What is it About Iran that Scares the US?: On Tehran’s Military Capabilities

[AgentOrange]

Yes, Hitler, Tojo, Stalin, Khrushchev, Che Guevara, Osama bin-Laden, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, ISIS/IS, etc., they are all just a bunch of nice guys that big, mean ole' America just wanted to control.

No one said they were nice but Saddam was minding his own business after Gulf War 1. And ISIS is an American creation resulting from the chaos of an unlawful Iraq invasion that toppled Saddam under false pretenses. You don't get double credit for a half-assed attempt to clean up a mess made by yourself.

And what about Ghaddafi? He voluntarily gave up state-sponsored terrorism and WMDs only to have a NATO "no-fly-zone" bomb him to oblivion. Let's not even go into the US miscalculation of toppling democratically elected Viktor Yanukovych (5 months before an election he was sure to lose, no less) only to have Russia put everyone in their place.

We even have the Argentine president fearing for her life because of the threat posed by American goons.
Argentina president claims US plotting to oust her | World news | The Guardian

And how about the Polish? Even loyal American "allies" get fed up with America's desire to dominate anything and everything.
http://www.newsweek.com/we-gave-americans-blow-job-got-nothing-says-polish-foreign-minister-255863

 

[Azeri440]

are you guys serious?

the only thing that scares US is Russian and Chinese nuclear arsenal
otherwise they have no problem totally destroying any country on the planet

 

[The SC]

Iranians are in Overhype.... There's nothing like they're scared of Iranian Military.... If US decided to invade there's nothing Iranians can do to stop them. that's the reality and the truth. They don
t want to Invade because it'll lead big Oil crisis and would widen the conflict on other countries... That's the only one reason nothing more..... There's no doubt Iran is strong but can't stop Americans

They can not invade Iran, they know better. between 12 million and 20 million basij armed forces will be waiting for them and can not be defeated - even by the US -.
If you talk about Arial combat, the US will try to get air supremacy but that also will be denied with short, medium and long range Iranian integrated defense systems.
If you are talking about Sea warfare the Americans will loose, as they have assessed it themselves.
All this in a particular contexte, the one of the Persian Gulf.
Everything else is pure unrealistic speculation.

 

[mike2000]

ahahahahahha.........this is funny. My good Iranian friends here do know that i do admire Irans strive for independence/self sufficiency despite all the strict sanctions it has had to endure for decades now. But to say the U.S is scared of Iran Military. loool This couldnt be more further from the truth.
The U.S has by farrrrrr, the largest/most powerful military on the globe. In fact even the next 2 big followers i.e Russia and China are still no match for the U.S and they themselves know it(not in at least 2-3 decades will they even get close). So, you think the U.S will be scared of Iran? Its true Iran is quite advanced/strong compared to its neighbours in the middle east bar Israel, but to think the Iran could be a match for the U.S militarily is laughable with all due respect bro. Even Russia and China will be decimated in the event of a conventional full scale war with the U.S(though the U.S will be damaged considerably as well, but far less) , forget about Iran.

 

[Shahryar Hedayati]

we must build nuke
MANY OF THEM

 

[mohsen]

ahahahahahha.........this is funny. My good Iranian friends here do know that i do admire Irans strive for independence/self sufficiency despite all the strict sanctions it has had to endure for decades now. But to say the U.S is scared of Iran Military. loool This couldnt be more further from the truth.
The U.S has by farrrrrr, the largest/most powerful military on the globe. In fact even the next 2 big followers i.e Russia and China are still no match for the U.S and they themselves know it(not in at least 2-3 decades will they even get close). So, you think the U.S will be scared of Iran? Its true Iran is quite advanced/strong compared to its neighbours in the middle east bar Israel, but to think the Iran could be a match for the U.S militarily is laughable with all due respect bro. Even Russia and China will be decimated in the event of a conventional full scale war with the U.S(though the U.S will be damaged considerably as well, but far less) , forget about Iran.

Mr George W. Bush in his book "Decision Points" admitted for his plan to invade Iran after Iraq and Afghanistan war, guess who disagreed with him; his military advisers.
but after all maybe you and some other guys in this forum know the American's army better than themselves.
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also some guys didn't notice or wanted to notice: the author of this article isn't Iranian.

we must build nuke
MANY OF THEM

we don't need a nuke to drown their carriers.

 

[Azeri440]

we don't need a nuke to drown their carriers.

wow , this guy actually thinks Iran has a chance against US
no country stands a chance against US , not even the whole world combined can take on their navy

 

[Desertfalcon]

No one said they were nice but Saddam was minding his own business after Gulf War 1.

...and by "minding his own business", you mean slaughtering his own Shi'a population, reneging on the cease-fire that his own government signed and continually firing on Coalition forces, and kicking out United Nations inspectors?

And ISIS is an American creation resulting from the chaos of an unlawful Iraq invasion that toppled Saddam under false pretenses. You don't get double credit for a half-assed attempt to clean up a mess made by yourself.

One of the things that we Americans hate is why because we are the world's last remaining superpower, did it suddenly give rise to adults in the rest of the wrold thinking the three-year old brat's, "It's not my fault, wah, wah, wah!" defence, has become acceptable. Here's a thought, how 'bout the nations of the world that bitched so long about "imperialism" finally shut up, grow up, be men, and TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN DAMN COUNTRIES! I know that the most popular sport in the international playground is to declare that all evil in the world is America's fault but America would not have to intervene in country after country if those countries and their neighbours would finally, finally, grow a pair and STOP using my country as their personal emergency contact number.

And what about Ghaddafi? He voluntarily gave up state-sponsored terrorism and WMDs only to have a NATO "no-fly-zone" bomb him to oblivion. Let's not even go into the US miscalculation of toppling democratically elected Viktor Yanukovych (5 months before an election he was sure to lose, no less) only to have Russia put everyone in their place.

...and by "put everyone in their place", you mean send their tanks and armies crashing across their neighbours border and permanently annexing, in the best tradition of REAL imperialism, their neighbours territory which Russia herself, declared with her signature, to belong to Ukraine. I'll say this for you, you have the whole creepy moral relativism down pat. Here’s a short cut for you; if done by the USA it is evil and wrong. If done by Russia, or Syria, or Ghaddafi, or any other truly imperialist, narcissistic and pathological tyrant with abysmal records of human rights and a clear predilection for oppressing their own people, well then....it's still America's fault. Gee, how original. Just as with YOUR example of Yanukovych. Here is a guy who was removed because he was first drummed out of his OWN political party who stated that they, "strongly condemned the criminal orders that led to human victims, an empty state treasury, huge debts, shame before the eyes of the Ukrainian people and the entire world.". Not the US, not the opposition, his OWN party, just before THEY voted in parliament, under the laws of the Ukrainian constitution, to remove him from said office, and yet YOU declare that it was America's fault. Riiiiight! Why don't you guys in the rest of the world just eat your Wheaties and "man up"! Stop blaming America because all your little precious bloodthirsty tyrants have gone by-by. You don't want American intervention? Then stop whining like spoiled brats and share the responsibility. I assume that because Canada has done so and participated in actions like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, etc., that you are opposed to your own government's actions and lump Canada in for the blame, equal to my country....or let me guess, no you don't, because Canada isn't responsible. Canada only joined in those actions....because it's America's fault, right?

 

[raptor22]

For those who watch too much Hollywood's movies:

This is Britain's royal marines "special boat squadron" (SBS):

 

[rmi5]

are you guys serious?

the only thing that scares US is Russian and Chinese nuclear arsenal
otherwise they have no problem totally destroying any country on the planet

LOL , yeah, some of them are seriously believing that they can defeat US
I think now you guys can better understand why sometimes i use harsh language in talking with some members.

 

[Norwegian]

Iranians have typical superiority complex of perceived Islamic-Aryan superiority. It took them 8 years of bloody war where hundreds and thousands of Iranians got killed, economic losses amounting hundreds and billions of dollars, only to reach a strategic STALEMATE with third world country such as Iraq Wow, US really needs to fear that little old empire that was once called Great Persian Empire!!!

 

[raptor22]

Iranians have typical superiority complex of perceived Islamic-Aryan superiority. It took them 8 years of bloody war where hundreds and thousands of Iranians got killed, economic losses amounting hundreds and billions of dollars, only to reach a strategic STALEMATE with third world country such as Iraq Wow, US really needs to fear that little old empire that was once called Great Persian Empire!!!

Think twice before opening your mouth, how on the earth a third world country aka Iraq could start a devastating war for 8 years and by the end its arsenal got bigger unless it got heavily supported by foreign powers ?

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The United States pursued policies in favour of Iraq by reopening diplomatic channels, lifting restrictions on the export of dual-use technology, overseeing the transfer of third-party military hardware, and providing operational intelligence on the battlefield. France, which from the 1970s onward had been one of Iraq's closest allies, was a major supplier of military hardware to Iraq.[The French sold weapons equal to the sum of US$5 billion, which comprised well over a quarter of Iraq's total arms stockpile.

Iraq's main financial backers were the oil-rich Persian Gulf states, most notably Saudi Arabia ($30.9 billion), Kuwait ($8.2 billion), and the United Arab Emirates ($8 billion). In all, Iraq received $35 billion in loans from the West and between $30 and $40 billion from the Persian Gulf states during the 1980s.​

According to the Financial Times, the companies involved in the scandal by shipping militarily useful technology to Iraq were Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix and Matrix Churchill's branch in Ohio, US.

Support from Great Britain exemplified the methods by which Iraq would circumvent export controls. Iraq bought at least one British company with operations in the United Kingdom and the United States, and had a complex relationship with France and the Soviet Union, its major suppliers of actual weapons.
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Use of chemical weapons by Iraq:

According to Iraqi documents, assistance in developing chemical weapons was obtained from firms in many countries, including the United States, West Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France. A report stated that Dutch, Australian, Italian, French and both West and East German companies were involved in the export of raw materials to Iraqi chemical weapons factories. Declassified CIA documents show that the United States was providing reconnaissance intelligence to Iraq around 1987–88 which was then used to launch chemical weapon attacks on Iranian troops and that CIA fully knew that chemical weapons would be deployed and sarin attacks followed.​

 

[mohsen]

and some other analysis from Israel:
Are the Iranians the New Sultans of the Middle East? | Foreign Policy Blogs

 

[Gaber]

We all know that USA is the most powerful military in the world, but does it means they can't be defeated? I think good strategy & faith can beat them. I personally support Iran if USA & Israel attack you...

 

[Norwegian]

Iranians at large still have their typical grudges against Americans even after so many decades have passed since CIA initiated coup of 1953. When are they gonna reconcile with the West instead wishing grand war with them to usher their hidden imam?