Iran’s News Missile Test Keeps The
Americans Rattle-Rattling: Stern
Warnings To Enemies
July 10, 2008
Iran's missile launch has
helped to renew a focus on foreign policy in the Presidential
campaign diminished by economic issues. As a result, the
competing policies of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have
been put into stark contrast. McCain responded to Iran's missile
launch with the following statement:
Their behavior is obviously, has obviously, not changed,
and their behavior is more and more threatening to the
existence of the state of Israel, but far more as important as
that, leading to a conflict in the Middle East which could
draw the United States of America into that conflict and put
brave young Americans' lives at risk.
Of course, it would be imprudent of McCain to point out the
obvious: that Iran's increasing bellicosity is the natural and
predictable outcome of the Bush administration's policies -
which McCain wants to continue, despite the fact that they have
hardly aided in avoiding "conflict" or taking "American
soldiers abroad" out of harm's way. The Democrats should not
assume that this will be a debate they can avoid, and they will
have to counter the GOP's attempts to, as Matt Yglesias puts it,
"spin the continuing failure of their approach to the region as
evidence of their own correctness."
Serving that end today is Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow,
who was shown McCain's statement by Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC
this afternoon. Stabenow's response, defending Barack Obama's
contention that only a change in policy will reverse the
negative trend in Middle East tensions, managed to hit all the
right notes:
Well, actually, I say, no. A very strong no. Because, first
of all, we've seen the relationship with Iran only get worse
in the last eight years under the Bush/McCain policies. Eight
years ago there were zero centrifuges, today there are 3,000
centrifuges. What we have seen is Iran being the biggest
beneficiary from the war in Iraq, and policies that have
gotten us to this point over the last eight years. I don't
know how John McCain can argue that more of the same is going
to make us safer. So, I believe very strongly that Barack
Obama's focus on aggressive diplomacy, a focus on Iran as well
as ending the war in Iraq, combining those two things, turning
our focus to Iran, that is very serious threat, is a much
better approach than what we've seen the last eight years.
[As a side note, the media has, obviously, been all atwitter
with alarm over these missile tests, but it sort of makes you
wonder how seriously they take the story when an anchor shifts,
after a single question on the matter, to that other tremendous
threat to the Republic, the Clinton debt.]
Iran test-fires long
range missile
The promoted long range Shahab-3 missile was successfully
test-fired on Wednesday during a naval wargame in the Persian
Gulf waters.
The 1,000-kg missile was test-fired on the third day of a war
game launched by naval and missile sections of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) dubbed 'Payambar-e A'zam III'
(the Great Prophet III).
The war game was aimed at improving the combat readiness of
Iran's armed forces.
The 2,000-km-range Shahab-3 missiles were tested to
demonstrate Iran's capability in hitting its enemies accurately
at the early stages of their probable attacks against the
Islamic Republic.
Domestic and foreign political and military analysts believe
that Shahab-3 is able to reach targets in the occupied lands in
case of the Zionist regime's probable attacks against Iran's
nuclear sites.
Iran's state-run Arabic channel al-Alam reported that the
country have many short, medium and long-range missiles
which are all produced by Iranian experts.
Noting that Iran has become the region's missile power, al-Alam
added, the missile is very accurate in hitting its targets
Enemies will regret in
case of possible attack on Iran
Iranian armed forces would make enemies regret if they dared
to threaten Iran's security, an IRGC official said on Tuesday.
Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
Brigadier General Mohammad Hejazi made the remarks while
addressing more than 800 Basij (Volunteer forces) cadets.
He added that although Iran is not seeking to wage any war or
create any tension in the region, it would make enemies regret
their moves if they put Iranians national security and
prosperity in danger.
Since the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the
country has faced several conspiracies and hostility by the
enemies, Hejazi noted.
He urged the Iranian armed forces to maintain the spirit of
fighting world arrogance and promoting revolutionary
aspirations.
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