Monday, April 09, 2007 10:24 PM
“…Other than terrorism, Iran has no ability to project power – yet. Its air force is hardly worthy of the name. The U.S. has the capacity, in the words of one senior retired military officer, now a Pentagon consultant, “to eliminate the entire Iranian Navy in less than an hour.” But Ayatollah Ali Khameni’s hollow threat, “If the Americans make a wrong move toward Iran, the shipment of energy will definitely face danger,” is taken seriously in capitals around the globe – because the United States set the gold standard for how to appease terrorists during the first “Iranian hostage crisis.”..”
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