From our firnd the supreme ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

[ASWnut101]

agreed

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by August

If they do this it will remove any of our inhibitions against striking them in the first place and we'll do a lot more than toss some missles at them.

Like what ?
Invade Iran ?
The USA doesn't even have enough ground forces to effectively control Iraq, how on earth are they going to open a second ground theater in Iran ?
Unless of course if the US reenacts obligatory military draft for all citizens (18 years +).
But somehow I don't see this happening.

[ASWnut101]

Perchè non? :hmm: Può essere una buona idea per iniziare la brutta copia.

EDIT: ok, that did NOT come out as I had expected, used a translator and here's what i got:

"Why not? Good idea can be one in order to begin the ugly copy."

oopsies!

[TteFAboB]

Just nuke the Oil fields!

Iran is a central-planned state and ~50% of the state's budget comes from Oil. What are they going to do without it? Increase taxes massively? Cut expenses massively? Get into massive debt? Or let Iranians start starving to death like North Koreans, instead of following the Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus example?

It's the same with Russia. If you destroy Russian energy (Oil+Gas) fields and make them radioactive for decades to come the Russian state dies, there's nothing but Oil & Gas on the Russian GDP & Budget.

Who needs an "invasion"? All you need are a few B-2 Spirits with long-term radioactive nukes to reach their target, they don't even have to RTB if that's necessary - the volunteer crew can parachute over water or neutral countries.

Only North Korea is safe from this threat and counter-attack since there's nothing left to be destroyed in North Korea that Kim hasn't already destroyed himself.

EDIT: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/...06/cr06129.pdf

^^^ They can destroy Israel and attack the USA, but Israel and the USA can destroy the Iranian state. Is Israel worth your downfall Khamenei? Of course, knowing people's greed and lust for Oil, nobody will dare to destroy them. Pitty, we could use learning to live without it.

[August]

Originally Posted by goldorak

Like what ?
Invade Iran ?
The USA doesn't even have enough ground forces to effectively control Iraq, how on earth are they going to open a second ground theater in Iran ?
Unless of course if the US reenacts obligatory military draft for all citizens (18 years +).
But somehow I don't see this happening.

Believe what you want Goldorak.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by August

Note the report says "officially"

These "troops" are mostly engineers, not fighting troops. But all you need to do is to review Russia history of sending military consultants somewhere to surmise which direction the wind is blowing. In addition, Russia has sneared and snickered at Israeli official's complaints of sophisticated weapons reaching Hizballah terrorists and others, putting on a thinly vieled mask of denial.

Russia is repeating the same mistake they made in 1939, when they signed a pact with the devil. It will not save them this time, either.

[August]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

These "troops" are mostly engineers, not fighting troops.

I dunno about the IDF but in most countries the difference between the two is not as great as your statement implies. In any case what they are calling them may not have anything to do with their true purpose

But all you need to do is to review Russia history of sending military consultants somewhere to surmise which direction the wind is blowing. In addition, Russia has sneared and snickered at Israeli official's complaints of sophisticated weapons reaching Hizballah terrorists and others, putting on a thinly vieled mask of denial.

Russia is repeating the same mistake they made in 1939, when they signed a pact with the devil. It will not save them this time, either.

I agree.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by August

I dunno about the IDF but in most countries the difference between the two is not as great as your statement implies.

No disagreement but their work is mostly in reconstructing strategic structures, such as bridges, etc.

Of course, there will be more coming in the future and their tasks will expand to other military related tasks, which don't involve the Russians themselves to use any guns.