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It hurts Iran even more since it is faced with far fewer customers as a result of sanctions plus the lower oil price.

can you provide a source for this? from what I see RoK has stated they have found alternative sources to replace Iranian oil.

The Hong Kong’s growth since the British turn over has more to do with the position it already had as a banking and shipping hub for Asia. The world was also in a state of overall economic growth until the recent downturn. Currently Hong Kong’s economy is anemic with foreign debt of over 900...

"Simulations conducted by British Aerospace and the British Defense Research Agency"

They were no more slaves then they are now. And it was under British rule that put Hong Kong on the path to what it is today.

South Korea to halt Iran oil imports amid sanctions BBC News - South Korea to halt Iran oil imports amid sanctions South Korea has said imports of Iranian oil will be suspended from 1 July amid a European Union (EU) insurance ban on vessels carrying the product. The insurance ban is part...

Since Iran is the only country that flies the F-14 does that make Iran the Donkey? :azn:

lol, are you saying that Iran is more advanced then Pakstan in nuke technology?

99% of countries don't shoot down aircraft that are barely violating territorial airspace. They warn said aircraft or send up other aircraft to force it to land. Not shoot first and ask questions later. it sounds like as well that the flight path was fairly routine

The CCP fears anything that influnces peoples hearts and actions that it can't control. Even the officailly sanctioned (self patriotic) church's in China comes under persecution when the Government feels they are growing to large.

Though Russia is currently upgrading it's tank force. The T-72 is still the main tank deployed in the Russian Army. Any modern tank such as the Abrams or leapord II will make mince meat of it.

If Turkey or NATO as a whole decide to launch a coordinated attack on Syria. The air defenses will be one of the first things taken out. And I don't care what you think the abilities are of the bukm2 are. It will not be real hard to take out.

Iranian young people are tired of the heavy handed tactics of the Mullahs and basij. In fact it is driving them away from Islam into a more secular life. With some even converting to Christianity in growing numbers.

Actaully you can thank your Quds force who supplied weapons and training to both sides of the sectarian conflict in Iraq.

The RQ-170 was most likely brought down by GPS spoofing. It was a known flaw that lockheed was warned about but did nothing to correct. I'm sure heads rolled and the problem is being corrected now. Obama did show how little backbone he has though when they could see the aircraft in large pieces...

China was looking for alternative oil sources months ago. and Iran being cut off from the world banking system and wanting payment now in gold will lose it more customers.

All major countries spy on each to some degree even if they are considered allies.

RoK along with other countries still buy Iranian oil. However in the future you will see that start to change since Iran has been cut off from the world banking system. This makes Gold the prefered meens for payment. this leads to a problem though with available gold reserves of given countries...

As I said before 28k is a token force. The US can more then afford having them there even in bad economic times. Which the US has been in even worse economic times before. The US has other troops periodicly under foreign command such as in NATO. Be happy that we consider you a strong enough ally...

When the troops are still there how does giving command to a Korean General have anything to do with the budget? It would not be the first or last time that troop command has been given to a foriegn general. We really only have a token force of 28k troops there.