An Iranian special forces general has warned president Donald Trump against starting a war with Iran. The comments by Major-General Qassem Soleimani, who heads the Quds Force of the Guards, are just the latest in rhetoric between Washington and Tehran.
“As a soldier, it is my duty to respond to your threats … If you want to use the language of threat … talk to me, not to the president (Hassan Rouhani). It is not in our president’s dignity to respond to you,” Soleimani was quoted as saying by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. Soleimani’s message can be taken as nothing less than a warning to the United States, and that warning is simple: stop threatening Iran or you’ll provoke a response.
“We are near you, where you can’t even imagine … Come. We are ready … If you begin the war, we will end the war,” Tasnim news agency quoted Soleimani as saying. “You know that this war will destroy all that you possess.” But according to Reuters, Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said the fiery rhetoric of Soleimani was only “empty talk” because Iran is fully aware of “the strength and might of the U.S. military.”
Trump had responded to supposed threats from Iran in a tweet a week ago.
In response to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who warned the U.S. that a war with Tehran would be the “mother of all wars,” but peace would be “the mother of all peace,” Trump threatened Iran in a tweet. Rouhani also cautioned Trump not to “play with the lion’s tail, because you will regret it eternally.” Trump then responded, likely heightening already sky-high tensions with Iran in the wake of Washington’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement, and told the Iranian president to never threaten the United States again. -SHTFPlan
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So far, Washington and Tehran have only a war of words. However, tensions continue to rise. Adding fuel to the fires of hot rhetoric was U.S. national security adviser John Bolton who said in a statement on Monday: “President Trump told me that if Iran does anything at all to the negative, they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid before.”
Bolton has long been a warmonger and is a proponent of interventionist foreign policy. He was the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of George W. Bush during the Iraq war and is infamous for wanting to start wars.
Turn the middle east into a glass parking lot already.
What happens if Iran has put a bomb in Yellow-Stone-Park?
The US should be cautious, imho.
If America goes to war with Iran, this Muslim Asshole will be at the top of the target list. BTW, Trump has already “greenlighted” Israel to terminate this guy if it wants too. 🙂
These are the same guys who couldn’t defeat the worthless Iraqis in ten years. I’ll bet The Donald is just peeing himself in fear.
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You hit it right on the head.
Militarily they would get their asses handed to them.
They think they can cut off oil and it will hurt us. Wrong we don’t get oil from them.
Take out military then take over the oil fields in less than 6 months the oil would flow again.
I would like to see them try to do something to Israel. They would blow them back to the stone ages. Wait they are in the stone age in most of the country. Get out of the major cities and you have the stone age. or at least the 18th century.
Sgt.
War is Good
Sarge, damn right. Let the mullahs try anything and there will be a crater where Tehran is sitting right now. Their air force alone is way out-of-date. Most of their aircraft are ones we sold to the SHAH back in the 60s and 70s. Their navy is also out-of-date. But I wouldn’t want to get involved in a ground war in Iran. Too much territory to occupy and nowhere near enough troops to do the job.
This is the country we should have destroyed way before the lies came out that led to Iraq’s demise. I do mean destroy. Kill every damn piece of shit scum muslim there and leave the holes and take the oil as ours.
Menzo: That is what I have been saying for 30 damn years or more…enough is enough, you vile sand-apes.
Thumbs up
Really you want the US to bomb & invade another oil rich country just to benefit some globalist elites – no thanks
I want them to drop 3 or 4 50 megaton bombs on Iran and kill them all.
If any of you war mongers on here were sent over there with a rifle and pack on your back, you’d all be crying for your mommas. Get real, Most of this BS is propaganda to fan the flames.
And we don’t need to be fighting any global wars for the Cabal sqatting in Palestine. Get real..
Iran has not invaded another country in over 205 years.. Get real.. Lots of LOW IQ morons on this site today eh. You have about as much brains as you could stuff in your pinky fingers.
It looked like Biblical times, before being developed by Western, financial concerns (then ceded).
I have never heard a conventional explanation for that.
The explanation is called Islam.
I saw newsreels of sanddunes, herdsmen, and kafiyah. What were those people?
Didn’t little rocketman Kimchi say the same thing? Like a little yappy dog thinking he’s bigger than he really is until one kick punts him over the fence like a football.
CIA-US .gov Middle East foreign policy:
The good guys are the ones that give up their oil for paper without putting up a stink. The bad guys are the ones that want to keep the oil and profits to benefit their people and are willing to fight the Empire for it.
Some things never change. Here’s a quote from President Eisenhower, famous for his “Military Industrial Complex” speech:
“…there’s a campaign of hatred against us in the Middle East, not by governments but by the people. The National Security Council discussed that question and said, yes, and the reason is, there’s a perception in that region that the US supports status-quo governments which prevent democracy and development and that we do it because of our interest in Near East oil. Furthermore, it’s difficult to counter that perception because it’s correct, and furthermore, it ought to be correct. We ought to be supporting brutal and corrupt governments which prevent democracy and development, because we want to control Middle East oil, and it’s true that leads to a campaign of hatred against us…”
“moderation” censorship again?
no links, no mention of Israel, no cussing.
bullshit
JRS
yeah, “no cussing”, yet the site name contains the word “shit.”
I’ve never submitted a comment on here that wasn’t moderated. I’m sure this one will also be moderated.
For the sake of a thought-gaming of this…. consider if what if what this Soleimani said (““We are near you, where you can’t even imagine … ” ) is true. What do you guys think that just might mean? That perhaps Iran already has in place nukes – say in Mexico or S.America – ready to fire off. Maybe an EMP device or 2? A cargo freighter, oil tanker – flying God only knows what flag – right offshore? Iran just might indeed surprise the “Sh*t” out of us. Not that they’d not be turned into glass; but, we’d be hurt and bad.
I would guess it would be sleeper cells in many of the major cities, with back-up right across our porous border. The question is, What weapons do the sleeper cells have in their possession?
I totally agree.
In all honesty to me it is not a matter of the military power of the USA which is spread way to thin around the globe already. Let the Iranians talk. The real concern to me is the threat which is already inside our borders. I mean both Canada and the USA. The west has let the enemy pour into our countries at a very great rate. Remember Trump’s little story about the old lady and the snake? Please people do not kid yourself, the safety you may feel within your borders is an illusion. And no I am not a fear monger but I have a good idea of the threat that exists within our countries. And one last thing I hope President Trump does not continue on the same path of being a lap dog to the nation of Israel. Keep your powder dry as I always say as it is my belief one day this war will be at our doorstep. God bless and have a great day.
MikeinCanada, Thanks for your informative post. I agree. Particularly the part about the threat inside our borders. That is VERY real.
It could easily escalate and get real ugly real fast. Events and things we could not have foreseen could easily happen. Like yourself, I am also not a fear-monger but some of the posters here are war-mongers, just like Trump. That is a threat right there in and of itself.
Mike: Pretty true buddy. I have been asking the question literally since the 1980’s – WTF do we continue to allow all of these foreign goat and camel rapists into this god damned cluster of a country? Seriously, WTF is wrong with that picture people? and now, well, too late, the vile mutts are already here all you damn fools that were okay with the policy of letting the enemy walk right in via the front damn door.
There are over 20 million Veterans and 1.3 active duty military
while Iran has about 550,000 I guess the numbers speak for themselves and military equipment out numbers them.
It may be a good time to rethink your position Iran.
JRS, my first post in a month or so.
For the very same reason you describe. I’ve had too many posts go into moderation and then disappear, and they did not have the J word or anything like it.
Obviously something’s going on here.
Probably several people churning out articles under the name Mac with never a word to us participants…as long as those advertisers pay their $250 a month ad fee, all’s good. Don’t rock the boat huh, Mac?
You may have a worthwhile shtf story, but they don’t give a rip. No article submissions allowed here.
I will continue to read here, at times, because I like many posters comments.
And I’ve learned far more from poster comments that I ever have from articles here.
It’ too bad that so many good posters have left, never to return. Be Informed, TnAndy, sixpack, Winston Smith, Equorial (one of the best), Enemy of the State, etc.
Rellik and Nail, brothers in the tropics, glad you’re here. Same with B. Menzo, BH.
Ketchup, You forgot KY Mom. She hasn’t posted in months.
Yes, unfortunately I did forget her, and others, for sure. Her posts were always welcome.
granny and whowuddathunkit too. Personally I like OldGuy’s comments, He nails it most every time. Kevin2 is good too. And where is Genius? Prob makining his shine or locked up for making shine. haha.
Ketchup, glad to see you back. My moniker is now The Deplorable Renegade. Had to change it after some disturbing information I discovered. When I made the name change my post also went into moderation. No J word or any crude language either. The site does feel different now. Mac used to take part in some of the forums but we rarely here a peep out of him nowadays. If I knew where the other posters went I would at least check it out.
Mac apparently isn’t one of us, since he never, or very rarely, comments. He’s either just in it for the money, or perhaps he hosts this site as a spook for the feds?
Perfect Sun Tzu. If you can make your opponent enraged and threatening dire consequences to your response, you are well on your way to knowing his plans, and weaknesses. This “general” is forgetting his Bible. Let him who puts his armor on, not boast as him who takes it off. Yeah, I know, he probably doesn’t read the Bible. This guy boasts of battles he has not fought yet, and adversaries he has not encountered. He’s also probably hinting there are sleeper cells. If one of them got Trump, he’d be facing President Pence, A Midwesterner along the lines of Truman. Of course this would give the Dems fainting spells, all the live long day.
Sun Tzu Quotes:
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity”
― Sun Tzu, A Arte da Guerra
“If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:
1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”
― Sun Tzu
“know yourself and you will win all battles”
― Sun Tzu
The Iranians (like the north Vietnamese) know that we have a country filled w/ traitors, and an enormous anti-trump anti-war population that will explode into civil war if we launch another war in the middle east. We are a nation divided. This is the real threat we face. Say what you will about Iran, but they are smarter than you may realize. And me thinks they already have nuclear weapons.!!!!
Wars for Israel. “Israel has played us like a whore.” Traffacante
American youth have come home in body bags in one war after another. Let Israel fight their own wars and bury their own.
The life of a 3ew is like the water in a bucket, the life of a non-3ew is like the drops left after pouring out the water. A non-3ew compared to a 3ew, he is nothing, a cattle.
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Yup!!! You nailed it again B from CA. 90% of J-uws today are Fake J-uws.
Iran: Stop abusing the poor Goats, Sheep and Camels already. . We should of carpet-bombed them many, many moons ago for their antics against the U.S. Embassy 40 years ago…vile mutts.
Scientists are improving their understanding of what affects the regional climates. Human activities have very little affect. It is solar cycles that is the major determinant of regional climate changes. The sun is reducing its activity level. The end result is that in some regions will be affected differently in regard to precipitation and temperature. This in turn affects grain harvests. Disputes over oil and gas will be increasingly joined by disputes over fresh water and food exports. Restricting the sale of grains and other crops, to reserve it for the domestic population, will lead to wars and the threat of wars. All of this depends on whether the scientists that are sounding the alarms are correct. Some believe it will start in 2020, while others point to 2024 or 2030. Scientists have definitely improved their understanding of how our solar system works, so their predictions are better than in the past. They are also predicting that it could last for decades. Both political leaders and generals are unaware of the looming crisis.
If your future plans call for growing your own food, you need to be able to control the conditions under which your plants grow.
I already have a huge greenhouse.
The US is not Iraq. Iran needs to tone down or face a war it can’t win. Its infrastructure(oil) can be taken out and there is little else that it has. Without oil it is nothing and would collapse in days. I doubt their population would put up with it.
When you make one race of people the enemy then you have never ending war just as planned. When you murder inhabitants and steal a native populations land in the middle east while having great influence in the biggest threat source of military WMD’s and a stranglehold on that government the true enemy of mankind is revealed for all logical people to see. But somehow the brainwash works.
Exactly:
The real enemy is real hell on earth. The enemy, anti-Christ, provokes conflict. Every time we are suckered into a war, we lose. We have nothing to gain, everything to lose; even if we “win”, Iran is obliterated, we still lose.
Isreal is a Rothschild State. This is banker hocus pocuss. We die. Israel expands its border. Win-win for Israel. Lose-lose for Iran and the USA.
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Hello – hell no – go to hell !!!
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Hail by contrast (comes from) the word healthy
Hail denotes respect, cheer, to salute
Hi is short for hail from German heil.
Merely to say hail victory is illegal in Germany.
If you accidently utter the words, you go to jail.
Two Israeli women, ages 60 something talked about their experiences in the German concentration camp. This is a verifiable lie since the camps were closed before the women were born. No jail for the lying Israeli, just Germans.
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Well, president Trump has offered to talk to the Iranian rocket man, perhaps, the peace can be won. We don’t need any more damn wars, if they can be avoided.
Remember all the rhetoric before the North Korea summit?
Same thing with Iran? Enjoy the show.
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Naw. The mullahs are religous zealots,not commies. They will take this right to the edge. They believe the madi will come only when the world is destroyed.
I am still trying to figure what the strategic value a war with Iran has for us. Oil, we are now the worlds largest producer. Regional hegemony, that hardly seems feasible considering the current climate in the Middle East. Israel perhaps, this seems the most likely, and no I am not a “Jew basher”. I admire the Israelis to a point. They have managed to survive in an environment surrounded by millions that want them dead. That said there interests and ours don’t seem to be aligned here. A major conflict with Iran would probably escalate drawing in Russia and perhaps China, it would almost certianly break up NATO. While all these things might be inevitable and in NATO’s case even desirable why would we risk such a thing over Iran which poses no credible threat to us at this time. We are trillions of dollars in debt, and the perpetual war we have been fighting for 16 years has been a major contributor to it. What have we achieved from this vast expenditure of national treasure, not to mention the thousands of dead or maimed soldiers it has cost us. Nothing from where I am sitting.In my lifetime we haven’t fought a single war against ANYBODY that was a credible threat to us. Imagine where we would be if we had spent the hundreds of billions of dollars we have wasted on war in the Middle East, beefing up our military and space program to guard against the real threats to us like China. So sick of this shit.
@TharSheBlows – I wore the pack on my back and carried the rife too. I agree with you on this. More than a few of us got tired of being played by the Kikes to fight their war against their enemies. Don’t be fooled though, if I$rael says jump, the U.S. will ask how high.
Brain washing mummie submitted discussion:
After war nobody survive :just bacteria. No god no messuah will cone.
Many civilisations disappeared! Sumer atla egypt aztec
Why? Because of negatif brain domination dream of others kiving structures.
So military industry need war to keep the chaos and fear from the others to keep investissement.
This maintain of fear result in yours posts.
Scaring and fear …
War against who? Who ? Life against life? Crazy bullshit of damaged ego
No matter what is education level and religion.
War is stupid… better stay alive all? Not it is a dream
We will disappear. Near in the future. There is nobidt to change it everybody love domination
I am the best attitude. Best for who? Where is resson?whatis thos low brain effuciency ? Why a
Try stay alive alone one day in universe… you can? No we can all die. Universe around is dead and it is very simple to disappear and very difficult to live!! Our children are more stupid that us… good way to hell. Good luck with the war industry …