{"id":47811,"date":"2014-05-18T07:25:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T11:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=47811"},"modified":"2014-05-18T07:25:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T11:25:35","slug":"iran-will-destroy-us-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=47811","title":{"rendered":"Iran will destroy US Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=47812\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/maxresdefault-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"maxresdefault\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/maxresdefault-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/maxresdefault-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/may\/16\/iran-vows-destroy-us-navy\/\">The Washington Times<\/a> reports that one Iranian Navy official has threatened to destroy the US Navy with their strategy, rather than with their inferior technology;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Iranian Naval Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, a member of Iran\u2019s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that Iran is constantly training and preparing for a clash with the United States,according to a recounting of his remarks provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>While the United States possesses advanced military equipment, \u201cthese weapons are ineffective against a new [Iranian] strategy relying on faith, on a desire for martyrdom, and on [Iran\u2018s] unique speedboats,\u201d Fadavi said.<\/p>\n<p>Iran will \u201cnot allow the U.S. to act against it from its bases in the Persian Gulf countries,\u201d according to Fadavi, who claimed that U.S. forces in the region are being careful \u201cnot to cause a flare-up in the region because they know that they will lose any potential conflict with Iran,\u201d according to MEMRI\u2019s report on Fadavi\u2019s remarks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, Iranians will depend on &#8220;wishful thinking&#8221; rather than any sort of real strategy. They&#8217;re bringing their 12th century land warfare to the seas. Buoyant jihadists might find that attacking the US Navy is a little more difficult than bombing a market full of women and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Times reports that one Iranian Navy official has threatened to destroy the US Navy &hellip; <a title=\"Iran will destroy US Navy\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=47811\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iran will destroy US Navy<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-navy","category-terror-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}