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Iran sending warships close to US borders[W:623]

Re: Iran sending warships close to US borders

Sounds like a job for the Coast Guard... no need to bother the Navy.


Or maybe just a few cabin cruisers full of armed rednecks... :lamo
Hell...thats a good idea. We can send the Redneck Yacht club armada...invite them to a BBQ.
 
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best thing we can do is replace oil. then we would have to give zero ****s about Iran, even if they pulled the battleships into a California marina to stop for lunch.

Saudi Arabia is the regional hegemon. let them deal with Iran. if Mexico went rogue, you can bet your ass SA wouldn't lift a finger to help. it would be on us to deal with it.

They're trying to replace oil but the infrastructure and sales of items (electric/ hybrid cars) doesn't happen over night. In the meantime fracking, tar sands and oil shale are being extracted continentally to replace some of the imports.

We're afraid that once we hand off to the Saudi's that any decision they make in the region, will be out of our control. Our government are a bunch of power hungry, control freaks. Though they have kind of let Mexico, go to hell with the drug cartels. They're more powerful than the Colombians were during the coke days of the 80's-90's and more vicious.
 
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Capture the ships and tell Iran it can have its boats back when it destroys the centrifuges.
 
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I thought conservatives were all about law and order? I guess you're all about lawlessness when someone irritates you. Duly noted.

We're all about narional security, too.

One day, the Iranians are going to park a missile boat a hundred miles off shorewith a couple nukes onboard. Then what?
 
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They're trying to replace oil but the infrastructure and sales of items (electric/ hybrid cars) doesn't happen over night. In the meantime fracking, tar sands and oil shale are being extracted continentally to replace some of the imports.

We're afraid that once we hand off to the Saudi's that any decision they make in the region, will be out of our control. Our government are a bunch of power hungry, control freaks. Though they have kind of let Mexico, go to hell with the drug cartels. They're more powerful than the Colombians were during the coke days of the 80's-90's and more vicious.

Would be nice if that drought affecting California would go to Mexico and destroy the source of the cartels income
 
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the American people are tired of it. the roads are falling apart, we're horribly in debt, and we have to go bankrupt over a ****ing heart attack. every single candidate should have to write an essay on the history of empires before even making the ballot.

Remember a guy named Hitler?
 
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Μολὼν λαβέ;1062896016 said:
Remember a guy named Hitler?

you remember a guy named Godwin?
 
Re: Iran sending warships close to US borders

Hell...thats a good idea. We can send the Redneck Yacht club armada...invite them to a BBQ.



Pork? :lamo
 
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Μολὼν λαβέ;1062896016 said:
Remember a guy named Hitler?

Oh, yes, you must mean Hans Hitler, who has a German deli. Serves a great bratwurst! What about him?
 
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Would be nice if that drought affecting California would go to Mexico and destroy the source of the cartels income

Those cartels are so powerful now, they'd ship drugs from Asia into the US. They've been flying stuff into Canada to cross the border, because it's so much easier than coming across the enhanced security of the southern crossing.
 
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this president must remind the iranians of Carter. they know they can do whatever they want and this president will do nothing but give more speeches.
 
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We're all about narional security, too.

You know about a national security threat posed by these little toy boats that warrants cold-blooded murder? Please, share with the rest of the class.

One day, the Iranians are going to park a missile boat a hundred miles off shorewith a couple nukes onboard. Then what?

They have to get nukes first. Then they have to figure out how to load one onto a missile. Then they have to set sail. Get back to me then.
 
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You guys do know that a handful of trained snipers can knock out the whole western power grid, by targeting transformers. I personally think it's ridiculous and cheap minded that we don't have a stockyard of warehouses, full of these things in case of emergency.

Shooters armed with assault rifles and some knowledge of electrical utilities have prompted new worries on the vulnerability of California's vast power grid.

A 2013 attack on an electric substation near San Jose that nearly knocked out Silicon Valley's power supply was initially downplayed as vandalism by Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the facility's owner. Gunfire from semiautomatic weapons did extensive damage to 17 transformers that sent grid operators scrambling to avoid a blackout.

Attack on electric grid raises alarm - latimes.com
 
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I personally think it's ridiculous and cheap minded that we don't have a stockyard of warehouses, full of these things in case of emergency.

Full of what things, and what does this have to do with Iranian warships?
 
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They have no fear of Obama my friend.

Don't be so sure he's got more drone kills than Bushy.

Full of what things, and what does this have to do with Iranian warships?

Try a little harder to follow the conversation and reading the links, I provided.

Things=transformers.
Iranian warships a joke but snipers sneaking into the country and shooting out critical grid hardware, not a joke.
 
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Try a little harder to follow the conversation and reading the links, I provided.

It was a simple question with a simple answer. There's no need to be a dick about it.

Things=transformers.
Iranian warships a joke but snipers sneaking into the country and shooting out critical grid hardware, not a joke.

A reasonable concern. In fact, our grid is vulnerable in so many different ways that every time I think about it it surprises me that the lights are still on.
 
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It was a simple question with a simple answer. There's no need to be a dick about it.



A reasonable concern. In fact, our grid is vulnerable in so many different ways that every time I think about it it surprises me that the lights are still on.

Apologies if I misread you.

Our government and electrical corporations are a bunch of dumb cheapskates. Even a moderate, solar flare could knock out the power for months. All they have to do is shield these transformers with some insulation from an EMP.
 
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You know about a national security threat posed by these little toy boats that warrants cold-blooded murder? Please, share with the rest of the class.



They have to get nukes first. Then they have to figure out how to load one onto a missile. Then they have to set sail. Get back to me then.

Meanwhile, they're seeing how close they can get to US waters without getting ****ed with.
 
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Only a Libbo would call it murder.

And only someone with an understanding of geopolitical issues akin to a small child would think it's ok to sink them outright without provocation.
 
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this president must remind the iranians of Carter. they know they can do whatever they want and this president will do nothing but give more speeches.

There's no reaction that doesn't make us look weak.

Frankly, it's the same thing whether the boats are there or not there, so there's no reason to react.
 
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Apologies if I misread you.

It's cool.

Our government and electrical corporations are a bunch of dumb cheapskates. Even a moderate, solar flare could knock out the power for months. All they have to do is shield these transformers with some insulation from an EMP.

Oh, it goes way beyond that. That huge east coast blackout back in 2003 was as bad as it was because the grid is something like 20 or 30 years behind the times.
 
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