The guided-missile destroyer is one four warships the U.S. is relocating there as part of a NATO-approved ballistic missile defense plan. Each ship is equipped with the sophisticated Aegis radar system, which enables them to track and shoot down ballistic missiles....
The politics on any side of this issue has become mostly intractable in favor of a very aggressive stance. Iranian politics demands the current opposition to rant on about being ready for war. They need to sincerely assess what an outcome to war within that country would look like. Give me a break.
The best stance for Iran is to follow the example of the Swiss and declare themselves a neutral country. The sanctions have compromised any ability to wage war. Iran should never seek an aggressive international posture. It should always be demanding peace for itself and any country that is involved in nuclear proliferation. Non-proliferation should be a demand of all countries. Iran should be a leader in non-proliferation and protect it's people from any form of aggression.
..."Iran is ready to enter negotiations (click her) with the P5+1 (group of world powers) to reach a comprehensive and final agreement," Rouhani told Tehran-based foreign diplomats in remarks broadcast live on state television.
"We are serious in this regard, as we were serious in the first step," he said referring to three rounds of intensive negotiations last year that culminated in a landmark, interim deal on November 24.
Building on the November deal, negotiators hope to eventually reach a comprehensive accord to allay international concerns that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons capability, allegations denied by Tehran.
Rouhani's remarks came a day after Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog struck a seven-step deal in separate but parallel negotiations that seek to enhance transparency over Tehran's nuclear work.
That deal included a promise by Iran to clarify its use of detonators as part of a probe into long-standing allegations that its past nuclear work, mostly before 2003, had "possible military dimensions"....
In the USA, rightwing politicians can't survive their own primaries if they aren't willing to take an aggressive position regarding Iran. The politicians have allowed the hate speech to become a part of their dialogue with their constituents rather than talking about facts, figures and what has been accomplished.
The Iranian military can bearly conduct security of their borders. This is harassment in 2008. I realize these small craft are a concern and they can conduct a great deal of mischief, but, as far as they attacking the USA and the EU? I mean for real?
This is why the USA is going to bomb, bomb, bomb Iran? For real? Iran is not capable of three quarters of what The West willingly believes it can do.
Iran's extremist faction has cried wolf one too many times and it has to stop putting it's country at risk of stupid ideas of global domination. It ain't gonna happen.
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CIA stealth drones scoured dozens of sites throughout Iran, making hundreds of passes over suspicious facilities, before a version of the RQ-170 crashed inside Iran’s borders in December. The surveillance has been part of what current and former U.S. officials describe as an intelligence surge that is aimed at Iran’s nuclear program and that has been gaining momentum since the final years of George W. Bush’s administration.
The effort has included ramped-up eavesdropping by the National Security Agency, formation of an Iran task force among satellite-imagery analysts and an expanded network of spies, current and former U.S. officials said....
There is every reason to believe Iran doesn't even have aerial surveillance capacity. It wasn't until the lousy drone crashed did Iran have any concept about the drones penetrating it's borders. If Iran could stop drones at it's borders, they would. They would love to say they shot down drones, but, they haven't.
I thought what made the Shi'ites great was their dearly held idea of peace. I thought the holy men were dedicated to it. I know one of them that speaks of nothing else. Iran has made remarkable strides in securing itself away from a dictator that was not benevolent to the people. Their deeply held beliefs have brought them to a place where they never thought they would be only two decades ago. Why do the extremists that seek war over peace want to continue the people's suffering under hideous restrictive sanctions? If Iran declared itself a neutral country, it would end this entire disaster that has occurred because they were scapegoated in a speech by a US President to justify war.
I thought what made the Shi'ites great was their dearly held idea of peace. I thought the holy men were dedicated to it. I know one of them that speaks of nothing else. Iran has made remarkable strides in securing itself away from a dictator that was not benevolent to the people. Their deeply held beliefs have brought them to a place where they never thought they would be only two decades ago. Why do the extremists that seek war over peace want to continue the people's suffering under hideous restrictive sanctions? If Iran declared itself a neutral country, it would end this entire disaster that has occurred because they were scapegoated in a speech by a US President to justify war.
