OK, it is closer to the truth to day they are begging for one. And there is little doubt that our president and his weak foreign policy is the biggest reason that Iran is bowing up. I just hope President Obama has enough of a spine to let our Navy do what it has to if provoked.
(Reuters) — Iran has built up its naval forces in the Gulf and prepared boats that could be used in suicide attacks, but the US Navy can prevent it from blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the commander of US naval forces in the region said on Sunday.
Iran has made a series of threats in recent weeks to disrupt shipping in the Gulf or strike US forces in retaliation if its oil trade is shut down by sanctions, or if its disputed nuclear programme comes under attack.
“They have increased the number of submarines … they increased the number of fast attack craft,” Vice Admiral Mark Fox told reporters. “Some of the small boats have been outfitted with a large warhead that could be used as a suicide explosive device. The Iranians have a large mine inventory.”
“We have watched with interest their development of long range rockets and short, medium and long range ballistic missiles and of course … the development of their nuclear programme,” Fox, who heads the US Fifth Fleet, said at a briefing on the fleet’s base in the Gulf state of Bahrain.
Military experts say the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet patrolling the Gulf – which always has at least one giant supercarrier accompanied by scores of jets and a fleet of frigates and destroyers – is overwhelmingly more powerful than Iran’s navy.
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I’m sure we’ll ask them to stop playing unfair with a pretty please with sugar on top. We are can’t wipe our own ass as far as the rest of the world is concerned. Why would we worry about little ole Iran. Thanks, BHO you’re the greatest!
It is likely that Iran would not be doing this if a Republican were president
I don’t know that Obama has the testicular fortitude to not back down. However, in an election year, he can’t appear to be a weak as he really is.
Good point, I am sure if Iran attacks one of our ships, we would respond. I know this Iran is VERY lucky I am not president
Israel will wipe the floor with Iran… nukes or not
All-out war looks like a real bad bet for Tehran… they have almost no chance of defeating Israel in an expanded conflict, if the Iranians would even fight hard for the widely-reviled regime.
Unlike recent tepid IDF campaigns -i.e. Lebanon 2006- Israel would fight this one to win… and win BIG, likely invading Lebanon and destroying Hamas’ military capacity in it’s entirety.
Tehran and her proxies would have to be nuts to want this fight… but unfortunately for all of us, they are just that.
Go get ‘em, Bibi