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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIran is pushing back against US sanctions with more missile tests this weekend.
Feb. 15 is the day Bibi comes to Washington with detailed bombing plans for Lord Dampnut to look over.
Link to tweet
The Guards Sepahnews website said the manoeuvres in the northeastern province of Semnan were aimed at demonstrating their complete preparedness to deal with the threats and humiliating sanctions from Washington.
Different types of domestically produced radar and missile systems, command and control centres, and cyber warfare systems will be used in this exercise, it said.
A list of the missiles to be deployed published later on the website showed they were of very short range up to 75km.
US President Donald Trump imposed new sanctions on Iran on Friday over its test launch of a medium-range ballistic missile and its support for Yemeni rebels, who recently targeted a Saudi warship.
http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/donald-trump-thanks-malcolm-turnbull-for-saying-their-chat-was-civil-blasts-fake-news/news-story/e3e23cf2cde5b18e5fc6a7b3adfb0d44
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to win from Donald Trump what he failed to wring from Barack Obama: a harder line against Iran. [ ]
That may include stronger retaliation and sanctions against Iranian ballistic missile development and greater efforts to block Irans growing clout in the region via proxies in Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, the official said.
The urgent task is to stop Iran from becoming a superpower in the region, something that has been occurring for some time now, said retired Major General Yaakov Amidror, Netanyahus former national security adviser. The prime minister will argue, first and foremost, that the U.S. should work to diminish the partnership between Russia and Iran in the region.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-17/in-trump-era-israel-sees-opportunity-to-shift-iran-approach
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)If not, we need to check ourselves.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Trump is setting the stage for all of this to take place-- Read his tweets. Read Flynn's quotes about Iran and NK. Are Americans to blind to see what's about to happen?
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)And when Bannon sends our troops to war against Iran and NK, Americans will have been implanted with the belief that the Iranians and North Koreans started the war (remember Iraq?) and that this is all the result of 8 years of foreign policy mismanagement by Obama.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)his way out of the sinking poll numbers is to start a war. Trump and Bannon both know about patriotism prevailing during a time of crisis. Plus, an "event" will give Trump the respect (in his twisted mind) that he is a tough leader.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Please don't poke the jerk ....
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Putin's true allegiance is to SCO. There is absolutely no way he would truly choose the USA over China. They share a border.
Dump is just a pawn in a Sino-Russian gambit to weaken the United States.
madville
(7,412 posts)Navy ships off their cost. They have a history of playing chicken with them, it may not go well like our ships turning away or limiting it to warning shots like has happened in recent years. Some stuff is going to happen, everyone is expecting it at this point.
Rex
(65,616 posts)WTF guy?