Iran threatens action if U.S. carrier returns

[Hayabusa Rider]

isnt that this thread?

 

[Bowfinger]

Wait a sec? I thought Iran threatened some kind of action if a carrier went through?

Yes, they gave us a stern finger-wagging and a really angry glare.

 

[Nebor]

Yes, they gave us a stern finger-wagging and a really angry glare.

They'd better watch themselves; we invaded Iraq for less.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by spacejamz
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news...rait-of-hormuz

US Navy officials report the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its battle group steamed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf Sunday without incident. It's the first US carrier to pass through the Strait since the Iranians threatened to attack the aircraft carrier Stennis three weeks ago, if it attempted to return to the Persian Gulf. Pentagon and US military officials have made it clear that Iranian threats would not deter the US Navy from operating in international waters in the Strait and the Gulf.

Pretty much as expected.

Ah but the EU has put the Oil Embargo against Iran in place.

That can only mean one thing, WWIII.

 

[Doppel]

Iran will do nothing as they have no cards to play in this.

 

[JTsyo]

If I'm not mistaken, they only threaten action if the Stennis returned not if new carriers came. :whiste:

 

[EagleKeeper]

If I'm not mistaken, they only threaten action if the Stennis returned not if new carriers came. :whiste:

This is what I thought could be an interpretation that could save face. The earliest the Stennis would come back in a normal rotation would be in a year or two.

 

[Sonikku]

*Iranian scientists have produced the nation's first nuclear fuel rod, a feat of engineering the West has doubted Tehran capable of, the country's nuclear agency said Sunday.*

*(Reuters) - - Iran announced a nuclear fuel breakthrough and test-fired a new radar-evading medium-range missile in the Gulf on Sunday, moves that could further antagonize the West at a time when Tehran is trying to avert harsh new sanctions on its oil industry.*

Yep they sure do have the rods and all this other technology. They even said so. In fact, in a couple of months they will have their own army of drones as good as the ones Americans have.

Better, even.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

That can only mean one thing, WWIII.

If one wants to think so but who would be the principle participants? Iran against the western world? If having many nations engage in a war qualifies as a World War then I submit the damage would be extraordinarily one sided. Certainly there would be complications and some potentially severe, but that will always be the case as long as we rely on oil as derived in it's current form.

 

[amish]

That can only mean one thing, WWIII.

i disagree. by that logic the wars in afganistan and iraq were actually WWIII because of the multinational force.

WWIII would need multiple beligerants fighting on multiple fronts. WWII had battles in the atlantic ocean, pacific ocean, indian ocean, europe, africa, asia, and the middle east.

any battle with iran would be on their soil and, briefly, the persian gulf. there would also be the remote chance that terror cells would operate in the US or a European country. overall, most fighting would be done on iranian soil.

 

[Lemon law]

They'd better watch themselves; we invaded Iraq for less.

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Maybe Nebor said it all, sure we invaded Iraq for less, but for the USA it quickly turned into buyers remorse. And US invasions of Iran may turn far more expensive that the 2 trillion or so plus we have pissed down a rat hole invading Iraq. And that assumes that Iraq stays stable
which is far less than a slam dunk.

While many other countries may ask, if the USA can do it to Iran, why should they assume it won't happen to them next?

The US has had a long series of really stupid sec's of Defense. Robert McNamera in Vietnam. Donald Dumsfeld who told GWB Iraq would be a piece of cake, and now Leon Pinhead who assures us we can keep the Persian Gulf open? When oil speculators will push oil prices up over a thousand dollars a barrel within seconds of the first bomb falling.

All based on speculation with no evidence backing it that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon. Pushed by the very same idiots who assured us that Iraq had WMD. At least the threatened oil sanctions will not bite for six months giving us some room for a return to some sanity.

 

[piasabird]

Just Call Iran's Bluff. The retalliation for attacking one of our carriers should be an endless bombing run on their civilian population, shortly after destroying every ship in their harbor and bowing up their pipelines and their oil loading platforms, their navy, their air force and all their ant-aircraft and radar installations, and all their Electric plants and water purification plants, and their refinery and all the pipelines in and out of their country.

So Bring it on????

Send a few cruise missle cruisers also.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Just Call Iran's Bluff. The retalliation for attacking one of our carriers should be an endless bombing run on their civilian population, shortly after destroying every ship in their harbor and bowing up their pipelines and their oil loading platforms, their navy, their air force and all their ant-aircraft and radar installations, and all their Electric plants and water purification plants, and their refinery and all the pipelines in and out of their country.

So Bring it on????

Send a few cruise missle cruisers also.

Bluff #1 was called.

Is there a need to force them against the wall by sending the Stennis back?