{"id":86940,"date":"2019-05-13T08:05:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T12:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86940"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:53","slug":"iran-commander-calls-u-s-military-in-gulf-a-target-not-a-threat-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86940","title":{"rendered":"Iran commander calls U.S. military in Gulf a target not a threat \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2019\/05\/12\/iran-commander-calls-u-s-military-in-gulf-a-target-not-a-threat\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AFP_1GD03X-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Iran has been the major problem in the Middle East since the 1970&#8217;s.\u00a0 They are constantly churning up mischief and threatening the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>I doubt the current Administration will react in a Bengazhi like manner if they go too far with their target acquisition.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The U.S. military has sent forces, including an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers, to the Middle East in a move U.S. officials said was to counter \u201cclear indications\u201d of threats from Iran to its forces in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The USS Abraham Lincoln is replacing another carrier rotated out of the Gulf last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn aircraft carrier that has at least 40 to 50 planes on it and 6,000 forces gathered within it was a serious threat for us in the past but now it is a target and the threats have switched to opportunities,\u201d said Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guards\u2019 aerospace division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf (the Americans) make a move, we will hit them in the head,\u201d he added, according to ISNA.<\/p>\n<p>Major General Hossein Salami, appointed head of the Guards last month, told parliament on Sunday the United States had started a psychological war in the region, the parliamentary spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommander Salami, with attention to the situation in the region, presented an analysis that the Americans have started a psychological war because the comings and goings of their military is a normal matter,\u201d spokesman Behrouz Nemati said, according to parliament\u2019s ICANA news site.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Sunday that John Bolton had planned the U.S. withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal and a more aggressive approach even before the U.S. national security adviser took up his post.<\/p>\n<p>Zarif tweeted a link to a 2017 National Review article by Bolton headlined \u201cHow to Get Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA detailed blueprint for #FakeIntelligence, #ForeverWar and even empty offers for talks-only phone numbers were not included,\u201d Zarif wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2019\/05\/12\/iran-commander-calls-u-s-military-in-gulf-a-target-not-a-threat\/\">Iran commander calls U.S. military in Gulf a target not a threat \u2013 The Mercury News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has been the major problem in the Middle East since the 1970&#8217;s.\u00a0 They are constantly &hellip; 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