Although not publicly stated by the Iranian government, sources close to the president claim that Iran may launch a preemptive strike against the United States in response to alleged kidnappings of Iranian government and military personnel perpetrated by the US. Specifically, Iran claims that US special operations units kidnapped Ali Reza Asgari, former commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force and deputy defence minister. They also claim that several Revolutionary Guard generals were kidnapped, one out of Iraq.
The Revolutionary Guards weekly publishing states, "We’ve got the ability to capture a nice bunch of blue-eyed blond-haired officers and feed them to our fighting cocks”, “Iran has enough people who can reach the heart of Europe and kidnap Americans and Israelis.”
If I were Ahmadinejad, I would tread lighting when accusing the US of kidnapping Iranian officials. First, Asgari defected to the US, he was not kidnapped. Second, the generals that were alleged to have been kidnapped were involved in combat operation in Iraq and against the United States. If Ahmadinejad wants to accuse the US, I sure hope he has some evidence to back it up. And he better have something else to back up a direct un-provoked attack against the US (I am not talking about photos or a paper trail either).
This is further evidence of where the beliefs of Iran lay and what their intentions are. Are we going to sit back and react to a strike against the US or are we going to deal with this axis of evil and destroy it before they have the opportunity to kill more Americans?
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