Continuing to plan for a US attack on Syria that won’t get Congressional backing and that the American public is broadly opposed to, officials have accused Iran of “planning to retaliate” against US interests if the US starts an aggressive war against Syria, a close ally of Iran.
Officials are claiming to have “intercepts” from Iran ordering Shi’ite militias inside Iraq to plan such strikes, noting that Iran has “a lot of Shia friends” around the region.
Oddly, while officials are hyping this putative intelligence to the US press, and saying that the target is likely that huge, city-sized US Embassy in Baghdad, the US State Department has confirmed that they have taken no action to shore up security at the embassy, nor any other sites inside Iraq.
Administration officials have recently centered the case for war on Syria on the idea that the attack would really stick it to Iran, and would convince Iran that 30-some years of US threats to launch a war against Iran on similarly shaky grounds would be more realistic.
The “threat” of Iranian retaliation is being used as an excuse to dramatically escalate US military presence in the region, and officials promised to respond to any moves by either Syria, Iran, or anyone else with more force.
It is common knowledge that Iran is next on the USraeli kill-list. It is also known that Iran is not going to be a sitting duck, waiting for USrael to attack. An American attack on Syria under israeli marching orders will provide a perfect opportunity for Iran and it´s regional allies to retaliate against USA and israel with a harsh blow on all fronts including cripple and sink the western economy by closing the Hormuz and taking out the Saudi oil-fields.
Is the US "special relationship" as an israeli slave state worth it?
To those who have drunk the Zionist Kool-Aid, or are otherwise wallowing in the trough of largesse provided by AIPAC, the annihilation of the rest of the planet would be a price worth paying for being the Whores of Israel.
Wonder why they are not closing down embassies in the regions like they did last month in Yemen, since this so called threat was intercepted by reliable intelligence, 'THE USA'.
Did American officials expect the Iranians to bake them a cake?
Lebanon, Syria, Iran have their mini-NATO – an attack on one is an attack on all.
Only the asinine FedGov could make an accusation on the basis of a country promising to come to the defense of its ally. The lies and perverted claims coming out of the Washington cesspool are beyond insane. When, oh when, will the American people finally give that pack of swine in DC the swift hand of justice by hanging the lot of them?
The US has one set of rules for itself, and another set for "everyone else." No one is supposed to ever fight back. They are supposed to dance, and throw flowers for the "Demons of Democracy" who will cram their "ideals" down the throats of all who dare to resist the EMPIRE.
I have long said that the Syrian civil war has been orchestrated so that WHEN the US attacks Iran there is no Iranian Allied force (Syria) on the southern flank of the only logical ingress and supply route into Iran through Turkey.
So, the USA is going to retaliate against Iran for retaliating against the US for retaliating against Syria's Assad for retal……