I believe that Irans recent launch of long-range missiles was a message to the west that Iran is preparing for a war against Israel and America. It is stupid to ignore this maneuvering by the rogue regime in Tehran. If there was anyone at the helm of this country he should be actively working against Iran to prevent them from obtaining nuclear technology.
The president, by sitting on his hands, is giving implicit permission for the monster Achmadinajad to build his nuclear arsenal so that he can threaten the world. There is a time and a place for diplomacy but it is not this time. The writing is on the wall as clear as day that Iran is posturing to become a middle-eastern world power and preparing to challenge Americas status in the world.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-06/28/c_13954863.htmTEHRAN, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran announced on Tuesday that it " successfully" testfired 14 short-range, medium-range and long- range missiles on the second day of the missile drills.
According to the local English language satellite Press TV report, the missiles fired included Zelzal, Shahab-1, Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 on the second day of the Piambar A'zam-6 (Great Prophet-6) military drills.
The missiles which were launched near the central city of Qom comprised five Shahab missiles, including four medium-range and one long-range, as well as nine Zelzal missiles.
The Islamic Republic began the drills on Monday, and on the first day of the exercises, Iran unveiled underground missile silos and fired Fateh-110 missile.
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Aerospace commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said Tuesday that Iran's missiles have the range of 2,000 km and can reach U.S. bases in the region and also Israel.
Iran does not need to increase the range of its missiles since Israel is just 1,200 km away from Iran and the U.S. bases are even nearer, some 120 to 700 km away from Iran, said the commander.
With the existing missiles, Iran can hit the targets from the Iranian central cities of Semnan and Damghan, Hajizadeh said.
He dismissed the threats by the Europeans and said that Iran has designed and developed its missiles for U.S. and Israel targets.
The commander also rejected the allegations that Iran has imported the missiles and the technology of the missiles from the DPRK.
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