As far as they're concerned we're just a blow up punching bag. Sad to think they might be right.

Wow, how dare anyone stand against us for their own interests, exerting power and influence in their own region against our wishes.

My goodness, "Reagan," it certainly sounds as if you feel the acts of war perpetrated against us by the Iranian regime and their surrogates were fully justified.

Feel free to expand upon your thoughts.

I have a message for Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Ackmahdinnerjacket:

We'll be coming over the horizon when we come
We'll be coming over the horizon when we come
Ohhh, We'll be coming over the horizon
We'll be coming over the horizon
We'll be coming over the horizon when we come

We'll be driving Abrams tanks when we come
We'll be driving Abrams tanks when we come
Ohhhh, We'll be driving Abrams tanks
We'll be driving Abrams tanks
We'll be driving Abrams tanks when we come

We'll be dropping bombs from B-1s when we come
We'll be dropping bombs from B-1s when we come
Ohhhh, We'll be dropping bombs from B-1s
We'll be dropping bombs from B-1s
We'll be dropping bombs from B-1s when we come

We'll be flying stealthy Raptors when we come
We'll be flying stealthy Raptors when we come
Ohhhh, We'll be flying stealthy Raptors
We'll be flying stealthy Raptors
We'll be flying stealthy Raptors when we come

We'll be launching Tomahawks when we come
We'll be launching Tomahawks when we come
Ohhhh, We'll be launching Tomahawks
We'll be launching Tomahawks
We'll be launching Tomahawks when we come

There'll be carrier battle groups when we come
There'll be carrier battle groups when we come
Ohhhh, there'll be carrier battle groups
There'll be carrier battle groups
There'll be carrier battle groups when we come

We'll bring the world's best Army when we come
We'll bring the world's best Army when we come
Ohhh, we'll bring the world's best Army
We'll bring the world's best Army
We'll bring the world's best Army when we come

You'll think the fist of allah hit you when we come
You'll think the fist of allah hit you when we come
Ohhhh, you'll think the fist of allah
You'll think the fist of allah
You'll think the fist of allah hit you when we come

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have always been a somewhat of a renegade group who I suspect operate much of the time on there own without Tehran's complete approval.

I spent many thousands of hours patrolling with the US and Allied Maritime Interception Force. The MIF tracked and arrested if possible the smugglers of Iraqi oil during the sanctions regiem.

The smugglers would come out of the Shat-al-Arab and hug the Iranian coast all the way to the Straits of Hormuz then attempt to skate across to Oman of the UAE.

95 plus percent of the time the smugglers had obtained phony papers from the IRG, and not so incidentally, paid thousands of dollars for them and in some cases off loaded oil as payment.

John in CA

Of course you'll be at the head of the column, singing that song as you march in?

Bush's second mistake was stopping in Iraq. He should have had the military go through the whole mid east.

JFO, no he won't be at the head of the column, he is and always will be a armchair QB.

God these leftists love al-Qaeda and the Revolutionay Guards. What do they do when they fight each other.

The Revolutionary Guards hit an Israeli guided missle ship at the outset of last year's Lebanese mess. The Israelis initially claimed that the ship's missle detection and avoidance systems were turned off, yeah right, but later admitted they weren't calibrated for what the Guards threw at them. Wanta bet all that electronic interchange was looked over very carefully, by us?
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Good these right wingers love war. What do they do when they don't have someone they want killed?

Who wants people killed? Looks to me like radical Islam started this.
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You poor pitiful purblind fool.
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JFO

Of course you'll be at the head of the column, singing that song as you march in?

And of course JFO is johnny on the spot to add absolutely nothing.

Good these right wingers love war. What do they do when they don't have someone they want killed?

Dream about it.

kim:

Wanna bet all that electronic interchange was looked over very carefully, by us?

Wanna bet the info isn't needed? You have forgotten the U>S> has a 24 hour/365 day presence in the Gulf.

The Marine barracks in Lebanon was bombed while Reagen was president.

The Marine barracks in Lebanon was bombed while Reagen was president....and your point is?

True, marc, but my point is that I presume Israel and the US share some aspect of their electronic warfare, and the Guards were able to defeat that last year, at least once. Bet they can't anymore.
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not a nickels worth of difference between jfo, Allen and our very own "Reagan". trolls, 3 for a nickel!!

It is absolutely true that Iran has every right, as a sovererign nation, to pursue its national interests in whatever manner it chooses. That, or course, does not make either their "manner" of pursuing those interests...or the interests themselves...right!

When nations declare their interests in conflict with others, and then ACT on those conflicting interests, war is a very common result. In this case Iran has declared itself the rightful ruler of the Muslim world, which pretty much means the entire world by their definition (choose any handful of AhmaNutJob's speeches as evidence). And they have chosen the export of terrorism as their manner of acting on their self-described "interests".

All that said, it is OUR (and others) right to resist both the manner of Iran's actions and the declared intent of it: world domination.

As with Hitler (whom AhmaNutJob has declared innocent of any wrong-doing in WWII) the Iranians will continue to test for weakness and exploit it. Hitler didn't encounter true resistence to his lust for power until he reached the English Channel in the West and Stalingrad in the East.

It is well past time to provide Iran with at least a taste of the consequences of its actions. Well past.

JFO, I happen to know John in CA pretty well (he's my co-blogger on CCG).

I'm sure if he was here now he'd tell you where to shove your snide comments, in true Navy terminology, but since he isn't, and I am, I shall take the liberty of doing so myself.

If you'd bother to read his other comments, you'd find some interesting information. Such as the fact that he is retired from the Navy.

In short, he's done his service to the nation.

So let me ask you, what have you done for your nation, short of sitting around sniping on blogs?

Remember, it was a Democrat (and an honest-to-God Navy hero, unlike Lt. Kerry) who said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

Yes, he was valiant after the wreck, but, had he not been a favored son, consequences would have led from the questions about negligence.
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"God these right wingers love war, what do they do when they dont want somebody killed?"

Protest outside the abortion murder mills moron..!

Driving a PT boat across in front of a battle ship and getting most of your crew killed is only classified as being a 'hero' if there is enough billions of dollars (bootlegging, criminal, money) involved. That was documented fact but is now 'revised' by the dollar history.

Careful now CCG, JFO claims he was a JAG officer!!!!! Talk about being a military and political strategy and tactics expert! WWWOOOWWW.

JFO is most definitely a jagoff.

Of course you'll be at the head of the column, singing that song as you march in?

Well, jfo, as a JAG, I'm sure you'd be right at my elbow making sure I abided by the too restrictive ROE and ensured I didn't violate any of the IRG's human rights.

As far as I'm concerned, the only right they have is to be dead. allah akbar!

Die for allah, m-f'er!

John in CA:

As far as I'm concerned, the only right they have is to be dead. allah akbar!

That should include the 50 IRG that are being tracked thru the streets of Baghdad at the moment.

After politically correct "torture" of course.

Jag?.. That a Pimp carrying a law book?

It's a well known "fact" in the surface navy (sorry John) that if in trouble and in need of a JAG choose one that is a member of the Marines.

The thinking was/is to play on the natural, although much overblown, navy/marine rivalry and the Marine JAG would work harder to stick it to the man, i.e. the Navy prosecutor.

Good these right wingers love war. What do they do when they don't have someone they want killed?

Hold rallies outside of a capital punishment execution to encourage an express lane policy.

When did it become less than treason to root for our enemies? Why is it not a traitorous act to make claims against the best interest of our Nation? While all Americans enjoy freedom of speech, if that speech is to advocate the defeat of our country in its struggles against those who wish us ill, there should be dire consequences.

CCG

We've been through this before. You've acknowledged you've done nothing for our country. And I doubt any vet would ever need your help with anything other than perhaps some self righteous quotes from the Bible. But then most vets wouldn't feel the need to prove his/her moral superiority as do you.

JFO, if you remember that we've been through this before, you should remember that I attempted to volunteer for the Navy and was turned down because of a disability.

I think you should look to the plank in your own eye before you complain about the mote in mine.

Then in that case we even harder with a haymaker POW RIGHT IN THE KISSER we hit back even harder becuase if they wake sleeping giant lets stomp iran into the ground

JFO:

And I doubt any vet would ever need your help with anything other than perhaps some self righteous quotes from the Bible.

This Vet disagrees.

And BTW, what have you done in this thread other than off topic snipes at others?

WEell I commented on your utterly,kinda off-topic, stupid attempt at a ditty. A ditty wasn't the topic. G0t it now?

CCG

Trying to get into the Navy isn't DOING anything for our country. I commend you for the attempt.

So, what have to done for our country CCG? There are legions of other things one can do even though one may have failed a physical. But then again you are quick with the Bible.

...And I doubt any vet would ever need your help with anything other than perhaps some self righteous quotes from the Bible.

jfo, I'd much rather have a non-vet like CCG supporting our military, than a self-righteous, supercilious, pompous a$$ such as you sniping at our efforts.

You contribute little. You snipe and run. You only take shots at people. You lay a turd and then run off, only to come back later, snipe, seagull a thread, then disappear as soon as you get return fire.

Next time you leave, please consider staying that way.

Oh, yeah. Nice chickenhawk ad hom you laid on me earlier today. Got anything to say about that now?

JFO, I preach the Gospel.

What have you done that is more important, or even as important as showing people the way to eternal life?