How serious is this threat from Iran's Supreme Leader?

Question

Iran will strike against US interests worldwide if it is attacked, the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned.
"The enemies know well that any aggression will lead to a reaction from all sides," he said.

Is this what the NEOCONS mean when they say they are making us safe?

Answer 1

The threat of this religious cleric has about as much weight as that of Osama Bin Laden several years prior to 9/11, when he threatened a great calamity befalling the United States in the near future. We all know the consequences of that threat. That is why I wouldn’t take this threat to lightly. Iran is far more than just a group of loosely affiliated terrorist cells, with a fluid hierarchy, like Al Qaeda. No, Iraq is a formal government, with substantial money, expertise, foreign alliances, and fanaticism in spades.

The odd thing about this tone from Iran is that no such threat was levied against us, when we did not meddle in Middle Eastern affairs, and took a mostly isolationist position in the Middle East, with a caveat allowed for the containment of any threats from Iraq. This was the strained peace we had under Clinton and his brilliant diplomacy. God, how I long for those days.

Threats coming from sources that previously weren’t threatening are a natural consequence of a policy of ultra-aggression and preemption, such as the one that Bush has implemented in the Middle East. To expect diplomatic and peaceable responses to militaristic incursions, makes about as much sense as me punching a Rottweiler and expecting him to lick me as affectionately as Lassy.

Answer 2

The TRUTH is hte Iranian president wishes to "wipe Israel 0ff of the map" That is a threat and not a Kerry botched joke. Too many are blinded by their own ignorance and refuse the truth when presented by FACTS


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has openly called for Israel to be wiped off the map.

Ahmadinejad addressed students at a conference



"The establishment of the Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world," the president told a conference in Tehran on Wednesday, entitled The World without Zionism.

Answer 3

The threat has always been there. Are you safe when you are hiding in a cave and a bear guards the exit?

If you do not confront the bear you will eventually die anyways.

The Iranian government provides the majority of funds to terrorists.

The terrorists declared war against us not the other way around.

A free Iraq is the keystone in destabilizing the Iranian government American lives were saved by taking down the easier target of Iraq and using political and economic tactics against Iran.

Their people are mostly pro-western and the Iranian government will be in fear of it's own peoples.

The only reason the extremists were able to take power in Iran was because the former Shah was such a sloth and the extremist gained the support of the pro-western majority.

The Iranian people have spoken by voting out most of the Iranian presidents cronies in their local elections.

A free Iraq will allow a more secular government to be achieved in Iran. This would reduce funds flowing like a river to terrorists from a river to a trickle.

Answer 4

i think of Iran's might purely use its nuclear weapons as a deterrent anyhow, the previous doctrine of MAD continues to be in play as we communicate. They have been comparing the way Israel might could comprehend any enemy with nuclear weapons. I cant think of that nuclear weapons getting used interior the middle east, somewhat in Israel, could be of any use to Ahmadinejad. Many Arabs do no longer choose Israel interior the middle east, many human beings worldwide might agree, yet additionally they carry the lands there as holy, so i doubt dousing them in radiation is what all people needs. Iran's nuclear threat isn't as risky because it form of feels, it would be extra risky to impose sanctions on them which stress their nuclear application to be underfunded and not top maintained. back whilst France began getting its nukes they asked the British for help in replace for some issues. whilst the Brits went and regarded at their set up they found thousands of risky blunders and glued them interior the wish of a extra stable nuclear community. the worldwide needs to settle for that international locations are going to evolve to nuclear weapons whilst different around them own such features.

Answer 5

Well if Iran is attacked,then I think we'll see how serious is...But I think it's pretty serious.Hey,if US attacks their country,I wouldn't expect Iranians to just sit and watch how Iran is destroyed...So I wouldn't call it a threat,it's a warning:"You attack,we fight back"...

And it's not only about how safe US will be,it's about how safe the entire world will be in case of an attack on Iran...

Answer 6

all luniticks that have nukes, are like children fighting to be the boss. They flex their musscles and make brave noises too.
What bothers me is,It would seem they haven't considered is, if they fire off a few nukes, and start a world wide counter strike, Their back sides will burn along with the rest world. What? do they think, they will survive and others won't?

Answer 7

Why would you not take seriously the president of a nation threatening to whip Israel off the face of the map and promising to attack the US and its interest around the world? The man is a megalomaniac and is very serious when he says these things. Even if there is the possibility that he isn't serious why take that chance?

Answer 8

He is a major threat, not only to the US but to the stability of the entire globe. He is a fanatic in power, who's main goals are to spread Islam and oppress all other religions, spread lies (i.e. the denial of all the Jews killed in WW2), knock the Jews off the map, and to destroy the US. I'm from Canada, but I still see the danger he is. Unfortunately there are too many in the western world who have taken a liking to this guy without giving much thought to what life would be like under his rule. Oppression and the loss of human rights would take on a completely new meaning!

Answer 9

Why do you not mention the words of President Ahmadinejad:
"Death to America!"
"Death to Israel!"
And the talk about the elimination of Israel

Why do YOU not take these threats seriously?

Also, we would not strike first. But we'll provoke them as much as they provoke us. If they send people to arm insurgents and destabilize Iraq, we'll kill those Iranians. We have carrier task force out there to let them know we will not tolerate any nonsense from them.

The truth is, most Iranians do NOT support their corrupt and authoritarian government.

Answer 10

The reason this "Nut Job" isn't afraid of annihilation is that he knows that he has his 72 "virgins" waiting for him on the other side. This kind of thinking makes for very dangerous people, because they don't care if they survive. I say take the earliest possible opportunity, and send him to his virgins. GPS and precision munitions can pack quite an impact without endangering too many of the surrounding population.