UK ponders response to embassy raidPonders? Here's an idea for anyone down the Foreign office, if they care to listen: Take a page out of the old Soviet play book and tell the Iranians what Brezhnev told the Iranian ambassador after he was invited (i.e. frogmarched in his jammies between two large KGB agents) to a meeting at the Kremlin in 1979 after the American embassy fell (I paraphrase, but he wasn't kidding). "Students? *&$%! I know it was you and if our embassy is touched, I will vapourise Tehran."
Iranian relief workers prepare to embark.One ship will carry donations made by the people and the other will carry relief workers.No doubt the former will be in the form of worn bank notes in small denominations and the latter will be made up mainly of fit young men between the ages of 18 and 25.
Barry Rubin at Pajamasmedia:Whatever you think of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he is not a stupid man. On the contrary, and shocking as you might find this idea, he is a better strategist than his American counterpart, Barack Obama.That's not saying much. Wylie Coyote is a better strategist.
A comment on the BBC website from someone who needs looking after:Why shouldn’t Iran have nuclear capability? Israel, India, and many other countries which are no more stable than Iran have the capability. Another case of the USA trying to impose it’s homophobic prejudices on the rest of the world and, to my shame, with this country’s backing!Um... Right.
Mr Barack Hussein Obama deploys Patriot missile batteries to Gulf states and anti-missile ships to the Persian Gulf, though it turns out that it has less to do with protecting Iran's neighbours than it does protecting Iran against Israel.
The mullahs of Iran may be turning streets red with the blood of protesters, but Heaven forefend that they be barred from the US embassy weenie roast because of it.
The mullahs of Iran are singling out Britain as the agent working against them in the current election turmoil.
Mr Barack Hussein Obama faces the first real test as leader of the free world over the rigged elections in Iran and, not surprisingly, goes into full Jimmy Carter mode.
From The Telegraph:Iran's main nuclear plant is expanding so rapidly that United Nations inspectors have asked Tehran for improved safeguards against the production of weapons-grade uranium.Then they all wiped their eyes after enjoying their best laugh since The One's Cairo speech.
Iran tests a Sejjill-2 medium-range surface-to-surface missile.
From Arabian Business.com:Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Saturday that the United States should stop "boxing" with Iran and adopt itself to a game of "chess" with the Islamic republic.I only partly agree. Abandon boxing; yes, but instead of chess, I suggest a quick round of roshambo (not the rock, paper, scissors version) with the United States getting first crack.
From The Los Angeles Times:Little more than a year after U.S. spy agencies concluded that Iran had halted work on a nuclear weapon, the Obama administration has made it clear that it believes there is no question that Tehran is seeking the bomb.But... But... I thought now that The One was president, it was supposed to be all hearts and flowers and coy glances across the conference table!
The New York Times has uncovered a secret United States programme designed to sabotage Iran's efforts to build nuclear weapons.
Iran announces that it intends to put a man in orbit within ten years.
I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes.Waiting to be told by the press that they were just trying to deliver goodwill fruit baskets in 5... 4... 3...