“I expect a significant weakening of the U.S. over the next decade. If it does not leave the region completely, it will become very weak….In a short time, everybody will be amazed to see the fall of the U.S. in the region. This means that the global collapse of the U.S. will begin in this region, West Asia. Iran will be the standard-bearer of America’s exit from the region.”
It’s a race. Will the Iranian Islamic regime fall? Its people are widely discontented, and even the most repressive measures are not forever successful. Or will a socialist internationalist be elected President of the United States in the next ten years? If that happens, the Islamic Republic’s position will be secured and the “significant weakening” of the US will be at hand.
“Senior Iranian Official Mohsen Rezaee: We are Looking for an Excuse to Raze Tel-Aviv to the Ground; As U.S. Foothold in Region Weakens Regimes of KSA and Gulf Countries Will Fall,'” MEMRI, February 8, 2020:
Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council and former IRGC Commander-in-Chief, was interviewed on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) on February 8, 2020. In the interview Rezaee said that Iran has precise information on American activity in the region. He said that all the American bases are under surveillance, all the aircraft carriers are under control and Iran has precise information on American activity in Iraq and the Gulf countries. Rezaee added that Iran even monitors American soldiers when they go to hotels in Kuwait or Bahrain, and it knows such things as the names of accomplices with the U.S. and the food sources of the U.S. troops. Rezaee said that Iran had targeted the American military base in Ayn Al-Assad because it knew that it was very important to the Americans….
Mohsen Rezaee: “Naturally, we have precise information, thanks be to Allah. All the American bases are under our surveillance now. All the American aircraft carriers are under our control. We know the number of American ships in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman, and where they are in the Persian Gulf, and what they have in Qatar and Bahrain, and [we know about] their activity in Iraq. Even when American soldiers go to a hotel in Kuwait or Bahrain – we monitor them. We know their hotel in Bahrain, and were they go to eat and rest in Dubai. For example, we know the precise number of American troops in Kuwait. We know the names of their friends and the translators they employ. We know exactly what they are doing in Iraq and in other countries in the region, and we know where they get their meat and food. Our information is very precise. We bombed the Ayn Al-Assad base on the basis of detailed calculations. We knew that it was a very important site for the Americans that we had to strike.”
Interviewer: “We heard the commanders of the IRGC making threats: In case of a strike against Iran, Iran will strike Israel. Is there really such a decision? If the U.S. attacks you, will you really strike Israel?”
Mohsen Rezaee: “You should have no doubt about this. We would raze Tel-Aviv to the ground for sure. We have been looking for such a pretext. If they do something, we can use it as a pretext to attack Israel, because Israel played a role in the martyrdom of General Soleimani. It was the Israelis who reported about the martyr Soleimani’s trip from Damascus to Baghdad. We were waiting for the Americans to give us a pretext to strike Tel-Aviv, just like we attacked Ayn Al-Assad.
[…]
“American hegemony in the region is in a state of disintegration and instability. By proposing the ‘Deal of the Century,’ they are looking for a firm and stable foothold on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, in order to do away with the Palestinian Cause once and for all, and in order to take over Gaza and disarm Hamas.
[…]
“I expect a significant weakening of the U.S. over the next decade. If it does not leave the region completely, it will become very weak. As soon as the Saudi people and the peoples of the Persian Gulf feel that America is not what it used to be, there will be a revolution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it will be followed by revolutions in the other countries in the Persian Gulf.
[…]
“In a short time, everybody will be amazed to see the fall of the U.S. in the region. This means that the global collapse of the U.S. will begin in this region, West Asia. Iran will be the standard-bearer of America’s exit from the region.”
Frank Anderson says
Does anyone recall Robert Duvall’s line to John Wayne in True Grit? I think it fits here!
Frank Anderson says
Of course, John Wayne’s response fits too!
Frank Anderson says
Please forgive me for my attempt to remember and remind one of the great exchanges ever in movies:
1.Rooster Cogburn/John Wayne: “Ned, I mean to see you dead in one minute or hang in Fort Smith (Arkansas) at Judge Parker’s convenience. Which will it be?
2.Llucky Ned Pepper/Robert Duvall: “I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!”
3. Rooster: “Fill your hand you son of a b????!” and the gunfight follows.
Bold talk can be painful in the end. I ran the movie in the theater dozens if not hundreds of times; and my adopted mother loved to watch it on video tape. A treasured and inspiring memory.
Lion Heart says
Frank Anderson : as a Canadian Christian guy myself originally from Iraq, I wanna say that the evil Saddam and his terrorist Baathist regime said something similar to this Iranian filthy terrorist ( Mohsen Rezaee ) when Saddam said prior to 2003 war “ We will burn the Americans on the fences ( borders ) of Baghdad I’d they try to enter it “ and then , the Americans snatched Saddam out of his hole he was hiding in like a rat “ ?? I BADLY want that USA would crush the skulls of Iranians Islamic terrorist regime because as they should have done it in 1979 .
Frank Anderson says
L.H. I think history has several examples where false “prudence” kept people from stopping horror early. There was a half-hearted campaign against the Bolsheviks in Russia by several countries including the US and Japan. There was Patton’s desire to stop Stalin when Germany was finished. There was the abandonment of victory by failing to remove S. Hussein after the liberation of Kuwait. There was the abandonment of South Vietnam, in spite of promises to assist in the event of invasion by the North, leading to a bloodbath in both Cambodia and South Vietnam. There was the promise of Clinton to guarantee Ukraine’s borders if Ukraine surrendered one of the largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the world. There was the Korean War which was fought literally with “one hand tied” to a standstill that still exists almost 70 years later. And of course, there was Czechoslovakia where a country was not even allowed to attend the surrender of its border defense fortifications in preparation for its conquest, and a plot to kill Hitler by his generals was averted.
General Patton favored short intense violence in preference to long bouts of attrition. In the end, fewer people are killed and injured; and life goes on. Can we imagine how many people are sick of the Iranian leadership and the hell-hole they have made?
Scott Allen says
If Bernie gets elected this all could be true. He couldn’t apologize fast enough for all of us Islamaphobes and will probably run his administration from the Hampton Inn and allow the leaders of Iran to use the White House at their leisure. They can set up a torturous Halal slughterhouse on the South lawn. I feel bad for those animals.
FYI says
With what?
One of their IMBMs?
Their Islamicaly Misguided Ballistic Missiles.
The iranians have been too busy attacking and shooting down civilian planes with …iranians on board.
A shame their Arab god al LAH doesn’t speak Farsi:al Lah rightly guides his muslim followers in the care of his Two Right Hands but it must be awkward for the iranians that their ARAB god doesn’t relate to their language.
Everything has to be in Arabic for al LAH,the great ARAB Sultan in the Sky.
iranians{Farsi} 3..2…1…Lift off!
allah.Whaat…?Verily and forsooth that does not sound like Classical Arabic!A shame I only know Classical Arabic.I won’t allow their missiles to come here unless they ask me for permission in Classical Arabic{koran 55:33}
GOD That’s Farsi allah.
allah you mean..you mean..there… is another language apart from Classical Arabic?
GOD yes,there is also Hebrew which the Jews have..The Torah is written in it.
allah..haha no it isn’t:it must be in Classical Arabic .How do you spell it?he-be-…?
Westman says
This is Tariq Aziz 2.0
When tyrant regimes make these noises they are very, very afraid – and should be. Pressure from inside and outside Iran has the regime on a crumbling foothold. They use the same methods for all pressures – threatening the outside world like a mad dog and jailing or killing their citizens. The evil Iranian regime only makes its removal, inevitable.
James Lincoln says
Westman,
A concise and accurate analysis, my compliments.
Lion Heart says
Westman : I couldn’t agree more ? and as a Canadian Christian guy myself originally from Iraq, I wanna say that the evil Saddam and his terrorist Baathist regime said something similar to this Iranian filthy terrorist ( Mohsen Rezaee ) when Saddam said prior to 2003 war “ We will burn the Americans on the fences ( borders ) of Baghdad I’d they try to enter it “ and then , the Americans snatched Saddam out of his hole he was hiding in like a rat “ ?? I BADLY want that USA would crush the skulls of Iranians Islamic terrorist regime because as they should have done it in 1979 .
Lion Heart says
Westman : I couldn’t agree more ; and as a Canadian Christian guy myself originally from Iraq, I wanna say that the evil Saddam and his terrorist Baathist regime said something similar to this Iranian filthy terrorist ( Mohsen Rezaee ) when Saddam said prior to 2003 war “ We will burn the Americans on the fences ( borders ) of Baghdad I’d they try to enter it “ and then , the Americans snatched Saddam out of his hole he was hiding in like a rat “ ?? I BADLY want that USA would crush the skulls of Iranians Islamic terrorist regime because as they should have done it in 1979 .
Shreyas says
When will these guys stop day dreaming. Iran has not been able to stop dissent in its own backyard of late. Iran will be wiped out in a day if Israel is given a free hand. Its only humanity that is stoping Israel from doing so. These guys are still happy riding camels & talk about conquering the world. Unless & until they change their perspective & mindset about islam, it is going to be doomed.
James Lincoln says
Shreyas,
I hope that you’re right.
One thing is for certain, any country that messes with Israel and its IDF has got to be totally brain-dead…
Spiro says
Maybe they don’t have any history books in Iran
Frank Anderson says
Sprio, sarc/on: If they had books, could they read?, Oh, wait. They have been working on having nuclear bombs for 40 years and DON’T have any YET? sarc/off
NO other country in the current world history worked so long and spent so much money without obtaining nuclear weapons. They have them now. The only question is how many and when will they start using them where?
I admit that I have been working for 11 years on a complicated machine to do something I don’t think anyone else has done, and am still trying to solve problems. My budget is in the hundred dollar range instead of billions/milliards. And I don’t have any “religious leaders” watching my work expecting to bring back the Twelfth Imam.
gravenimage says
Iran’s former Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps top dog: if US attacks, “we would raze Tel-Aviv to the ground”
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In other words, if the US were to act, Iran would go out and murder a bunch of Jewish people.
TKF says
Talk is cheap. Mess with Israel and they’ll hand you your Islamic ass in pieces.
R Russell says
Bible prophesy tells us The Islamic Republic of Iran will be one of the nations which will go to war with Israel. Russia and allies and Turkey are also named.
Hezbollah has 180,000 missiles in southern Lebanon pointed at Israel right now. They could do a lot of damage further afield from Tel Aviv.
But
The God of Israel never slumbers or sleeps.
Spiro says
Mathew chapter 24 verse 11
Then many false prophets will rise up and receive many
Sure sounds like Mohammed to me
Spirp says
Typo should say deceive
Not receive
But I guess a false prophet
Like Mohamed could receive the deceived
OLD GUY says
Talk is cheap especially from islamic leaders and dictators. All bullies boast about how tough they are and what they are going todo until someone comes long and kicks the shit out of them. Irans boasting actually shows how weak they probably are. Irans leadership is endangering the people of Iran with their lust for power on the world level. If these little men where true leaders of their people they would behave in a manner that would always be in the interest of improving their citizens lives. Most people everywhere don’t care about destroying others countries, they care about their day to day lives and families.
Frank Anderson says
O.G. consider the possibility that Iran’s leaders would provoke a “foreign” response that would punish their own people. “They” would then use “us” to do the injury and killing that “they” would otherwise have to do themselves in order to stay in power. A BIG reason to aim for the leadership and avoid collateral damage.
OLD GUY says
Frank that would not come as a total surprise they will do anything to stay in power. Power is the only thing they give a shit about.