More bravado as Iran and its proxies continue to escalate hostilies, thanks in part to their enabling by appeasing globalists, who are pompous enough actually to believe that they can control Iran with a revived nuke deal, despite the fact that Iran violated the original deal years ago and even admitted to doing so.
As Iran thumbs its nose at the West, Israel has made it clear that it will not passively allow its citizens to be attacked under any circumstances. Israel announced that it “is prepared to act alone against Iran if needed” right “before the eighth round of talks to revive the 2015 Iran deal began” at the start of the week.
“Stark Warning,” Tehran Times, December 25, 2021:
TEHRAN – In a clear warning to Israel, two senior Iranian generals have announced that the recent military exercise staged by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was intended to respond to brazen Israeli threats against Iran.
In remarks made at the final phase of the drill, code-named the Great Prophet 17 (Payambare Azam 17), Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri and IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami made it clear on Friday that whom the drill was meant to deter: Israel.
Underlining that the missile part of the drill is carrying “very clear and obvious messages,” General Salami said, “The message of this drill is a serious, real, and field warning to threats by the Zionist regime’s officials that they should take care not to make mistakes and faults and if they make mistakes, we will cut off their hands.”
The IRGC Commander-in-Chief said that the difference between the actual operation and the IRGC’s missile drill was only in changing the angles of launching the missile. “Therefore, enemies must watch their words,” the general said.
General Bagheri further amplified the warning by hinting that Iran expedited the timing of the drill due to Israel’s bluster against Iran. “This exercise was planned in advance, but the many yet empty threats by the leaders of the Zionist regime [Israel] caused this exercise to take place at this time, and thank God, it was one of the most successful missile exercises of the Islamic Republic of Iran so far,” he said.
General Bagheri stressed that such threats are unacceptable to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Great Prophet 17 drill began along the southern coastlines of the country on Monday last week with the participation of various forces of the IRGC such as the aerospace force and the cyber-electronic division….
Kesselman says
The Salami apparently isn’t aware that the salami method can be applied to himself. One limb at a time of the theocratic body until nothing is left.
mortimer says
Agree with Kesselman, but Major General Hossein Salami also knows that his statements are a confession that he (well-versed in international military law and rules of engagement) is advising his troops to commit WAR CRIMES and CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
Major General Hossein Salami is advocating ATROCITIES that he already knows are illegal and will eventually bring him before the International Criminal Tribunal.
mortimer says
Major General Hossein Salami commands Israel and the US to ‘watch their words’, while he himself feels free to run his mouth recklessly.
Westman says
It may appear reckless on Salami’s part yet is someone higher in the regime whose script he is acting and without whose approval he would be silent.
Fitna says
This is just one of the problems of inept, incompetent govts. They underreact in the face of genuine danger, then overreact when they are eventually attacked.
If the Biden admin and western powers allow Iran to get nukes, they will use them against Israel and the US directly. If the nukes get through the defense shield, millions of people will die not to mention the destroyed cities and infrastructure, making 9/11 look like minor incident by comparison.
Then the panicked US/Israel will retaliate when a strike of their own and very likely wipe out all of Iran killing tens of millions of people. In revenge the Iranian and ISIS sleeper cells in western nations will become activated, launching tens of thousands of terrorist attacks in western nations adding to the casualties. Then the military will be unleashed against Muslim populations within western nations and they’ll get exterminated or expelled.
This could get other Muslim nations to think they might get bombed next and Pakistan might launch nukes against the US, Israel and Europe. Then those nations will get nuked also. But nobody wins in a large scale nuclear war, since the fallout could block out the sky leading to a nuclear winter, causing crops to die and leading to large scale famine and death.
Sounds crazy perhaps but I’m sure so did the idea of the WTC being destroyed a day before it happened. People don’t realize how quickly events can spiral out of control. The Democrats and western leaders are not taking this seriously, complacency can lead to disaster.
Fitna says
*with a strike
*block out the sun
gravenimage says
Fitna wrote:
Then the panicked US/Israel will retaliate when a strike of their own and very likely wipe out all of Iran killing tens of millions of people.
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I’ve heard others say this sort of thing as well, but I *really* doubt it. Pressure on the US and especially Israel *not* to respond in kind would be huge–including domestically–and would for good or ill likely be quite effective.
Fitna says
Fair point Graven, given how weak, cowardly and traitorous the US admin is today, after Israel and some US cities are nuked, Biden and his lackeys are more likely to bow and scrape and beg Iran not to hit us again and send them pallets of billions of dollars like good little dhimmis.
Even if my scenario is an outlier, what cannot be denied is that once Iran has an arsenal of nukes, they will use it as an umbrella to threaten western nations not to retaliate, while they become more forceful and expansive in their Jihad.
Perhaps given their age-old rivalry with the Saudis and Sunni nations, they could execute a ‘Final Solution’ on their co-religionists so they become the dominant Muslim sect. Also given that is it an apocalyptic death cult, that thinks their 12th Imam will crawl out of a well to smite the infidels, after a major holocaust, I think such an idea is not outlandish but very plausible.
Israel cannot obliterate their nuke program on their own, they don’t have the military gear needed, only the US does and they are clearly rejecting a military solution. However Israel can still do a lot of damage and set them back many years. Or they could reach for their nuke trump card and threaten Iran to dismantle their program or else….I would take that road now if I was running Israel.
gravenimage says
All grim possibilities, Fitna. That Biden is *enabling* Iran getting nukes is insane, in any case.
Fitna says
For sure Graven, as CiC it is Biden’s duty to protect the US, instead he’s shirking his duties and exposing all off us to the worst dangers imaginable. Reminds me of the Fermi Paradox, why aren’t there other advanced alien civilizations on other planets?
One of the solutions is they they wiped themselves out because they were smart enough to build wmd’s but weren’t evolved enough to know not to use them. Given the way we’re headed in our crazy world, the same could happen to us. Remote chance ofc, but certainly not impossible.
Westman says
There is a third-party interest in in Israel that the Big Salami and Bagman Bagheri seem unable to detect through their fog-ridden lust to destroy Israel – Christians.
It’s not delusional (I’m Agnostic) to anticipate a mercenary army forming from the world’s Christian (and other) populations if Israel’s existence, in a war with Iran, becomes threatened. This Crusade would be completely without the Pope’s or government approval.
Iran has no friends who would defend it in the Arab world. It only has allies for the goal of destroying Israel. We have already seen how poorly and incompetently it fights on the ground during the 8-years war with Iraq. When its missiles are expended the army will still be incompetent. How long did Iraq’s Sadaam regime last when the West came calling? And Iraq held Iran at bay for 8 years?
All this tough-talk from Iran masks fear and bluffing. These Generals are frightened that the Ayatollah is putting them in the middle between he and Israel and they might fail. They don’t know who will be most vicious in a failure – the Mullahs or the citizens in another revolution.
john smith says
No Fitna, it doesn’t sound crazy at all, and your first two sentences summed it up perfectly. Our governments are inept and they are incompetent. In fact they should be doing something about it right now, instead of waiting for Iran to arm itself to the teeth with nuclear weapons.
Our world has never been in such a perilous position. We have this wanna be caliph in Turkey, who’s hell bent on reviving the ottoman empire, and just like the mullahs of Iran his goal is to invade Israel. Your post may sound to apocalyptic to many, but sadly this is the direction we are heading.
Fitna says
Thanks John, and glad we agree. Indeed, the worst thing that can happen as Netanyahu often warned is for an apocalyptic death cult to get their hands on WMD’s.
It turned into a “joke” under Bush when he didn’t find them in Iraq, but now people think anyone who says it is crying wolf, but in reality the danger has always been there and has grown much worse over time.
I’ve heard that Turkey also wants to get nukes, so why not the Saudis and other ISIS-like states? In fact they’ll demand that the US allows them to have nukes if Iran is allowed to obtain them.
Peace, freedom are fragile and can be taken away at any time if we don’t neutralize dangers to our democracy and way of life. If Iran isn’t dealt with then we’re headed for some very dark times in our near future.
James Lincoln says
Fitna,
It’s likely that Saddam Hussein *purposely* wanted to keep the rest of the world guessing.
Why?
If Saddam Hussein had come totally “clean” with the weapons inspectors, and nothing of any significance were found, he would have been perceived (in the islamic world) as a *very* weak leader – caving in to the demands of the “Western international community”.
Can’t have that if you want to remain a dictator in the islamic world…
Infidel says
James
Another theory was that he wanted Iran to believe that he had nukes, so that in future, he could claim Khuzestan and any other Iranian territory (such as Kurdish) that he wanted, and Iran being too scared to say no. Of course, downside of that was that Israel and the US too believed that, and that’s what led to the whole saga about Iraq
But looking back, it would probably have been a better idea for the US to have cut a side deal w/ Saddam similar to the Saudis and others, where he would not be hostile to Israel, but focus all his attention on Iran. He’d have had both US and Russian support, and it wouldn’t have been an immense toll on our blood and treasure
And I’d definitely say that liberating Kuwait was a mistake: that country is one of the least pro-US countries in the Gulf right now, behind even Qatar. I don’t see the downsides of Saddam making it his 19th province and then enriching himself, as opposed to the al Sabahs, w/ the oil proceeds
James Lincoln says
Infidel says,
“…it would probably have been a better idea for the US to have cut a side deal w/ Saddam similar to the Saudis and others, where he would not be hostile to Israel, but focus all his attention on Iran.”
Yes, if a deal like that could have been made, that would’ve been very much preferable to the post 2003 Iraqi fiasco that had ultimately developed.
Infidel says
I always feel like having a salami every time I read his name ?
gravenimage says
Iran: IRGC’s Salami warns ‘Zionist regime’s officials’ that ‘if they make mistakes, we will cut off their hands’
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What would constitute a “mistake”, since just being Jewish or having anything to do with an independent Israel is deemed a mistake to begin with?
As for the smile-inducing name Salami, here is a short clip from the golden age of cartoons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUGHGXyuH98&ab_channel=yummi26
Fitna says
Lol Graven, good clip. Well not bowing and kissing the feet of this ugly Muslim troglodyte would be considered a mistake. So Israel’s about to get the “Hassan Chop!” soon. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siqPMOYh7DA
gravenimage says
🙂
Kesselman says
Before it’s too late the Iranian theocracy has to be extinct.
On Day One of the operations, we target Iranian nuke production sites, the Pakistani nuke arsenal, and Raqqa. Targeting hardware first, threatening population centers later. We’d broadcast plenty of Battle Damage Assessment videos and threats across all social media. This is how our grandfathers would do it because it works.
Alliances today will leave out other Muslim countries in the conflict. But of course, they’ll see the writing on the wall for them too. For the time being, they’ll stay put.
nicholas tesdorf says
IRGC’s Salami had better beware in case he suffers the same fate as all the other Samamis in the World.