SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - What is the reason, for a war against Iran ?

Catfish · 03-19-12, 04:08 PM

Some good points

I also think an invasion of any kind would not happen, but it will be a case of "shooting projectiles into a continent and call this a war", as J. Conrad would say.

But i do not mean the tactical process of strikes, i would like to hear of the official reason why such a strike should be made - ?

Certainly Israel could do it alone, and if it has some vital inside information indicating a real threat from Iran, it will. I doubt this threat to be real, but then i certainly do not know. Terrorists, well, we have seen it is not easy to kill certain terrorists from above with drones, apart from collateral damage also backfiring in the worldwide media and international perception. Special teams are much moe effective, but they require intelligence, and people knowing what they are doing. Seems a lot of nations have abandoned the infiltration concept for military strikes featuring expensive technological crutches - not entirely, but a (bad) trend.

The US are certainly able as well, but - why ? If the threat of weapons of mass extinction do not exist, and the US does not intend to invade Iran and get the oil wells, what is the reason ? Official, and real ?

Threats from Ahmadinejad like closing the strait of Hormuz ?
How would he do it ? Maybe he could block some civilian tankers and merchants for a day, but even then it would hurt Iran more than anyone else. And come on, no one takes that serious ?

Or does he want to sell oil not in dollar currency ? This would destabilize the market, the US has always seen to provide the lead currency (dollars), and Iran selling its oil in Euro, Yen or Rubel would take that monopoly away, badly damaging (US) economics, but not only the US of course.
But even then, Ahmadinejad and the Ayatollas do NOT threaten to sell their oil other than in dollars. All the threats I myself have seen have not come from Iran. Ahmadinnerjacket is boasting as always but who gives a ... Fox News lies, as usual, but even they have no convincing proposal.

The media are desparately trying to build up a massive hype to "counter this Iran threat", but what threat can this be ?

What's the real deal about the US vs. Iran war hype all the time ?

03-19-12, 04:08 PM	#4
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Some good points I also think an invasion of any kind would not happen, but it will be a case of "shooting projectiles into a continent and call this a war", as J. Conrad would say. But i do not mean the tactical process of strikes, i would like to hear of the official reason why such a strike should be made - ? Certainly Israel could do it alone, and if it has some vital inside information indicating a real threat from Iran, it will. I doubt this threat to be real, but then i certainly do not know. Terrorists, well, we have seen it is not easy to kill certain terrorists from above with drones, apart from collateral damage also backfiring in the worldwide media and international perception. Special teams are much moe effective, but they require intelligence, and people knowing what they are doing. Seems a lot of nations have abandoned the infiltration concept for military strikes featuring expensive technological crutches - not entirely, but a (bad) trend. The US are certainly able as well, but - why ? If the threat of weapons of mass extinction do not exist, and the US does not intend to invade Iran and get the oil wells, what is the reason ? Official, and real ? Threats from Ahmadinejad like closing the strait of Hormuz ? How would he do it ? Maybe he could block some civilian tankers and merchants for a day, but even then it would hurt Iran more than anyone else. And come on, no one takes that serious ? Or does he want to sell oil not in dollar currency ? This would destabilize the market, the US has always seen to provide the lead currency (dollars), and Iran selling its oil in Euro, Yen or Rubel would take that monopoly away, badly damaging (US) economics, but not only the US of course. But even then, Ahmadinejad and the Ayatollas do NOT threaten to sell their oil other than in dollars. All the threats I myself have seen have not come from Iran. Ahmadinnerjacket is boasting as always but who gives a ... Fox News lies, as usual, but even they have no convincing proposal. The media are desparately trying to build up a massive hype to "counter this Iran threat", but what threat can this be ? What's the real deal about the US vs. Iran war hype all the time ? Last edited by Catfish; 03-19-12 at 04:30 PM.