Iran has their shorts in a bunch
What is up with countries talking big, making threatening noises all of a sudden. First Mexico, now Iran.
Iran's defense minister expressed his government's disquiet about the U.S. troop presence in neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan, and hinted that some Iranian generals believe they should strike first if they sense an imminent U.S. threat.
Iran is starting to sweat. They see what we have done in Iraq, know they are on the "axis of evil" list and maybe they feel they could be next.
In an interview with pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera, Ali Shamkhani was asked how Iran would respond if America were to attack its nuclear facilities.
"We will not sit to wait for what others will do to us," he said. "There are differences of opinion among military commanders (in Iran). Some commanders believe preventive operations is not a model created by Americans ... or is not limited to Americans. Any nation, if it feels threatened, can resort to that."
Sounds like what Iran is really saying is that they are just going to attack the US because they are feeling the heat, even though the US has made no mention of attacking Iran.
U.S. officials have said recently they are sticking to diplomacy, not force, to try to end what they call Iran's drive for nuclear weapons
The US has made no mention of doing anything but talking with them. I wonder if they are going the North Korea way of threating violence and using blackmail?
Iran opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq and now fears the United States is cementing its influence in Iraq. It also fears U.S. influence in Afghanistan, where another U.S.-led campaign ousted the Taliban after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Yep, Iran worst fears are coming true. Iraq is getting democracy and freedom and they like it. I think that is Irans biggest fear, people liking freedom. Fear that Iranians will get that feeling and revolt for freedom.
The United States fears Iran wants to establish a fundamentalist Shiite regime in its own image in Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi officials have accused Iran of fomenting violence and instability in Iraq, charges Iran denies.
"The Iranian government will never pursue turmoil and unrest in Iraq," Shamkhani told Al-Jazeera.
The Iranian government will never openly purse turmoil and unrest in Iraq is what they really mean. Iranians have been found crossing the border and engaging in "turmoil and unrest" in Iraq by the thousands. Iranians can not just leave Iran freely by going to the border and leaving. There are strict travel regulations on the people by the government. So how are all these Iranians being found in Iraq?
Seems to me these rouge countries are reading in the news that the US military is being streched thin and feel they can run off at the mouth and we won't beable to do anything about it. They sure are underestimating the "great satan", I think they need to have a little heart to heart with Japan and Saddam.