Iran starts airforce manoeuvres in Gulf

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OK lib douchbags.....Bush is the devil/fox news sucks......that seems to be the mantra. Bush ain't president and ur president is an ass, now what.

TEHRAN, June 22 (Reuters) - Iran began three days of airforce exercises on Monday in the Gulf and the Sea of Oman to raise operational and support capability, Iranian media said.

"Long-distance flights of around 3,600 km (2,237 miles) along with aerial refuelling from tanker to fighter jet and from fighter jet to fighter jet will be part of this exercise," state broadcaster IRIB's website reported.

"Low altitude flights over the waters of the ... Gulf and the Sea of Oman by Iranian fighter jets over distances of 700 km will also be tested.," it said.

The military exercise plans were announced last month.

IRIB, which did not mention Iran's disputed presidential election in its report, said the exercises were also aimed at raising the force's ability to use intelligence aircraft "to send signals and analyse threats".

Iran often holds war games or tests weapons to show its determination to counter any attack by the United States or Israel on sites where they believe nuclear weapons are made. (Writing by Zahra Hosseinian; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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LOL @ the 6 and 8 years of dicking around in afghanistan and Iraq... proud of stalemate.

Imagine if Obama suprised the world and ordered 2 weeks of bombing in iran AND north korea starting on the same day.

hahahahaha imagine the shocked talking heads on FOX news.  imagine NO loss of US life, both countries losing nice chunk of nuke technology and air force.  What would they complain about then?  That Obama wasn't displomatic enough?  haha...

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Um..thats fantasy. Bush actually did it. We've won Iraq, talk of stalemates and loosing are a worthless arguement. Barry has deal with Iran/Nkorea/Pakistan..Barry is the president not Bush...imagine, what-if, he could...are all bullshit. Barry gave a limp wristed response to the protestors in Iran.

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Um..thats fantasy. Bush actually did it. We've won Iraq, talk of stalemates and loosing are a worthless arguement. Barry has deal with Iran/Nkorea/Pakistan..Barry is the president not Bush...imagine, what-if, he could...are all bullshit. Barry gave a limp wristed response to the protestors in Iran.

Okay, Bush 'won' in iraq.  We have 150k men there because...

Bush 'won' in afghanistan.  Yeah, the warlords still run the place and barry just sent a lot more troops there and OBL still walks.



Tell us, how should Obama have responded to Iran?  keeping quiet was the smart move.  Anything he said would be used as Us interference.

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as far as i remember, Iran's newest fighter jets are the mig-21s in low numbers. i don't see any air force power.

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Okay, Bush 'won' in iraq.  We have 150k men there because...

Bush 'won' in afghanistan.  Yeah, the warlords still run the place and barry just sent a lot more troops there and OBL still walks.



Tell us, how should Obama have responded to Iran?  keeping quiet was the smart move.  Anything he said would be used as Us interference.

As for Iraq. They are claiming victory last Friday.
HH6 never mentioned Afghanistan. However most losses in Afghanistan are caused by Taliban coming in from Pakistan.
BO hasn't said how he will solve this problem.

You do realize that Iran is claiming US interference anyway.
Now the momentum is lost in helping the general population of Iran overthrow the Mullahs.

All in order to appease to the left wing of the democratic party.

By the way Barrack never wanted to help the Iranians, he was more concerned about negotiating future nuclear weapons. Instead of supporting an uprising that would have seen them not getting them.

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Barry kept silent and they stilled blamed us. When he opened his mouth, his statement was weak. Barry should have backed the protests immediatly.  We have to be careful to back the general protests without backing Mousavi, as he's really no better then Smurf. I think Barry has sorta done that.

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Barry kept silent and they stilled blamed us. When he opened his mouth, his statement was weak. Barry should have backed the protests immediatly.  We have to be careful to back the general protests without backing Mousavi, as he's really no better then Smurf. I think Barry has sorta done that.

I agree with the backing the general protest.

As long as Barrack wants to talk to the Mullahs the protectors have no hope of any real help from the US.

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Can't say I'll be taking Iran too seriously anytime soon. Of course they're going to try to show some sign of strength. They're the laughing stock of the world right now.

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As for Iraq. They are claiming victory last Friday.

Are you kidding, or serious?  Did we just officially declare victory again?

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Are you kidding, or serious?  Did we just officially declare victory again?

Serious.
Its been on Drudge since Friday.

The Iraqi's are claiming victory because they are finally policing their own country.

That's why there has been a spike in attacks.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55J0KA20090620?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Maliki, a Shi'ite, said the start of the U.S. withdrawal was a "great victory" for Iraq over foreign occupation.

"I, and you, are sure that many don't want us to succeed and celebrate this victory," he said. "They are getting themselves ready to move in the dark to destabilize the situation, but we will be ready for them, God willing."

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LOL

Khamenei sure has fcuked up now.

How the hell is he gonna back out of this one without losing face?

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The Iraqi's are claiming victory because they are finally policing their own country.

ah yes, June 09 is upon us and we GTFO of the cities and to the bases, where we'll remain for the next, oh, 500 years