Iran Threatens to Defend Itself

[Thunder]

Iran, in a bold and defiant act of arrogance and saber rattling, tested several missiles today, saying to the world that if they dare to attack it over a nuclear program that has no evidence to be producing nothing but low level enriched uranium, they will retaliate with force.

Top officials in the USA say that Iran's threat to defend itself shows that they are indeed a threat.

How dare they!! How dare Iran threaten to defend itself and respond to illegal and unneccessary attacks!! Who do they think they are?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080709/ts_nm/iran_nuclear_dc;_ylt=AtFTPfJyZZEiB2i9wwHInNdZ.3QA

 

[Nogbad]

Hmmmppph!

It is not like anyone else would ever test a missile...so they must have bad intent.

 

[Thunder]

The incredible arrogance..of those damn Persians. We should attack them just for having the gaul to test missiles!!

 

[Nogbad]

Free Asterix I say

 

[Gurdur]

...We should attack them just for having the gaul to test missiles!!

Free Asterix I say

Funny. Apt.

 

[Darth Rotor]

Funny. Apt.

Like the missiles, it went over the OP's head.

Query: how does the word "threaten" get into the same clause as "defend one's self" without the construction being laughed at?

DR

 

[Gurdur]

.... Query: how does the word "threaten" get into the same clause as "defend one's self" without the construction being laughed at?

DR

We professional fnords professionally fnord call it: "Forward defence".

"Springtime for Hitler and Germany,
Winter in Poland and France .....

Don't be a dumby, be a smarty,
Come and join the Nazi Party!"

We were forced to foward defend ourselves by invading France, buidling missiles and The Bomb, bombing Israel, and being rude to Paris Hilton.

Fnord.

 

[Thunder]

the OP is meant to be a joke. only a neo-con warmmonger would be alarmed that Iran has shown the world that they will defend themselves if they are attacked for no good reason.

 

[Gurdur]

the OP is meant to be a joke. only a neo-con warmmonger would be alarmed that Iran has shown the world that they will defend themselves if they are attacked for no good reason.

Not that simple, is it? Iran has shown bellicose* attitudes towards Israel. That's the problem.

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* And I use "bellicose" accurately. Very.

 

[Thunder]

saying bad things about Israel is not enough of a reason for the USA...or frankily Israel...to attack Iran.

the most recent reports from the IAEA says Iran has only enriched uranium to low levels...not bomb level. at this point attacking Iran is unwarrented and unwise.

unless, ofcourse, war is the goal you are trying to achieve..and not avoid.

 

[mrbaracuda]

Eh, they can test all they want, but what do they need to research long range missiles for anyway?

 

[senorpogo]

Eh, they can test all they want, but what do they need to research long range missiles for anyway?

Long range defense?

You're less likely to get poked if you can poke back.

 

[Ziggurat]

the OP is meant to be a joke. only a neo-con warmmonger would be alarmed that Iran has shown the world that they will defend themselves if they are attacked for no good reason.

Are you suggesting that Iran would let itself be attacked if there was a good reason?

 

[Thunder]

if we had a good reason to attack iran...this conversation would not be happening.

 

[Ziggurat]

if we had a good reason to attack iran...this conversation would not be happening.

That's not an answer to my question. And what you really mean is that if you thought we had a good reason to attack Iran, you wouldn't have started this thread.

 

[kallsop]

saying bad things about Israel is not enough of a reason for the USA...or frankily Israel...to attack Iran.

the most recent reports from the IAEA says Iran has only enriched uranium to low levels...not bomb level. at this point attacking Iran is unwarrented and unwise.

Assuming they do develop the bomb, something the IAEA will not prevent, hate the dirty pig Joooos and have longed for the death of Israel, and now have tested missiles that can deliver a bomb to Israel, what is the correct response?

Wait for Holocaust II? Send Obama over for a no precondition chat? Send Jimmy Carter to bask in his legacy?

 

[mrbaracuda]

Long range defense?

You're less likely to get poked if you can poke back.

Yea I understand that, but there's other implications that doesn't make the whole thing too.. defensive or friendly. I remember NKorea coming into striking range of Japan and the fuss about it.

 

[mrbaracuda]

the most recent reports from the IAEA

I can view where? Heh, looking back, the last one I read was so amazing! Isn't it great when you notice a heavy water plant is functional and in use by analysing satellite pictures? Go IAEA!

 

[dudalb]

It still amazes me that so many allegedly progressive Lefties are so intent on defending every action of a regime that seems to want to go back to the middle ages.

 

[senorpogo]

It still amazes me that so many allegedly progressive Lefties are so intent on defending every action of a regime that seems to want to go back to the middle ages.

So, in a discussion about Iran's advancements in missile technology, you accuse them of wanting to back to the Middle Ages.