{"id":40186,"date":"2014-03-05T17:52:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T22:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=40186"},"modified":"2014-03-05T17:52:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T22:52:37","slug":"iran-the-rational-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=40186","title":{"rendered":"Iran, the rational actor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports on the talks in Tokyo aimed at reducing Iran’s attempt to develop nuclear weapons. Of course, Iran is using the presence of the US Navy near Iran as a bargaining chip;<\/p>\n

A secondary hurdle in the U.S.-Iranian relationship remains Tehran\u2019s stance on freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf and surrounding waters.<\/p>\n

The U.S. maintains its Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, which lies about 140 miles from Iran across the Persian Gulf. Zarif said that in light of the results of U.S. military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, Washington should rethink its deployment of force throughout the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not believe presence of foreign forces is conducive to security,\u201d Zarif said. \u201cPresence of foreign forces always leads to a greater propensity for miscalculations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, I wonder why Iran wants the 5th Fleet out of the Persian Gulf. Maybe the answer is in a Washington Times<\/a> story;<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military said it has intercepted and seized a shipment of advanced weapons from Iran that were being sent to terror groups in the Gaza.<\/p>\n

Among the discovered weapons: Long-range missiles that could reach nearly every site in Israel, The Blaze reported.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Israel Defense Forces announced the interception in a tweet: \u201cBREAKING: The #IDF intercepted an Iranian shipment of rockets sent to terrorist organizations in #Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner also said, in a separate message reported by The Blaze, that \u201cIran attempted to smuggle tens of M302 surface to surface rockets to the terrorist organizations in Gaza.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, Israel was tracking the shipment of weapons to Hamas in Gaza with the help of the US Navy. Stationed in the Persian Gulf. So yeah, I’m pretty sure they’ll abide by any agreement which gets hammered out in Tokyo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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