Top Russian General Claims United States Plans to Attack Iran

[Zimobog]

Top Russian general claims United States plans to attack Iran

By: The Associated Press | 17 Feb 2010 | 04:32 AM ET MOSCOW -

Russian news agencies quote the head of the military's chief of staff as claiming the United States intends to attack Iran.

Gen. Nikolai Makarov is quoted as saying that the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen referred to the plans recently.

The ITAR-Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies quoted Makarov on Wednesday.

Mullen visited Moscow in January, but it's not clear from Makarov's reported remarks whether the claimed Iran attack plans were made then.

[OneWolf]

If you think the Russians are joking about this statement then why has Netanyahu from Israel been in Russia for the last few days.We have been gearing up for a war against Iran ever since they decided to drop the Dollar and use the E.U. as a basis to purchase oil.The U.S. Military has beefed up commercials for recruits and if we go to war,I'm going to sign up.
What I would like to know is are you against a war with Iran or are you for it.
My opinion is the world needs Iran's oil.But we don't need to become enslaved to Iran for said oil.People in Europe and in America need to realize the importance of this war.Whoever controls the worlds oil,controls the world.
Think about this for a moment before you bash a war with Iran.

[Méldmir]

If you think the Russians are joking about this statement then why has Netanyahu from Israel been in Russia for the last few days.We have been gearing up for a war against Iran ever since they decided to drop the Dollar and use the E.U. as a basis to purchase oil.The U.S. Military has beefed up commercials for recruits and if we go to war,I'm going to sign up.
What I would like to know is are you against a war with Iran or are you for it.
My opinion is the world needs Iran's oil.But we don't need to become enslaved to Iran for said oil.People in Europe and in America need to realize the importance of this war.Whoever controls the worlds oil,controls the world.
Think about this for a moment before you bash a war with Iran.

In the end, all oil will have been used. We need to find alternative resources instead of starting bloody wars that will make the world more unsafe. Iran's oil wouldn't last for many decades would it. And I beleive Iran should be allowed to have nuclear weapons since so many other countries have them.

[Schopenhauer]

I thought I told you Russkies to STFU!

Yes, the Russians, just the people we here in the US need to be getting our geo-political advice from!

Whoever controls the world's supply of crude may control the world's economy to some extent, but the world's oil supplies are not going to last forever, so the sooner we ween ourselves off of it the better.

And no, I would not want to see the US go to war with Iran, because the lives of American soldiers should not be squandered fighting Israel's wars. Let the jews and muslims kill each other off. The world will be a much better place without them.

[Petervalhalla]

If you think the Russians are joking about this statement then why has Netanyahu from Israel been in Russia for the last few days.We have been gearing up for a war against Iran ever since they decided to drop the Dollar and use the E.U. as a basis to purchase oil.The U.S. Military has beefed up commercials for recruits and if we go to war,I'm going to sign up.
What I would like to know is are you against a war with Iran or are you for it.
My opinion is the world needs Iran's oil.But we don't need to become enslaved to Iran for said oil.People in Europe and in America need to realize the importance of this war.Whoever controls the worlds oil,controls the world.
Think about this for a moment before you bash a war with Iran.

I can't believe what I am reading here.

Do you honestly think that, considering the recent experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, it would be sensible to get involved in yet another war in that part of the world?

I am very definitely 200% against it.

[Schopenhauer]

Think of how many white men and women have died in that part of the world in the last two thousand years. Hasn't enough of our blood been spilled there already?

You want to end the problems in the Middle East? It's simple actually, stop propping up the criminal state of Israel and start working towards weening the Western World off oil. For without Western oil money, the Mid-East becomes a non-entity overnight. Cut off that, and they'll sink back into the sands of oblivion where they belong.

[OneWolf]

Thanks. I just wanted every ones opinion.Lokies Domain is my alter-ego so to speak.I would never truly let anybody know my true feelings on certain subjects.I just like starting shi@.That's just the way I am.

[Chlodovech]

Israël and Lebanon are on the brink of war again as well - and Hezbollah has assembled more rockets for the next war than ever before. Meanwhile Syria is reforming its armored divisions along the lines of Hezbollah tactics, the troops will operate as small tank hunting squads. Hezbollah destroyed 50 Israeli Merkava tanks in the 2006 war, by sneaking up behind the Merkavas, and hitting their emergency exit backdoor with rocket fire.

Damascus dreams of recapturing the Golan heights again, and during the last weeks there was talk of striking deep into Israël.

The Lebanese army is well trained and a force to be reckoned with, but it lacks modern weaponry, and is likely to fall apart in pro and anti Israeli camps during a full scale conflict. The army is first and foremost used as a political tool to maintain national unity.

Maybe a minor strategic victory is possible for the Arabs - maybe the Iranians can play a part in this - but without Egypt as a part of the coalition (or alternatively, Turkey, an impossibility at the moment) - Israël can't be overrun. However, the Egyptian government seeks to avoid conflict with Israel, and is not a threat. Most of its weaponry and ammunition is American, and so it can't fight for very long without needing a resupply that obviously is never going to come. Same thing for Saudi Arabia. The Jordanians don't seem very keen on war either.

[Zimobog]

Well, I think the Russian general was just trying to get the US and Iran to start up with the smack-talking again.

You know how when two guys don't like each other, there is always a third guy who tries to get the other two to start talking it up in hopes it will esclate into a fisticuffs.

Typical Russian negotiation tactic .

[Schopenhauer]

Well, I think the Russian general was just trying to get the US and Iran to start up with the smack-talking again.

You know how when two guys don't like each other, there is always a third guy who tries to get the other two to start talking it up in hopes it will esclate into a fisticuffs.

Typical Russian negotiation tactic .

Q: Quo Bono

A: Russian arms dealers, who'll be more than happy to supply Iran's military in the event of a war with the US/Israel.