Response to Chester on Gen. Abizaid's tough talk

Gen. Abizaid's recent statement:

"We can generate more military power per square inch than anybody else on Earth, and everybody knows it," Abizaid said. "If you ever even contemplate our nuclear capability, it should give everybody the clear understanding that there is no power that can match the United States militarily." more

has generated a lot of speculation. Chester of Adventures of Chester asks,

But . . . is there a message being sent here?

I believe there is.

First, look at another statement he made at the same press conference:

"Why the Iranians would want to move against us in an overt manner that would cause us to use our air or naval power against them would be beyond me.

I believe he is well aware of the threats the Iranians have been making against the US in Iraq.

For those who haven't been following the wild statements made by Iranian leaders recently, here are a few examples. The Jerusalem Post, reported that Iran's supreme leader Khamenei declaration of war against the US back in July:

"We are at war with the enemy," Iran's Supreme Guide Ali Khamenehi told a meeting of mullahs in the city of Hamadan, west of Teheran, last Monday. "The central battlefield [of this war] is Iraq."

Iran has already declared its own preemptive strike doctrine, according to ABC News Online:

Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani has warned that Iran might launch a preemptive strike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities. ABC News reported: ...

"Some military commanders in Iran are convinced that preventive operations which the Americans talk about are not their monopoly. ...

"The US military presence [in Iraq] will not become an element of strength [for Washington] at our expense. The opposite is true, because their forces would turn into a hostage" in Iranian hands in the event of an attack, he said.

I have heard unconfirmed reports that there are 250,000 Iranian troops near the border of Iraq and that they are just waiting for orders to launch an attack on US forces in Iraq. I can just hear the Mullahs of Iran arguing that the US was about to attack us and "we had to act preemptively." An attack would also have the benefit of preventing the Iraq elections which Iran has been working desperately to stop.

This might explain the good generals need to tough talk now.

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