Iranian Dominoes

The dominoes are set up. Can we place wagers on when this thing is going to start?

Iran's top military commander said Saturday that his forces would retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran. (source)

General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards, told Al-Jazeera television that it is Iran's "natural right to respond" if attacked by land or air.

But he assured Arab Gulf countries (some of whom are home to U.S. military bases) that only American forces would come under counterattack. Uh, if you're going to hit U.S. bases on someone's sovern soil - wouldn't that also be construed as an attack on the land that has a base on it? I mean, I hate to get technical here on you, General, but uh, aren't you saying you're gonna start firing a shotgun in the Middle East Mall?

"We realize that there is worry among neighboring countries, Muslim countries whose lands host U.S. military stations," Jaafari said. "However, if the U.S. launches a war against us, and if it uses these stations to attack Iran with missiles, then through the strength and precision of our own missiles, we are capable of targeting only the U.S. military forces who attack us," he told the station. Uh, yeah, wasn't this the guy who also said that they had stealth torpedoes and invisibility cloaks?

The U.S. has military bases in the following Arab countries: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Yemen. These countries also aren't big fans of Iran or Iranian views of Muhammad.

On top of this saber rattling - there has been rumblings that Iran has the right to hit first. A sort of "Pre-emptive self defense." I have no clue where they got that idea from...."Yes, Virginia, we're going to go to war with Iran."







duh.