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Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles on Venezuelan soil, based on western information sources[1], according to an article in the German daily, Die Welt, of November 25, 2010. According to the article, an agreement between the two countries was signed during the last visit o Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Tehran on October19, 2010. The previously undisclosed contract provides for the establishment of a jointly operated military base in Venezuela, and the joint development of ground-to-ground missiles.
Originally posted by Erasurehead
reply to post by concernedcitizen519
I was just reading about this. It is very similar to the Cuban missle crisis.
This is a direct challenge to the USA. Having the capability to strike the US mainland with missles that could carry a nuclear payload really ups the ante.
Venezuela is biting off more than they can chew with this one. It's almost like they are daring the US to do something. If this does happen, there will be war. America will not allow it to happen. To give Iran first strike capability would be suicide.
During the Cuban missle crisis the world was very close to all out nuclear war. This is no joke.
Originally posted by harrytuttle
This isn't going to happen. It simply won't.
If Iran & Venezuela are stupid and actually attempt to do this, they will simply suffer the consequences, in particular, Venezuela.
If Venezuela want's to bring it on, then they better get ready for a world of pain.edit on 9-12-2010 by harrytuttle because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by oozyism
Originally posted by Erasurehead
US needs to solve Afghanistan or face an imminent collapse.
This right here is the key. We are slowly but surely trickling out of Iraq, but Afghanistan is literally an empire killer. It is an unwinnable region and we need to pull out now. Realocate our resources and get over our imperialistic pretensions.
Originally posted by Erasurehead
reply to post by oozyism
If Iran puts missles in Venezuela that can reach the US mainland, America can and will do something.
Even with all of the problems facing the US these days the military is still quite capable.
America will not wait for a nuclear tipped missle to fall on US soil.
If Iran puts missles in Venezuela that can reach the US mainland, America can and will do something.
Even with all of the problems facing the US these days the military is still quite capable.
Originally posted by Erasurehead
reply to post by RobertAntonWeishaupt
There would be no need to send in troops. Just park a ship offshore and send in the cruise missles . . .
Originally posted by RobertAntonWeishaupt
Really?
Of course, with our vast surplus of military equipment and personnel along with our vast completely stable resources, we can easily open up a third and possibly fourth theatre of operation with little to no consequences.
We'll just put them in "a world of pain." We won't have to worry about civilian casualties being used to radicalize the rest of South America or anything like that. And surely we would have no difficulty in a potential land war in a tropical climate against enemies that have spent generations engaged in varying degrees of jungle warfare.
This could be spectacularly bad, because the U.S. is completely overextended on the other side of the world. Now that there's a threat in our own backyard, what are we going to do?