NATO may strike Iran by summer ...

[longbrained]

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West may strike Iran by summer - Russian Gen-Staff Chief


Russia’s top military boss says an attack against Iran, which the west suspects of developing nuclear weapons, could begin as early as summer.
Thus far, tensions between Tehran and the west have been confined to the battlefield of heated rhetoric. Russia’s highest ranking military officer, however, predicts it may be just a matter of time before the verbal grenades get real.
The Russian General Staff is closely watching the situation, and is not ruling out the possibility of a coordinated attack on the Islamic Republic, General Nikolai Makarov, head of the Russian General Staff, told reporters on Tuesday.
"Iran is a sore spot,” Makarov noted.“I think a decision will be made by the summer."
If Makarov is correct in his estimations, the situation in the region – overwhelmed as it is with political crises and war – could spin rapidly out of control. Indeed, some are warning that an attack on Iran could trigger a dangerous game of dominoes across the Middle East, possibly even culminating in another world war.
In the slide towards escalating violence, there have been a string of disturbing incidents, including alleged cyber attacks against Iran, as well as the downing of a sophisticated US drone, which Iran says it guided to the ground after electronically hacking into the vehicle.
Then there are the mysterious assassinations.
In January, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 31, who supervised a department at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, was killed by a car bomb in northern Tehran.
Exactly two years earlier, Masoud Ali Mohammadi, a senior physics professor at Tehran University, was killed when a bomb-rigged motorcycle exploded beside his car as he was about to leave for work.
Iran blamed Israeli intelligence for the killings.
In the latest ratcheting up of tensions, Israel on Monday blamed Iran for masterminding attacks against Israeli embassies in Tbilisi and New Delhi.
This game of tit-for-tat can readily explode into all-out conflict, which would be a worst-case scenario not just for the region, but for the entire world.
In November, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta warned that military action against Iran could have “unintended consequences” in the region.
Panetta, like his Russian counterpart, believes that the decision to attack Iran may be imminent.
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote earlier this month that Panetta "believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June before Iran enters what Israelis described as a 'zone of immunity' to commence building a nuclear bomb."
Russia is adamantly opposed to any military action against Iran, though Moscow has supported UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran in an effort to force the Islamic Republic to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working overtime to get US President Barack Obama onboard the campaign against Iran. And it will not hurt his fierce lobbying efforts that Washington is preparing for presidential elections in November.
Thanks to the hawkish neoconservative philosophy that has hijacked traditional conservative thinking (which, to his credit, Ron Paul genuinely represents), President Obama can expect to be accused of “going weak on Iran” if he proposes anything short of war.
Thus, Russia’s top military commander may be right: the overstretched US military and its budget-broke NATO allies may find themselves fighting yet another senseless war with unknown consequences very soon.

West may strike Iran by summer - Russian Gen-Staff Chief — RT

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West may strike Iran by summer

No, it wont.

[Harry_Thomason]

This would be unfortunate for everyone involved. Massive recession for the West, bloody war throughout ME (it would include Israel too, they arent wise if they think this war would miss them), pissed Asians, happy Russia for 300+$ for the oil barrel, etc.

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[Safriz]

good that means i will be wiping my *** with dollars and euros by summer...as both economies will collapse in case of another war...and currency worthless.

[IranZamin]

media hype again

[void_0in]

thats good news.Congrats !!!

[Era_923]

thats good news.Congrats !!!

Ok i hope some day missiles start to rain down in your city and home in a war with another country,then you will understand what wishing for start a war means.Some Indians here are starting to amaze me with their words without thoughts.

[Shapur]

Oh noez, I was hoping to go on holiday to Shiraz and isfahan. damn it. :(

What the heck, I might still go and hunt some yankees along the way

[Strigon]

Ok i hope some day missiles start to rain down in your city and home in a war with another country,then you will understand what wishing for start a war means.Some Indians here are starting to amaze me with their words without thoughts.

Most of them here are kids who get excited by wars. Other older ones are just brought up that way, to become warmongers. Taking their opinions seriously is a waste of time.

[Mosamania]

Nobody who is going to attack is going to go and just say "We will attack". Next thing you know they will say "We will attack Iran in May 13th on 1600 hours be ready" That's why all of this is crap.

[Amuroray]

thats good news.Congrats !!!

moron.Theres people ITT that would be directly involved if the war take place and you think its ok?

[AbhimanyuShrivastav]

If it was to happen, it would have already happened.. Its all posturing.. Russia, China, USA every one is jostling for influence..

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moron.Theres people ITT that would be directly involved if the war take place and you think its ok?

Yes it is fine with me.Do you find anything good when their President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talk about wiping out Israel from the surface of the earth.It is not NATO or United states who comes up daily with a statement or two but their own people who wanna fight.It's been too long I wanna see their real balls.They have a good chance to do everything they want.No need to cry foul now.

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Ok i hope some day missiles start to rain down in your city and home in a war with another country,then you will understand what wishing for start a war means.Some Indians here are starting to amaze me with their words without thoughts.

Dont tell me all this, ask your president to keep his gob shut.Instead of handling things diplomatically he comes up with his BS statement which he himself knows is not going to work.You are no match to western powers.