Islamic Republic dismisses chance of an US airstrike

AP reports that the Islamic Republic dismisses any chance of a US airstrike against Islamic Republic nuclear facilities or the Qods Forces;

The head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards dismissed the possibility of a U.S. military action against Iran and warned that his forces would respond with an “even more decisive” strike if attacked, an Iranian news agency reported Friday.
 
The comments by Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari came after the United States announced sweeping new sanctions against Iran focusing on the Revolutionary Guards, a force that is tasked with protecting Iran’s Islamic government and reports to the country’s supreme leader.

CNN reports that the Iranian foreign ministry called the Bush Administration’s latest sanctions “doomed”;

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman also said sanctions were “doomed to fail,” calling them “worthless and ineffective” and criticizing the U.S. for pursuing confrontational policies.

Yeah, how far down the third world food chain can you go?  

Meanwhile, speaking Thursday in Kuwait, Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi warned that any military attack on Iran would be met with a “crushing response.” 

I hope my friend Kamangir won’t mind if I steal more of his pictures today to illustrate the Islamic Republic’s idea of “more decisive strikes” and “crushing response”;

Anyone else think these guys look a little too old and too fat to be called part of a decisive strike? I guess when your revolution ages 30 years, so do it’s soldiers.

And I don’t think anyone is too worried about being hit by a “Retard Missile”;

Maybe the Islamic Republic should remind themselves of what used to stand on this knoll in Syria before they start talking smack (photo from Sweetness and Light);

Kamangir also writes that the Islamic Republic may have found a new ally to help them build their nuclear arsenal;

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has urged the West to dismantle their nuclear arsenals instead of exerting pressure on Iran.

That almost makes sense – in fact why don’t we just hand over our weapons to the Islamic Republic, the same way the KosKids think we should all just convert to Islam (from HotAir). 

Update: Kamangir just emailed me that the Islamic Republic news agency reporting of the Norwegian Foreign Minister was probably tampered with at it’s source. The line I quoted above doesn’t appear in the orginal transcript of the Norwegian’s remarks.

Category: Foreign Policy, Terror War