Report: Gulf States Prepared to Back U.S. Military Strike on Iran

[Bong30]

Gulf States Prepared to Back U.S. Military Strike on Iran

America Warns Iran to Back Down - January 23, 2007 - The New York Sun
January 23, 2007 edition

America Warns Iran to Back Down
By JIM KRANE
Associated Press
January 23, 2007 posted 1:26 pm EST


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A second American aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top American diplomat said here Tuesday.

Nicholas Burns, undersecretary of state for political affairs, ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was "not possible" until Iran halts uranium enrichment.

"The Middle East isn't a region to be dominated by Iran. The Gulf isn't a body of water to be controlled by Iran. That's why we've seen the United States station two carrier battle groups in the region," Mr. Burns said in an address to the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, an influential think-tank.

" Iran is going to have to understand that the United States will protect its interests if Iran seeks to confront us," Mr. Burns continued.

Iran is in a standoff with the West over its defiance of U.N. demands to halt uranium enrichment, which can produce fuel for both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Iran says its atomic program is aimed solely at generating energy, but America and some of its allies suspect it is geared toward making weapons. The U.N. imposed limited sanctions on Iran last month.

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[medicinal]

Gulf States Prepared to Back U.S. Military Strike on Iran This is pure bullshit. The gulf states don't want further escalation of American Imperialism, they want the U.S. out of the middle east, period. Pushing for an Iranian war will involve Nukes. The Iranian Army is A million strong, you can't win a ground war so Nukes are the only option. If the united States is stupid enough to go against Iran, Be prepared for a whole bunch of Body bags. I think the people professing this escalation should have to fight it! Give Cheney and Ashcroft an M-16 and drop them in Tehran~LOL~.

[thcbongman]

Nothing in that article indicates that any middle east country would back the US........

Only a sentence about President Ahmadinejad accusing the US of stirring conflict between the different sects.

[Zimzum]

Nothing in that article indicates that any middle east country would back the US........

Only a sentence about President Ahmadinejad accusing the US of stirring conflict between the different sects.

Its just Bong's cheerleading for war.

And I could see other countries in the area supporting the US. Maybe its due to the fact they don't want to be next? But allot of them no matter how they feel about the US, do not want Iran to become the "dominant" power of the area as well.

[mrdevious]

I don't see how the U.S. could launch any sort of invasion in Iran with so much of their forces tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan. God help them if they bring back the draft.

[Fengzi]

Anyone ever read Tom Clancy's book "Executive Orders"? Ok, ok, I admit his books are nothing but mindless entertainment but hey, they can be fun to read from time to time. Anyhow, in this book the enemy is the newly formed country of The United Islamic Republic. This country was formed after Iran invades Iraq, following an assaination of the Iraqi President, and the fact that Iraq was weakened by years of the U.S. fucking with it.

Anyhow, I can easily see why other countries in the region would support the U.S. going after Iran right now. Iraq is so fucked up they are about to implode. Certainly if we were to just pack up and pull out, the entire place would go to hell and Iran could walk right in. Like Zimzum said, "no matter how they feel about the US, do not want Iran to become the "dominant" power of the area as well."

Bottom line, Iran is poised to set itself up as a giant fundementalist Islamic state, one that could dominate the entire regoin and become a bigger threat than anything we've encountered so far. All courtesy of George "Dubya" Bush.

[medicinal]

Bottom line, Iran is poised to set itself up as a giant fundementalist Islamic state, one that could dominate the entire regoin and become a bigger threat than anything we've encountered so far. All courtesy of George "Dubya" Bush.
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[Psycho4Bud]

All courtesy of George "Dubya" Bush.
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LOL......they've had a hard on since they kicked out the Shah and especially since the Iraq/Iran war. Now explain how this is ALL Bushs' fault.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[Psycho4Bud]

I don't see how the U.S. could launch any sort of invasion in Iran with so much of their forces tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan. God help them if they bring back the draft.

There would be no ground forces. This would be an arial attack only. The only way ground forces might be used is if they decided to take the war to Iraq.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[Fengzi]

LOL......they've had a hard on since they kicked out the Shah and especially since the Iraq/Iran war. Now explain how this is ALL Bushs' fault.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

Oh, that's right....you still believe that going into Iraq was a good thing