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Is Kuwait Preparing for War in Gulf?

Found this article on the news website Naharnet suggesting that Kuwait is preparing for a possible war in the Gulf. Supposedly foreign troops are coming into the region for a possible war against Iran. Doesn’t sound very credible though. [Link]

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re: post #4 – I’m sure Hitler thought he was invincible as he over-stretched the troops into Russia. Judging by recent performance, I doubt the US military has learnt much since then.

They know their days in Iraq are numbered after Obama gets in. They need a foothold in th ME- Bush has a thing about the Iranians ( payback after the Embassy trouble years ago). Of course he will attack- but on what magnitude? That is the only unknown variable.

new battle in the region, would double oil prices, and countries depending on oil exports from the gulf would face skyrocketed inflations…. i think its time some of these countries start stocking food and other essentials as reserves

Rayboy
That is one of the outputs.
I have not seen a smart and an open mind person in a long long long time, Thanks for making my day 🙂

Cymraeg: Let’s look at it this way:

The US is facing a financial crisis that is heavily tied to the price of oil. Therefore a war on Iran almost certainly will top oil prices over $200. The Hurmoz strait will be hard to navigate through due to attacks. This will get the American public very very angry, and they have certainly learned something from the Iraq war. (Bad move number one)

If the US were to attack Iran. Iran will most assuringly retaliate. Where? the Gulf, Israel, and Iraq. Iraq’s situation is going too smooth right now for anything to mess it up. IF a mess up were to happen, then you have a civil war in your hands. And don’t think that the Shiite Iraqis won’t do it in order to support Iran. (Bad move two)

The US can basically only carry an air attack on Iran. Why? Iran’s geography is not the same as Iraq. The US has enjoyed rather flat lands during the Gulf War 1990 and 2003. Therefore US land military could easily push through and take whatever they can. Iran’s geography is full of hills and mountains, which creates a natural block to US land military. (Bad move three)

“” The Shahab-6 missile is expected to have a range of 5,470-5,500 and 5,632-6,200 kilometers with a 1,000-750-500 kilogram warhead and that would be capable of reaching Europe””

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and i don’t think any one is safe except the US.
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a war on Iraq lacks political and public will. However, an ariel attack of sorts seems to be on the card to take out nuclear facilities. There is considerable pressure for the war coming from the Zionist AIPAC which is the bigest and most influential lobbiests in the USA.

The attack will be limited to air (bombing) unless they seek to overthrow the Iranian regimet.. Which will not be wise since the Iranian people will defend their land and govt, unlike the Iraqi people which wrer supposed to greet the Americans with open arms. The USA armry is already outstretched, moral is very low. Ground troops needed for taking Iran would be much more the than was needed for Iraq, remember that Iraq was under international embargo, not the case with Iran, they still sell oil freely and buy weapons at their hearts content from Russia and some European countries.

Patrick the US forces in Afghanistan amount only to about 32,000 which is comparatively low with Iraq’s force. Most of their operations there are aerial bombings. They do not engage much in land attacks.

Sfsa78 you got it on the mark. However I think that even with an aerial bombing, Iran will be willing to retaliate with full force. At one point during Rafsanjani’s visit to Kuwait a few years ago, he said that they have suicide bombers (kamikaze like jet fighters) that will attack the gulf if anything happens. Why is this important? Well the US can always strike down Iranian missiles no problem. But Kamikaze fighters are much harder to strike down. That and of course as you said, the US army is outstretched and all that.

It will happen in 2 fronts, 1st in the gulf and the 2nd in lebanon, I’m praying for it start today. Iran and hizballah must be destroyed and they will be destroyed.The American armed forces is designed to fight 2 major powers at the same time, not just iran and afghanistan.

War is not just fought on a military scale and the US seems to understand that in this particular conflict. part of what makes the US so powerful is not just bc it’s a military powerhouse (#1 navy is UK, #1 airforce is israel) it’s bc it has a lot of sway and control in the media and economy aspects.

Why would the US strike iran when it is already squeezing the life out of it with increased sanctions and can use Iran to look good when the it responds professionally to Iran’s empty shit-talking?

It’s just going to be a long, boring wankfest like the US vs Russia cold war in the 80’s.

I just graduated in the field of politics from my university and i did research about this. and I found that there will be WAR in the end, consisting of Israel, America, and Americas allies VS. Iran. (if possible the only ally iran would have would be a rumor or conspiracy is Russia).

My evidence is as follows.

1. George W. Bush last day in office is in December the new president will take control is either going to be Obama or Mc kain. yet the new president will take control in January and Iran nuclear weapons will finish in February, so overall not enough time.

2. Obama said, if he would be elected president then he would remove all the us troops from Iraq by 2010, in my opinion its not a smart idea, cause if he does this, then all hell is loose. For Iraq, and possible Middle East.

3. Mc Kain who is a republican other than obama who is a democratic vows to fight or stop Iran and bring a step and recognition to Israel, and continue to dominate terrorists.

4. Israel already has a recognition by Arabs in some fo the middle east areas, recognizing its positions and steps.of Israel that its recognized there. Israel vowed to step procedures to stop Iran, since Iran said that “Israel should be wiped off he map”

5. America has strong cover point in Iraq and Afghanistan and the middle east, and IRAN is in the middle, its like being screwed over in all three positions.

6. So overall who is in the lead to becoming close president its obama, and in my opinion i don’t want Obama as the next president.

7.Yet, America doesn’t have enough time, seeing the voting elections and steps and procedures, America must strike now.

8. Overall, is Russia upset with America regarding the Missie positions in wanting to put it in eastern Europe. Yes. Is now Russia going to aid Iran, in the war, i dont think so cause, its already went to war with Georgia.

9. So overall, I conclude, A war will happen soon.

both Russia and china will aid Iran.. See how close china is getting to Sudan because of its oil.. The security council can’t do anything on darfur because china always vetos actions against sudan.. Watch for closer strategic relations with china. There will be no “war” just a bombing of nuclear sites… The only concern is irani retaliation as put by yousif. The American people dont won’t another war… Iran posses no immediate threat to USA.. And the people of America know this..

remember the CIA’s own report, to the dismay of bush proved that Iran does not or Is not working on nuclear weapons… What will bush go to war on?? Therewill be bombing like Israel bombed Syria a few months back.. Israel didn’t bomb Iran why?? Israel would be seen as oggeessor by gulf Arab nations… However if the us did it.. It would be another story.

sfsa78 One more thing. Iranian retaliation will not be something on a small scale. Iran vowed that any attack on its country means a full out war. Therefore even if the US just attacks throught the air, then we will have a real mess in the middle east. Iran will have the support of Hezbollah, the Shiite Iraqis and Syria (although Syria’s position is a little mixed right now with their negotiations with the Israelis). But all in all there will be a direct retaliation on Israel, on the US forces in Iraq, and on other US forces in the Gulf countries.
Let’s think rationally for a second. Is the US really ready for another regional war JUST as things got a little better in Iraq?
I mean it’s Bush’s dream to leave office on a positive note (Why else would he have restarted the Palestinian/Israeli peace talks and vowed to have a 2 state solution in 1 year?). He’s desperate for good PR.

I think the U.S will fight a cold war, like they did with Russia. I know Iran has everything and don’t need anyone but the Iranian Toman isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. What does that tell you?

Both Iran and the U.S are smarter than to go to war now.

How great for us gulf countries stuck in the middle. If the US wants a war they should find another spot to fight from. I’m sick of arab nations being destroyed! Yes, Iran had it coming, but I don’t want my home country in ruines. They should just invent some sort of missile that can reach Iran all the way from the US so that any retaliation can go straight back to the US as opposed to us.

Its all getting to complicated, we don�t now what�s going on exactly. They like making us believe something when there actually doing the exact opposite. It�s like we don�t now who to trust anymore. I hope banks are setting up back ups accounts in other countries just in case. Allah yester oo ya7fethna inshallah

there is a movie called “zeitgeist” everyone should watch it coz it will change your life and your perception of life

Haha I love how everyone just started talking about conspiracies and the new world order and lets become like the DaVinci Code.

It’s very simple people, every political action is spun off an economic action. The Zeitgeist documentary mentioned a lot of bullshit, the whole NEW WORLD ORDER was purely to introduce a world economy that can connect with each other. JP Morgan, Rockefeller, those guys were trying to tap into new markets, just as almost every other company in the world tries to do.

The introduction of the Federal Reserve was to control the flow of money, not to put everyone in debt. Why? Gold is finite, if every country in the world was to back it’s currency through gold, the world wouldn’t have reached its current progress status, because there simply wouldn’t have been any more gold to store. Therefore you have a halt in progress because there is no MONEY.

It’s not like we are poor people because of these actions. We are better off. Think rationally people. The world is simple, you just have to focus.

yousef the world is not simple! if the world was simple there would be no wars! henry kissinger made a deal in the 70s with the gulf countries that would make them the richest in the world but in order for that to happen they have to reinvest it in US t-bills and treasuries so that the debt from the federal reserve would be gone. some countries did not conform with this idea like iraq, iran, norway, russia and other countries that have huge oil reserves. conspiracies happen when two people agree on something that will happen in the future, its not something made up

lensman

Fact: the us has frozen all Iranian dollar accounts.
fact: Iran has always wanted to sell oil in euros or any other currency.
Fact: amedinajad once said a few months back, “the dollar is not
worth the paper its printed on”.
Fact: Iran sells oil to the Japanese in japanese yens, the euroeans on
Euros.
fact: nearly all OPEC countries even those friendly towards the US
Want to sell oil in euros but because of us pressure were unable
To. Look at the fear of gulf countries when faced with de-pegging
their currecies with the dollar.. Only Kuwait had the balls to do it…fact: as soon as Kuwait de-pegged away from dollar the week after Kuwait was suddenly put on the us black list of human rights as category”one”, which is worst offender like north Korea etc..

Watch for others de-pegging their currencies when obama comes in.

sfsa78- Are you serious?! We’re on the black list for human rights? On what? Is this because of the maid beating? I mean that I understand but their trying to do something about it… Atleast I’d wish they’d try harder but I don’t know that it would put us in the same ranks as Nkorea. What an insult.

can’t we have just a decade of peace
war in Iraq then Iran
we will be double cheese burger with much chlli sauce

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