Ready for Nuclear Deal, Leader Says

Washington is pushing for fresh economic sanctions against Iran after being frustrated by Tehran's response to the draft deal, hammered out between Iran, Western powers and the International Atomic Energy Agency last year. The deal calls for Iran to ship out the bulk of its low-enriched uranium, to be refined overseas and then returned for use in a medical-research reactor. Western officials see the deal as a way of delaying any Iranian effort to develop a nuclear weapon.

After Iranian negotiators agreed to the proposed deal, several Tehran officials spent months criticizing it, and appeared to rule out the deal in its current form in December. But Mr. Ahmadinejad's comments late Tuesday night suggested Tehran's position has changed once again. U.S. officials remain wary, saying that if Iran has agreed to the deal, Tehran should officially notify the IAEA.

Mr. Ahmadinejad's satellite announcement comes after U.S. defense officials disclosed this weekend American efforts to bolster defensive capabilities among its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf. It also comes as opposition protesters gird for planned demonstrations on Feb. 11.

Opposition leaders have used state-sanctioned holidays as cover for their antigovernment protests, which first erupted after disputed June 12 presidential elections.

Both sides—the government and the opposition—have hardened their rhetoric recently ahead of Feb. 11. The government has vowed a harsh crackdown and swift justice to demonstrators who turn out. Similar threats, however, failed to deter large-scale protests on Dec. 27, a holy day in Shiite Islam, which saw some of the worst violence since the summer.